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2021 IIHF World Championship
2021 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, men's world hockey tournament held 21 May-6 June 2021 solely in Riga, Latvia after Minsk was withdrawn; Canada beat Finland 3-2 in overtime for gold, USA bronze.
2021 NHL entry draft
2021 NHL entry draft, held virtually July 23-24, 2021; 223 picks. Buffalo took Owen Power first overall, expansion Seattle Kraken picked Matthew Beniers second; Arizona forfeited pick 11.
2021 Stanley Cup Finals
2021 Stanley Cup Finals: Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 4-1 (June 28-July 7, 2021) for a second straight Cup; Vasilevskiy won the Conn Smythe; Colton scored the Game 5 clincher.
2021 Stanley Cup playoffs
2021 Stanley Cup playoffs, NHL postseason under COVID realignment, May 15 to July 7, 2021; 16 teams in four divisions, best-of-7; Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 4-1 for second straight Cup; Vasilevskiy won Conn Smythe.
2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2021 IIHF World Junior Championship, World Juniors, Edmonton bubble tournament won by the United States 2-0 over Canada for gold; Finland took bronze; Trevor Zegras named MVP.
2021–22 NHL season
2021–22 NHL season: 105th NHL season, Oct 12, 2021–Jun 26, 2022; 32 teams with Seattle Kraken debut; COVID pause Dec 22–27; McDavid 123 points, Matthews 60 goals; Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup over Tampa Bay in six games.
2022 IIHF World Championship
2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, 85th men's world hockey tournament, held 13-29 May 2022 in Tampere and Helsinki, Finland. Host Finland beat Canada 4-3 in overtime for gold; Czechia took bronze; Russia and Belarus were excluded.
2022 Stanley Cup Finals
2022 Stanley Cup Finals: Colorado Avalanche beat two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2, winning Game 6 by 2-1 on June 26, 2022, for Colorado's third Cup and first since 2001; Cale Makar won the Conn Smythe.
2022 Stanley Cup playoffs
2022 Stanley Cup playoffs: NHL postseason, May 2 to June 26, 2022. Colorado Avalanche beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 in the Final for their first Cup since 2001; Cale Makar won the Conn Smythe.
2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2022 IIHF World Junior Championship: cancelled 29 December 2021 after nine games amid a COVID outbreak, rerun in Edmonton 9-20 August 2022 with December results erased; Canada beat Finland 3-2 in overtime for gold.
2022–23 NHL season
The 2022-23 NHL season: 32 teams, 1,312 games opening in Prague; Boston's record 65-12-5 season; Vegas won its first Stanley Cup 4-1 over Florida; McDavid led with 153 points; 6.36 goals per game, a 30-year high.
2023 IIHF World Championship
The 2023 IIHF World Championship, the 86th men's world ice hockey championship, was played in May 2023 in Tampere, Finland and Riga, Latvia, and won by Canada, which beat Germany 5-2 for gold.
2023 IIHF World Junior Championship
The 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship, held 26 December 2022 to 5 January 2023 in Halifax and Moncton, was won by Canada, 3-2 over Czechia in overtime; Connor Bedard set a Canadian record with 23 points.
2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup
FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar–Rourkela, the 15th men's field hockey World Cup, held 13–29 January 2023 in Odisha, India; 16 teams, 44 matches; Germany beat Belgium 5–4 on shoot-out for their third title.
2023 Stanley Cup Finals
2023 Stanley Cup Final: Vegas Golden Knights beat Florida Panthers 4-1 for their first Cup, clinching 9-3 in Game 5 on June 13, 2023; Marchessault won the Conn Smythe.
2023 Stanley Cup playoffs
2023 Stanley Cup playoffs, NHL postseason for the 2022-23 season, April 17 to June 13, 2023. Vegas Golden Knights won their first Cup, beating the Florida Panthers 4-1; Marchessault won the Conn Smythe.
2023–24 NHL season
The 2023–24 NHL season was the league's 107th season, running from October 2023 to April 2024, ending with the Florida Panthers' first Stanley Cup title over Edmonton.
2024 NHL Entry Draft
2024 NHL Entry Draft, held June 28-29, 2024 at Sphere in Las Vegas; San Jose Sharks won the lottery and drafted Macklin Celebrini first overall from Boston University; 225 picks over seven rounds, 88 from the CHL; last centralized draft before the 2025 decentralized format.
2024 Stanley Cup Final
2024 Stanley Cup Final: Florida Panthers beat Edmonton Oilers 4-3 for their first NHL title, winning Game 7 2-1 on June 24, 2024, after Edmonton forced Game 7 from a 0-3 deficit; McDavid won the Conn Smythe.
2024 Stanley Cup playoffs
2024 Stanley Cup playoffs: NHL's 16-team, four-round best-of-7 postseason for 2023-24. Florida Panthers beat Edmonton Oilers 4-3 in the Final, winning Game 7 2-1 for their first Cup.
2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2024 IIHF World Junior Championship, held in Gothenburg, Sweden; the United States won gold 6-2 over Sweden, Czechia took bronze, and Canada finished fifth without a medal.
2024–25 NHL season
2024-25 NHL season, the league's 108th, ran Oct. 4, 2024 to June 2025. Record 23,014,458 regular-season attendance, first 4 Nations Face-Off, Ovechkin's goal chase, Panthers repeating as Stanley Cup champions over Edmonton.
2025 Kabaddi World Cup (World Kabaddi)
2025 Kabaddi World Cup (World Kabaddi): second World Kabaddi World Cup, held 17-23 March 2025 in England's West Midlands, first kabaddi World Cup outside Asia; India won both men's (44-41) and women's (57-34) finals over England.
2025 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
2025 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup (FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup Tamil Nadu 2025), 14th under-21 men's field hockey world championship, 28 Nov-10 Dec 2025 in Chennai and Madurai, India; 24 teams for the first time; Germany beat Spain on shoot-out for a record 8th title, India took bronze.
2025 Men's Hockey Asia Cup
The 2025 Men's Hockey Asia Cup (12th edition, Rajgir, Bihar, India, 29 August–7 September 2025) was won by India, who beat Korea 4–1 in the final for a fourth title and qualification for the 2026 FIH World Cup.
2025 Pro Kabaddi League
2025 Pro Kabaddi League (PKL Season 12), India's professional kabaddi league, ran August 29 to October 31, 2025 with 12 teams, a 108-match league stage, new Play-ins and Golden Raid tie-breakers; Dabang Delhi K.C. beat Puneri Paltan 31-28 in the final for their second title.
2025 Stanley Cup Final
2025 Stanley Cup Final: NHL championship rematch in which the Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-2, winning Game 6 5-1 on June 17, 2025, to repeat as champions; Sam Reinhart scored four goals, Sam Bennett won the Conn Smythe.
2025 Stanley Cup playoffs
2025 Stanley Cup playoffs: NHL postseason, April 19 to June 17, 2025. Florida Panthers beat Edmonton Oilers 4-2 in a Final rematch, repeating as champions; Sam Bennett won the Conn Smythe.
2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, the 49th IIHF under-20 world championship, were played in Ottawa, where the United States won a second straight title.
2025–26 AHL season
2025-26 AHL season: the American Hockey League's 90th season, 32 teams playing 72 games each from October 10, 2025 to April 19, 2026, 23 playoff qualifiers, Providence regular-season champion, Toronto Marlies Calder Cup champion.