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Crvena Zvezda will compete in Belarus Cup

The calendar of 2017 Belarus Cup, named after hockey legend Ruslan Salei, was unveiled with a unexpected news: Serbian team Crvena Zvezda Beograd will compete in the Cup as host team, without the right to eventually advance to final. Serbian team, with Belarusian Igor Krivoshlykov in the coaching staff, will spend pre-season training camp in the city of Kobrin, successfully asking to the Belarus Federation to compete in a tournament as part of preparation for the new season, according to the rumours, in the newly created International Hockey League with Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian teams

As usual the teams are divided in two groups, with the top two teams in each group advancing to semifinals.
Last year Neman Grodno, later also Extraliga champion, won the Cup beating Yunost Minsk in the final

(17 Jun 2017)

New format for Belarus leagues in 2018

Belarusian Extraliga will change format at the end of 2017-2018 season: the clubs finished from 9th to 12th place at the end of upcoming season will perform in the new created Extraliga-2 from 2018-19 season. To complete the partecipants, four new clubs will be created at the end of next season in the cities of Bobruisk, Orsha, Baranovichi and Pinsk.

(16 Jun 2017)

Pittsburgh wins Stanley Cup

Swedes Patric Hörnqvist and Carl Hagelin scored late goals when Pittsburgh Penguins beat Nashville Predators 2-0 in game 6 to win Stanley Cup for the second year in a row - and fifth time overall.

(12 Jun 2017)

Bobby Robins is the new coach of CH Jaca

American Bobby Robins, 35, is the new head coach of CH Jaca, silver medallist of last Spanish League. Robins played most of his career in AHL, with two stints in Europe, at Belfast Giants and HK Jesenice. In 2014, Robins debuted in NHL with the Boston Bruins, becoming the oldest rookie to make an opening-day roster at 32-years-old.
He retired after 2014-2015 due to concussion.

(20 May 2017)

Re-vamp of UK hockey

From next season the second tier of UK hockey will be the National Ice Hockey League. This was originally the third tier of hockey but the old English Premier League has had to be re-structured and it was felt that the best thing to do would be to invite the current clubs in that league to join the NIHL.

(18 May 2017)

Valentin Ebert suddenly passed away

The Belarusian hockey mourns the loss of former player Valentin Ebert, passed away in Novopolotsk after a brief illness. During his active career Ebert, 36, played 668 games in the Belarusian Extraliga, notching 163 points (43+120), placing him among the top ten players in the 25-year history of the domestic championship. He won two titles (2002,2004), six silver medals (2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015) and two bronze (2005, 2008) playing for HK Minsk, Khimvolokno Mogilev, Keramin Minsk, Vitebsk, Yunost Minsk,Dynamo Minsk and in the last five seasons in Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk, where Ebert closed his career and become General Manager of the team

Eurohockey expresses its condolences to his family.

(18 May 2017)

AIHL game suspended due to fire in the arena

AIHL game between the Sydney Bears and the Melbourne Ice at Macquarie Ice Rink was stopped during the first intermission due to a small fire in the overhead speaker system that caused the venue to be evacuated.
The AIHL is looking in to rescheduling the fixture

(07 May 2017)

Kuwait Stars won Kuwait League

Dominating the season with one defeat in 21 games, Kuwait Stars won Kuwait Ice Hockey League with Stars player-coach Serbian Bojan Zidarevic finished as top scorer with 50 points (27+23). Zidarevic is also assistant coach of Kuwait National team, lead by his brother Marko, recently champion of Asia Challenge Cup Division 1

(29 Apr 2017)