Czech Republic ruins the Swedish party

17 May 2012 | Fredrik Pålsson

In another thrilling quarter final Milan Michalek scores the game winner 29 seconds from the end when Czech Republic beats Sweden 4-3. Read more»

Finland came back and is ready for semifinals

17 May 2012 | Host team Finland got a sweet sweet revanche from USA beating them 3-2, will face Russians in the semis. Read more»

Russia moves on to the semi finals

17 May 2012 | Norway shook Russia for two periods having a 2-2 tie but Russia shakes them off and wins 5-2 after three goals in the third period. Read more»

The ECHL announced that the Board of Governors has approved the Expansion Membership application of the Evansville IceMen for admission to the ECHL.The IceMen will become a member club of the Eastern Conference/North Division which will be comprised of the Cincinnati Cyclones, Kalamazoo Wings and Toledo Walleye. Under a special two-year agreement, the Evansville IceMen, as an IHL entity, operated their franchise in the Central Hockey League in the 2010-11 and 2011-12 CHL seasons.

(17 May 2012)

The Central Hockey League's new Denver franchise announced today the team name will be the Cutthroats. The Cutthroats begin to play in October 2012 at the historic Denver Coliseum.

(17 May 2012)

Finnish goalkeeper Kari Lehtonen, injured in the third period of the match with USA, will no longer play at home World Championship
Due to a knee injury Lehtonen will miss up to three weeks. The recovery will take place in Finland, then he'll fly to America for further exams.

(17 May 2012)

The Nottingham Lions have announced the retirement of the number 7 jersey, as forward Chris Colegate revealed he is quitting hockey after twelve years with the club.

It is the first time any Lions player has received the honour.

(17 May 2012)

Rosneft Group, the new owner of CSKA Moscow, decided to completely renew team staff. The new headcoach is Valery Bragin, in last two seasons on Russia J20 bench. He will be assisted by former Dallas Stars Sergei Zubov, last season at SKA St. Petersburgh with the same function, and Vyacheslav Butsayev that terminated the season as CSKA interim head coach. Sergei Fedorov hangs up the skates at 42 and become new General Manager

(17 May 2012)

President of the KHL Aleksandr Medvedev said that the clubs LEV Praha, Donbas Donets'k and Slovan Bratislava will play next season in the KHL

According to the gazeta.ru, the question of partecipation in next KHL of Avtomibilist Yekaterinburg and Vityaz Chekov, but with economic troubles will be examined in late May.

(17 May 2012)

The quarter finals of the 2012 World Championship will all four be played on Thursday. Canada-Slovakia and USA-Finland in Helsinki and Russia-Norway and Sweden-Czech Republic in Stockholm.

(15 May 2012)

The Swiss forward Nino Niederreiter (New York Islanders) will miss tonight's game against USA due to an ankle injury.

(15 May 2012)

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Jakob Silfverberg was named European Player of the Month for March 2012.

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