Swedish Hockey League (SHL) - January Review

India celebrates national champions

In the last weeks the Indian Championships of icehockey were held at the newly constructed Ice Hockey Rink at Ladakh Scouts Regimental Centre, Leh. In front of a big crowd, playing with the boards for the first time, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police won the male championship for the third consecutive years by beating the Ladakh Scouts 6-5. J&K was crowded women champion and Ladakh Scouts won the 4th Junior National Championship (U-20) by defeating 5-1 Jammu & Kashmir Team

(14 Feb 2019)

Renon confirms domination in Italy

SV Renon/Ritten won the fourth consecutive Italian title (the fifth in last six years) by beating Asiago in a dramatic overtime. After eliminating Wipptal Broncos in the semifinals, Renon won 4-3 finals' game #1 in Asiago, losing 6-2 after the regular time at home game #2. Having won a game each, the teams played a decisive overtime, decided by a goal of Latvian forward Olegs Sislannikovs after 77 minutes.
The Italian League is played by the eight teams competing in the Alps Hockey League with the Alps League games between Italian teams until the end of December using as a qualification round. The fourth best placed teams played and home/away semifinals and finals.
For the second consecutive season Renon realizes the domestic double, having won Supercoppa Italiana and the domestic title

(29 Jan 2019)

Macquarie Ice Rink demolition paused

The demolition of Macquarie Ice Rink in Sydney, scheduled for 2020, has been paused after the community reaction. There will be talks with stakeholders and the two clubs using the rink as home, the Sydney Bears and Sydney Ice Dogs, before coming to a final decision. Neither club has announced what a new rink would be.

(21 Jan 2019)

Slovakia to the Elite level for the first time

Slovakia beat Germany 5-1 to win the U18 Women's Division 1 Group A and promote to the elite division for the first time.

The home team Austria is relegated to Division 1B.

(13 Jan 2019)

French girls promoted

France won the U18 Womens World Championship Division 1 Group B one point ahead of Norway to win promotion to Division 1A. Netherlands are relegated after five losses.

Poland's Wiktoria Sikorska won the scoring title with 10 points.

(13 Jan 2019)

World Juniors Quarter finals

The quarter final match-ups of the World Junior Championship in Canada is decided after the end of the Preliminary Round:
Sweden - Switzerland
Canada - Finland
USA - Czech Republic
Russia - Slovakia

(01 Jan 2019)

Swedish stomach flu

Five Swedish players missed the game against Kazakhstan because of stomach flu.
With Adam Ginning, Johan Södergran, Filip Svenningsson, Philip Broberg and Richard Hugg out Sweden still managed to win 4-1 against Kazakhstan to finish on top of Group B.

(01 Jan 2019)

JKH GKS wins Polish Cup

JKH GKS beat TatrySki Podhale 4-0 in the final in Tychy to win the Polish Cup Puchar Polski.

Tomáš Komínek, Kamil Wałęga, Artiom Dubinin and Łukasz Nalewajka scored the goals.

(31 Dec 2018)