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Jiri Tlusty: I will fight for chance to play at Worlds

(10 Nov 2012, 16:24) | One of the NHL players that came to Europe during the lockout is Jiri Tlusty. This forward returned from Carolina Hurricanes to his home club, where he plays nowadays with some other great players as Jagr, Plekanec or Zidlicky. He was chosen to play for the national team in the first tournament of the 2012 Euro Hockey Tour, which is Karjala cup in Turku. Read more»

Czech Republic beats Russia to secure first ever Karjala triumph

(10 Nov 2012, 15:47) | Zbynek Irgl netted a goal and an assist as the Czech Republic won also their third game of Karjala tournament and clinched victory for the very first time. Ondrej Pavelec was once again impressive in goal, making 36 saves. Read more»

Falcons Shutout Whale 2-0 Whale Go To Springfield

(10 Nov 2012, 13:57) | Springfield,MA-Swedish defenseman Tim Erixon continues to haunt his former teammates with two powerplay goals in the third period to help the first place Springfield Falcons to a 2-0 win before 5,653 at the Mass Mutual Center. Read more»

Switzerland beats Slovakia

(09 Nov 2012, 23:27) | Deutschland Cup at Munich. Kevin Romy in great shape led the Swiss national team with a victory over Slovakia. Second game Saturday against Germany. Read more»

Poland crushes Spain, Ukraine pieces out Estonia

(09 Nov 2012, 22:55) | Face-to-face on Sunday will be decisive in Kyiv Olympic Qualification Group Read more»

Hari and Vas both score two as Hungary dominates Lithuania in Group G play

(09 Nov 2012, 22:06) | Budapest, Hungary Lithuania never got anything moving as the home crowd motivated Hungary to a 5-1 victory. Benk scored early and Hungary scored three times with the man advantage to put away the visitors. Sofron won man-of-the-match with two assists. Read more»

Nedved’s goal gives Czech Republic the win

(09 Nov 2012, 21:02) | Czech veteran Petr Nedved scored the only goal when Czech Republic beat Finland in Karjala Tournament for the first time since 2007. The Czech's now have 6 points in 2 games and a good chance to win the tournament. Read more»

Westerlund to lead Finland in Sochi

(09 Nov 2012, 20:59) | Finnish Federation announces the successor of Jukka Jalonen. Read more»

Gabriel Landeskog hopes the NHL will be back soon

(09 Nov 2012, 18:19) | Gabriel Landeskog is one of the brightest talents of Swedish ice hockey. In September, he was named the youngest ever player to captain an NHL team following his appointment by Colorado Avalanche. Due to the NHL lockout, he returned to his home club Djurgårdens IF and therefore, he’s available for the national team during the Karjala tournament. Read more»

Michal Kars scores a hat trick as the Netherlands handles Croatia 8-2

(09 Nov 2012, 18:15) | Budapest, Hungary The Netherlands completely dominated Croatia 8-2 in the first game of the Group G Olympic qualifiers. Croatia came out strong in the first seven and a half minutes of the first, nearly scoring on a shorthanded opportunity. It was all downhill from there as the Netherlands played the rest of the game in Croatia's end. Read more»

Russia survives late scare to down Sweden

(09 Nov 2012, 17:30) | Team Russia went in front three times and eventually held on for a win in the first Friday game of the Karjala tournament. Viktor Tikhonov scored the game winning goal after 41 minutes with a solo effort. Read more»

South Korea upsets Great Britain in Olympic Qualifer

(09 Nov 2012, 10:13) | Won-jung Kim has 3 goals Read more»

Easy debut in Kyiv for Ukraine and Poland

(09 Nov 2012, 02:41) | The favourite teams dominate opponents in the first day of Olympic Tournament Group H Read more»

Swiss NLA: more goals; more fans.

(08 Nov 2012, 15:38) | The NHL lockout has bought twelve percent more goals and five percent more fans in Swiss Hockey stadiums. Only Kloten see his attendance drop a little. Read more»