Articles archive

Vladimir Krutov passes away at the age of 52

(06 Jun 2012, 18:33) | One of the greatest ice hockey players of the 1980's passed away in a hospital in Moscow today. Read more»

Rangers Sign Lindberg

(06 Jun 2012, 06:57) | The New York Rangers dipped into the European market for the third time in 10 days in signing another player for the 2012-2013 season last Friday. Read more»

Devils in a deep hole

(05 Jun 2012, 05:54) | Los Angeles Kings took already third win in Stanley Cup finals beating New Jersey Devils by 4-0 and are now only one win away from lifting the cup. Read more»

Foreign goaltenders banned from Belarus League

(04 Jun 2012, 19:46) | Despite three teams have already signed import goalies, Belarus Federation decided to forbid foreign goalis in next Belarus Open League Read more»

Kings refuse to lose away

(03 Jun 2012, 07:04) | Kings took their 10th consecutive away win in this year's playoffs when they beat Devils 2-1 in OT. Read more»

Russia wins U20 Challenge Cup of Asia

(01 Jun 2012, 14:44) | As anyone could predict the Russian MHL All-Star Team had no problem to win the first ever U20 Challenge Cup of Asia. The question was who would grab the second place. Japan did after an overtime win against South Korea in the last game. Read more»

Vote for the European Player of the Month April/May 2012

(31 May 2012, 20:24) | There are eight candidates for our combined April/May Player of the Month award: Patrick Thoresen, Jan Laco, Ilya Nikulin, Niklas Svedberg, Jakob Silfverberg, Alexander Yeryomenko, Sven Felski and Jani Tuppurainen. Read more»

Kopitar scores the winner when Kings win game one

(31 May 2012, 07:52) | The Stanley Cup finals have started. Slovenia's super star Anze Kopitar got the game-winning goal in the first game when Los Angeles Kings beat New Jersey Devils in overtime. Read more»

Hrivik Signs NHL Deal With the New York Rangers

(31 May 2012, 06:23) | The whirlwind spring for Slovak Marek Hrivik has the cherry on top of his hockey sundae. The NHL New York Rangers signed Hrivik to an NHL deal with a two way (NHL-AHL) component on Wednesday. Terms were not disclosed. Read more»

U16 National team player in 2004. Then what happened?

(30 May 2012, 20:14) | In February 2004 the U16 teams of Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden played a 4-nation tournament. For the players this was one of the first appearances in the national team jersey. But what happened then to the hot prospects? Only a few made it to the NHL. Two of them passed away in the tragic Lokomotiv plane crash. Read more»

Johan Larsson named Swedish Junior of the Year

(30 May 2012, 11:46) | Minnesota Wild prospect Johan Larsson won gold medals in the Swedish Championship and the World Juniors. He also played the World Championship for Sweden. Today he was named Swedish Junior of the Year 2011/12. Read more»

New format for WJC and WJC18

(29 May 2012, 17:06) | IIHF will change the format of the Ice Hockey U18 and U20 World Championships. The semi final bye for the group winners is gone. Now teams 1-4 of each group will qualify for the quarter finals. Read more»

Great Britain won’t host Olympic Qualifiers

(28 May 2012, 18:51) | Lack of funds and venue issues force Britain to reject chance to host 2014 Olympic qualifiers. Tournament should be held in Japan Read more»

Change in Czech Extraliga playing format

(28 May 2012, 11:33) | Starting in the 2012-13 season, the Czech clubs' top competition is going to be more open Read more»

KHL draft 2012

(27 May 2012, 20:26) | Chelyabinsk hosts the fourth KHL draft in history. The ceremony and organization was the best ever at a draft and maybe among all KHL events. Read more»