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JYP wins Basel Summer Ice Hockey 2011

(22 Aug 2011, 07:54) | Jani Tuppurainen scores twice when JYP Jyväskylä beats SKA St. Petersburg in the final in Basel. Read more»

Adler Mannheim and Djurgården still perfect

(21 Aug 2011, 08:54) | Adler Mannheim earned their third win in the European Trophy against Pardubice last night. Djurgården beat Jokerit 4-1 for its fourth win. Read more»

Kari Heikkilä in Belarus: work, wife, books and the dog

(20 Aug 2011, 15:14) | Kari Heikkilä, who was named head coach of Belarusian national team, will spend at least 200 days a year in Belarus and can't cancel his contract until February 2013. The press conference of Heikkilä and chief of Belarusian Ice Hockey Federation Evgeny Vorsin took place in Minsk the day after the contract between the Finnish coach and the BHF was signed. Read more»

Trans-Tasman Champions League to be launched in 2012

(19 Aug 2011, 08:03) | The Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) and the New Zealand Ice Hockey League (NZIHL) have agreed in principle to join forces for an annual Trans-Tasman Champions League (TTCL) beginning in 2012. Read more»

Tournament win for Magnitogorsk

(18 Aug 2011, 17:49) | Metallurg Magnitogorsk won the Governor of Chelyabinsk Cup after beating Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 5-2 in the final. The home team Traktor captures the third place. Read more»

Slovakia hires Czech coach

(18 Aug 2011, 15:22) | 64-year-old Vladimir Vujtek replaces Glen Hanlon as the coach of Team Slovakia. Read more»

Swedish NHL players look forward to the World Championship at home

(18 Aug 2011, 10:17) | In May 2012 the IIHF World Championship will be held in Sweden and Finland. Already many of the Swedish NHL players say that they intend to participate if they are available and healthy. Read more»

Kari Heikkila is Belarus´ new coach

(16 Aug 2011, 17:48) | Belarus Hockey Federation announced a three-year contract with the Finnish coach. Read more»

ET: Djurgården wins again

(15 Aug 2011, 09:35) | Red Bulls Salzburg lost 4-2 to Djurgården who with its third win in a row becomes the first team to reach 9 points in the European Trophy. Wins also for Adler Mannheim, HV71, TPS, Slovan Bratislava and Luleå in Sunday’s games. Read more»

Ivan Hlinka Day 6: Canada wins 4th straight title

(13 Aug 2011, 21:10) | They didn't look like gold medalists when they dropped a 5-1 decision to Sweden on Monday. But on Saturday night, Canada once again took on the Swedes and beat them 4-1 in Břeclav. In between, each team won three games. Their fortunes mirrored each other but, unfortunately for Sweden, they won the wrong game. Read more»

Barys Astana wins the President of Kazakhstan Cup

(13 Aug 2011, 15:42) | Brandon Bochenski scored both goals when Barys beat Yugra 2-1 in today’s final in Astana. Read more»

Ivan Hlinka Day 5: Canada and Sweden advance to final

(12 Aug 2011, 22:50) | In Friday's semifinals at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, Canada blasted Russia 5-0 in Piešťany while Sweden needed overtime to get by Finland 4-3 in Břeclav. It sets up a championship game between two teams who faced each other on the tournament's opening day. Read more»

Tough start of the European Trophy for the champion

(12 Aug 2011, 10:18) | Last season’s champion of the European Trophy, Eisbären Berlin, started this year’s tournament with a 6-0 loss to Frölunda. Read more»

New AIHL goal scoring record

(12 Aug 2011, 10:01) | When Matt Amado of Gold Coast Blue Tongues in the Australian top league AIHL scored his 40th goal of the season against Melbourne Ice last weekend he set a new AIHL record. Read more»

12,000 season tickets sold one month before the league starts

(11 Aug 2011, 08:16) | SC Bern has sold 12,000 season tickets four weeks before the start of the Swiss NLA. Numbers that other European top clubs only can dream of. Read more»