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2012 World Juniors schedule announced

(06 Jul 2011, 07:48) | The IIHF and Hockey Canada announced on Tuesday the final schedule for the 2012 IIHF U20 World Championship in Calgary and Edmonton, Canada, December 26, 2011 – January 5, 2012. Read more»

Teotihuacan Priest Liga Mexicana de Elite champion

(05 Jul 2011, 08:52) | The first ever champion of the new Mexican league Liga Mexicana de Elite is Teotihuacan Priest, who defeated Mayan Astronomers in last weekend's finals. Read more»

Classic Swiss club in financial trouble

(04 Jul 2011, 21:21) | HC Ambri Piotta has played in the top league of Switzerland since 1985, but now may have to withdraw from the NLA due to financial difficulties. Read more»

Great people in hockey history: Versatile athlete could have had an NHL career, but stayed home because of his family

(01 Jul 2011, 22:32) | You probably don’t know the name if you’re not a big hockey expert, a fan of one of his former clubs, or if you’re not from the territory of the former Czechoslovakia. But Jiří Lála, a right winger from Tábor, Czech Republic, could have been a big star in the hockey world. Read more»

Avalanche To Retire Forsberg’s Number 21 On Opening Night

(30 Jun 2011, 21:46) | Forsberg Will Become Fourth Avalanche Player To Have Number Retired. Read more»

Olli Määttä picked first in the 2011 CHL Import Draft

(29 Jun 2011, 17:57) | Each team in the CHL (OHL, WHL and QMJHL) is permitted to carry two European Import players each season. These players are selected annually at the Import Draft. In todays 2011 draft Finnish defenseman Olli Määttä was selected as #1 by London Knights (OHL). Read more»

World Juniors 2014 to Malmö

(28 Jun 2011, 21:29) | The Swedish Ice Hockey Association announces that the 2014 IIHF World U20 Championship will be played in Malmö. Read more»

Sweden announces U20 and U18 rosters

(27 Jun 2011, 13:06) | The Swedish Under-20 team will go to Lake Placid to play against USA and Finland in August. The Under-18 team will play in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Both rosters were named today. Read more»

Nicklas Jensen to Canucks

(26 Jun 2011, 18:14) | Nicklas Jensen was the only Danish player to be selected in the 2011 NHL draft when Vancouver Canucks picked him as number 29 overall. Read more»

Two Norwegian goalies drafted

(26 Jun 2011, 10:22) | Steffen Søberg was drafted by the Washington Capitals and Lars Volden by the Boston Bruins. They are the first two Norwegian goalies ever drafted in the NHL. Read more»

2011 NHL Entry Draft, Day 2

(25 Jun 2011, 17:24) | The NHL Draft in Minnesota continued today with rounds 2 through 7. 210 players were selected. 68 of them are European. Read more»

New licensing system in Finnish SM-Liiga

(25 Jun 2011, 15:32) | The SM-Liiga has introduced a licensing system. In order to play in the league, certain requirements such as security cameras in the arena and safer board have to be fulfilled. Read more»

Russia ready to develop Turkish hockey

(24 Jun 2011, 16:50) | Gazprom has announced a sponsorship deal with the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation. Read more»

2011 NHL Entry Draft, Day 1

(24 Jun 2011, 09:56) | The Edmonton Oilers selected Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of Red Deer (WHL) first overall. The first European player to be selected was Sweden's Gabriel Landeskog, who was picked second by the Colorado Avalanche. Read more»

ICEBOX trophy goes to Sirokovs

(22 Jun 2011, 18:39) | For the first time ever hockey though guys met face to face in the ring. Four hockey players took off the skates, left the sticks in the lockers and came to match their strengths. The first volume of the unique sports event took place in Riga, Latvia and Latvian Aleksejs Sirokovs took the victory. Read more»