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The Persian hockey princess

(15 Jan 2019, 20:30) | From practice in a car park and over a Persian carpet to skating in one of the most prestigious hockey academies: Eurohockey meets Guila Mohajer: facing many difficulties, the first Iranian women hockey player is now studying coaching in Vierumaki Sport Institute in Finland, dreaming about encouraging many girls in his country to lace skates and embrace a stick Read more»

Arlan Kokshetau are Continental Cup winners

(13 Jan 2019, 20:36) | Arlan Kokshetau of Kazakstan defeated Belfast Giants to become Continental Cup winners. Read more»

Canadian girls World U18 Champions. Bronze medals for Finland

(13 Jan 2019, 16:26) | Canada beat USA in overtime in the final of the IIHF World Women U18 Championship in Obihiro, Japan. Finland shut out Russia in the bronze medal game. Read more»

Belfast one game away.

(12 Jan 2019, 23:33) | Belfast one game away from winning the superfinals. Read more»

Giants shut out Gomel

(12 Jan 2019, 09:13) | The Belfast Giants, host for the Superfinals of the Continental Cup opened their account with a 5-0 shutout of HC Gomel of Belarus. Read more»

Arlan tames Katowice

(11 Jan 2019, 18:15) | A nightmare start costs Polish team the first defeat at Continental Cup Superfinals in Belfast. Gaffe of organizers playing the old anthem of Kazakhstan in the post-game Read more»

A look at some European top teams

(09 Jan 2019, 20:11) | The standard of hockey continues to improve across Europe as increasing numbers of youngsters get into this exhilarating sport. The World Junior Championship has highlighted just how healthy the situation is in countries like Sweden, Switzerland, Russia, Finland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Hockey fans on the continent can look forward to an exciting 2019 packed full of drama, intrigue and excitement. Here are the top teams to look out for this year: Read more»

Finland wins fifth World Junior Hockey Championship

(06 Jan 2019, 03:59) | For the third time in the past six tournaments, Finland has won gold at the World Junior Hockey Championships after beating the United States by a score of 3-2. Read more»

Russians take bronze after tight contest against Switzerland

(06 Jan 2019, 00:21) | It didn’t come easy, but Russia has won bronze at the 2019 World Junior Hockey Championships in Vancouver, Canada after a 5-2 victory over Switzerland on Saturday afternoon. Read more»

Finns topple Swiss, will play for gold

(05 Jan 2019, 04:13) | Finland will play for their look to win gold at the World Juniors in Canada for the first time ever after beating Switzerland by a score of 6-1 in Vancouver on Friday, placing them in the gold medal game on Saturday. Read more»

USA to play for gold at World Juniors

(05 Jan 2019, 00:24) | The United States will look to win gold for their second straight trip to Canada, beating Russia by a score of 2-1 to advance to the finals. Read more»

Kazakhstan avoids relegation in shutout victory over Denmark

(04 Jan 2019, 20:08) | Kazakhstan did something that very few teams have managed to do after earning promotion to the top World Junior tournament, starving off relegation to defeat Denmark 4-0 in the second relegation-round game in Vancouver, Canada. Read more»

USA moves on despite strong effort by Czech goalie

(03 Jan 2019, 04:22) | In the final game of action at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia, the United States have eliminated the Czech Republic with a 3-1 victory to advance to the semifinals. Read more»

Finland eliminates Canada in come-from-behind victory

(03 Jan 2019, 02:52) | Team Canada will not have a shot at their third-straight medal after Finland came from behind to win 2-1 in overtime in the first quarter-final game in Vancouver on Wednesday. Read more»

Switzerland pulls off major upset over Sweden

(03 Jan 2019, 00:20) | In the biggest upset of the 2019 World Juniors and one of the most significant in recent years, the fourth-ranked team in Group A, Switzerland, beat the top-ranked Group B team, Sweden, 2-0 after a terrific 41-save performance from Luca Hollenstein in the Swiss net. Read more»