Süper Lig

Buz Beykoz confirms title in Turkey

Second consecutive title for Buz Beykoz Istanbul in Turkish Super Lig, after a thrilling duel in the regular season and playoffs final against city rivals Zeytinburnu as in the last season.
Buz Beykoz won 4-2 and 5-2 the finals. Bronze medal for Buz Adamlar, knocked out in the semifinals by Zeytinburnu, despite the performances of League Top Scorer and best forward Konstantin Kuchkin

League awards:
Best Goalkeeper: Savely Voronov (Buz Adamlar)
Best Defender: Yusuf Kenan Kars (Buz Beykoz)
Best Forward: Konstantin Kuchkin (Buz Adamlar)

Third title for Zeytinburnu

Third consecutive Super Lig title for Zeytinburnu Istanbul - the second consecutive after finishing season undefeated. After dominating regular season, the team from Istanbul trashed 21-3 and 12-4 newly promoted Buz Korsanlari Istanbul before to beat Erzurum Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK, in a replay of last season finals, in two games 6-3 and 10-2
Champion team Russian forward Vladislav Lomakin was the top scorer with remarkable 104 points (54+50) in 14 games

Zeytinburnu Istanbul confirms title in Turkey

Finished 2nd in the regular season, 2015 champion Zeytinburnu Istanbul defended title of Turkish Super Lig by defeating 3-1 in Izmir regular season champion Izmir Büyuksehir Belediyesi in decisive playoffs game #5. Zeytinburnu Ukranian forward Oleg Zadoyenko finished as top scorer with 60 points (31 goals + 29 assists). Erzurum Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK won bronze with two clear victories 12-1 and 16-1 against Koc University

Baskent Yildizlari is Turkish League champion

Baskent Yildizlari from Ankara wins its third consecutive Turkish League title taking advantage of a strange play-offs format
For the playoffs, the top 4 teams in the league (Baskent, Izmir, Kocaeli, and Erzurum) keep the regular season points from the games between themselves. So Baskent had 18 points, Izmir had 12 points, and Kocaeli and Erzurum had 3 points each. Then every team plays each other twice, total of 6 games.
So Baskent only needed to win any 2 games and beat Izmir in one of the two games against them. If Baskent did and lost everything else, would be tied with Izmir, but win on the tie breaker of head to head total wins.
So on March 30th, Baskent played and beat Izmir 6-3 in Kocaeli. After that, none of the games actually mattered, including the last one, a kind of playoffs final, when Izmir beats Baskent 8-6

Baskent Slovakian forward Dennis Legersky was the League top scorer with 75 points (42 goals, 33 assists)

Bethel University arrives in Turkey

Bethel University arrived in Erzuurm, Turkey for a four game series against Erzurum Genclick Sports Club. Bethel University is in first place in the MIAC College Hockey League. This is the highest level club team ever play in Turkey. The teams will play December 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2012 in Erzuurm.

42-0 in Turkey

Turkish Super Lig game between Izmir Büyuksehir Belediyesi and Istanbul Paten Klübü ended with a record score of 42-0. Slovak Robert Balga and Serkan Gumus both scored 8 goals assists, while Dutch Onur Mete had 4 goals and 11 assists. "Only" 4 goals and 8 assists for league topscorer, Latvian Oļegs Koreškovs

Orhan Duman new Turkish Ice Hockey Federation President

Orhan Duman was elected new Turkish Ice Hockey Federation capturing 104 votes. His opponent, former President Fatih Cintimar, obtained 94 votes. Duman, a 35 years-old business man, is former Baskent Yildizlari President