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08 Aug 2021, 12:12 | HC Tel Aviv win Israel Elite Hockey League

- Josh Greenberg

July became hockey month in Israel, as for the 1st time ever, a competitive Summer league with international talent came to Israel.
The 4 team league completed a 9 game season, finishing with a bronze and gold medal game.
In the bronze Medal game, the Jerusalem Capitals ended a 4 game losing streak to finish the season on a high-note, defeating the Bat Yam Dolphins 8-6.
In the Gold Medal game, HC Tel Aviv came from last place to be in this game, against 1st place Holon Vipers.

This was an exciting final, where defense was non-existent! After 3 periods, the score was 8-8. The two teams played sudden-death 3-on-3 overtime, when playoff MVP Michael Gennello went on the breakaway and scored the game winner, to give HC Tel Aviv the league championship!

26 Jul 2021, 16:33 | Harijs Vītoliņš named Latvia coach

Harijs Vītoliņš, 53, is the new coach of Latvia National Team. The former Spartak Moscow coach will be assisted by Artis Ābols. Vītoliņš replaced Avangard Omsk coach Bob Hartley and will try to qualify Latvia for the Winter Olympics at the end of August in Riga

11 Jun 2021, 11:32 | Belarus Salei Cup calendar unveiled

The 2021-22 edition of the Belarus Cup, named after Ruslan Salei, was unveiled: the competition will be held according to the classical scheme: two groups at the first stage and the final four

In the upcoming season, the 12 teams of the newly reunified Extraliga will take part in the tournament: Yunost Minsk, HK Gomel, Shakhtar Soligorsk, Metallurg Zhlobin, Dynamo Molodechno, Neman Grodno, Khimik Novopolotsk, HK Brest, Lokomotiv Orsha, HK Mogilev, HK Lida, HC Vitebsk. They will be divided into two groups of 6 teams and will play a one-round mini-tournament

The winners of the group are guaranteed tickets to the final four.
The current winner of the trophy - Dynamo Minsk - will enter directly into the final four. The last participant will be selected among the teams finishing in the second places in the groups and will have the best rating at the end of the 2020/21 season

The final four will be hosted by one of the clubs that won the right to play in the second stage of the tournament.

Group A: Yunost Minsk, Shakhtar Soligorsk, Dynamo Molodechno, Neman Grodno, HK Brest, HK Lida.

Group B: HKGomel, Metallurg Zhlobin, Khimik Novopolotsk, Lokomotiv Orsha, HK Mogilev, HC Vitebsk.

Complete calendar here

07 May 2021, 23:31 | 2022 U18 groups

After the end of the 2021 World U18 Championship the groups for next year's championship are known.

Group A: Canada, Finland, USA, Switzerland, Latvia
Group B: Russia, Sweden, Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany

07 May 2021, 23:17 | Individual awards from the U18 Worlds

Media All Stars: Sergei Ivanov (G), Aleksi Heimosalmi (D), Brandt Clarke (D), Connor Bedard (F), Matvei Michkov (F), Samu Tuomala (F)

MVP: Matvei Michkov

Best Goalkeeper: Benjamin Gaudreau
Best Defenceman: Aleksi Heimosalmi
Best Forward: Matvei Michkov

07 May 2021, 15:36 | Switzerland vs France games cancelled

The national team games between Switzerland and France scheduled for today and tomorrow have been cancelled because a French player tested positive for Covid-19.

03 May 2021, 20:33 | Donbass Donet’sk will play in the Champions League

The Board of the Hockey Champions League decided to allocate a wild card for the champion of Ukraine Donbas Donet'sk.

The Ukrainian champion will play home matches of the most prestigious European tournament on the ice of the Kiev Sports Palace.

Since Donbass will not be able to take part in the Continental Cup, its place in the tournament will be taken by the vice-champion of Ukraine Sokil Kyiv

30 Apr 2021, 00:30 | SA Akureyri continues dynasty in Iceland

In a season plagued by the sanitary restrictions, with many canceled games and a shortened regular season, Skautafelag Akureyri confimed the dominance in the domestic hockey scene, winning the 4th consecutive Iceland League title, the eighth in the last 10 years.
The team from the north of the country swept Fjolnir in 3 games of finals: 2-1 ; 3-1; 3-0

29 Apr 2021, 23:17 | Denmark beats Sweden for the first time ever

For the first time in 22 attempts Denmark managed to beat Sweden tonight in Malmö. Denmark only had 8 shots on goal but managed to score 3 goals to beat Sweden 3-2.

Mathias From, Nicklas Jensen and Nicolai Meyer scored the Danish goals. Sebastian Dahm in the net made 32 saves.

29 Apr 2021, 20:51 | Ketterä Imatra wins Mestis

Ketterä Imatra defends the Mestis title from 2019 after beating Hermes Kokkola in the finals.

27 Apr 2021, 17:08 | Saryarka Karaganda win Kazakhstan League

After the victory of national cup, Saryarka Karaganda completed the domestic en-plein securing also the Kazakhstan League after a thrilling final series against Arlan Kokshetau, decided in game six, with an away 2-0 victory, after Arlan lead 2-0 in the series.
Due the Covid-19 restrictions, this season the Kazakh teams competing in Russian VHL - Hc Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, Saryarka and Nomad Nur-Sultan, and the Snow Leopards, Barys' junior team playing in MHL, partecipated in the domestic league

After the last game, Kazakh Federation announced seasonal awards:

Best goalkeeper: Ilya Rumyantsev (Arlan).

Best defender: Edgars Siksna (Saryarka).

Best forward: Vadim Berdnikov (Arlan).

Best young player: Ivan Zinchenko (Aktobe/Beybarys).

Season MVP: Dmitri Mikhailov (Saryarka).

25 Apr 2021, 15:36 | Olimpija Ljubljana won Alps Hockey League

HK SŽ Olimpija Ljubljana is once again champion of the Alps Hockey League. The Slovenians won the regular season and swept Italian champion Asiago Hockey in the finals with 3:0 victories. After the Dragons won the first two games at overtime, completed the series with 4-1 victory at home
Ljubljana is the first team to defend its title in the AHL

20 Apr 2021, 22:52 | JKH GKS Jastrzebie is the Polish champion

In four of the five games played in the final series, JKS GKS Jastrzebie were better than the team Comarch Cracovia. The team had the best season in its history because, in addition to winning the title, it triumphed in both the Cup and the Polish Super Cup. This is also the first title won in the championship, in 2013 and 2015 they took second place, while in 2014 they were third. In the team of coach Robert Calaber, Hovorka Marek stood out the most with 51 points and Phillips Zackary with 42 points.

17 Apr 2021, 19:58 | Barça Hockey Gel win title in Spain

Regular season winner Barça Hockey Gel needs just 3 games to beat reigning champion CG Puigcerdà in a catalan clash and win the Liga Nacional title, the sixth for the ice hockey section of football powerhouse FC Barcelona, the first since 2008-09 season.
Barça forward Oriol Rubio finished as league Top Scorer

14 Apr 2021, 14:26 | HK Triglav won IHL league

HK Triglav is the new champion of the IHL league for the 2020/2021 season. Due to the situation with the corona virus this season, only teams from Slovenia participated in IHL league (without teams from Serbia and Croatia). HK Triglav started the playoffs from the first place after the regular part of the season. In the final, they defeated HK Slavija Junior in three games. On the home ice in the first game they won 4:2 (0:0,1:1,3:1), in the second game away with 3:5 (1:1,2:2,0:2) and in the third and most uncertain game they celebrated after overtime with 6:5 (2:2,2:1,1:2,1:0) after after 77 minutes of play.

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