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15 Dec 2020, 22:18 | Germany-Switzerland games cancelled

The planned international games between the German and Swiss women's national team this week in Füssen had to be cancelled with short notice. The reason is two positive Covid-19 tests in the Swiss squad.

13 Dec 2020, 21:39 | Latvia withdraws

Due to covid-19 cases in the Latvian national team they were forced to withdraw from Wojciecha Korfantego Cup (EIHC) that was scheduled to be played in Katowice, Poland December 17-19.

Instead Poland and Hungary will play two games.

08 Dec 2020, 21:31 | Swedish WJC head coach tested positive for COVID-19

The head coach of the Swedish Under-20 team, Tomas Montén, and two other members of the team staff tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be allowed to participate in the World Juniors that are just a few weeks away.

Four of the Swedish players have also tested positive.

07 Dec 2020, 07:22 | Swedish players to miss the World Juniors

William Eklund and Karl Henriksson of the Swedish Under-20 team will miss the World Junior Championship due to recent positive covid-19 test results.

29 Nov 2020, 11:50 | Fastest Liiga goal

Markus Nurmi of TPS needed only four seconds to score on Ässät's young goalie Rasmus Korhonen for the fastest goal ever in the Finnish top league.

The game was the Liiga debut for the 18-year-old goalie.

Fastest Liiga goals:

4 seconds: Markus Nurmi, TPS / TPS-Ässät November 28 2020
5 seconds: Jari Laiho, Lukko / Lukko-Jokerit December 6 1979
5 seconds: Esa Välioja, Tappara / Tappara-Jokerit January 31 1982
5 seconds: Seppo Ahokainen, Tappara / Ilves-Tappara December 6 1983

Source: Iitalehti

11 Nov 2020, 21:50 | Swedish junior leagues are paused

The Swedish Ice Hockey Federation´s executive committee decided yesterday to pause league games for J20 National and J18 Regional due to increased spread of covid-19.

The decision applies from November 11 and at least until the turn of the year.

05 Nov 2020, 19:03 | Finland-Sweden games cancelled

Three U20 games between Finland and Sweden that were supposed to be played this week in Vierumäki have been cancelled after two Swedish players tested positive for Covid-19.

21 Oct 2020, 22:15 | Sergei Viter resigned as head coach of Ukraine

Sergei Viter resigned from the post of head coach of the Ukrainian national team following his appointment as HC Donbass Sport Director
Viter headed the national team from June 2019 when he replaced Andrei Sryubko.

20 Oct 2020, 21:38 | Kremenchuk win Ukranian League

Ukraine has finally a champion for 2019-2020 season: HC Kremenchuk win its first title by beating in a thrilling final series reigning champion Donbass Donets'k after seven games. A deflection by captain Nikolai Kiselev on Egor Seranov shot at 66:70 in the overtime gives Kremenchuk the decisive 3-2 victory. After two silver medals (2015 and 2017) and two bronze (2016 and 2019) finally the team from Poltava region can celebrate the title.
Ukranian league stopped during the playoffs last March due to the Covid-19 outbreak, to resume in September and stop again for several cases among players, before the final series.

12 Oct 2020, 22:56 | Kazakhstan and Bulgaria set new dates for leagues

Kazakhstan Federation set the begininng of the season for October 19, playing in six different cities without spectators.
Bulgaria postponed the start of League, originally scheduled for October 15, to October 29

03 Oct 2020, 19:48 | DEL postpones start of season

The start of the new season in the German top league DEL, scheduled for November, has been postponed again. It can start in the second half of December at the earliest.
The players' union is disappointed.

29 Sep 2020, 13:47 | Spengler Cup cancelled

As rumored in the last weeks, the 2020 Edition of Spengler Cup is cancelled. Travel restrictions and government decrees making the tournament unlikely.
This will be the 5th time - after 1939, 1940, 1949 and 1956 - that the traditional tournament in Davos, Switzerland will not take place.

20 Sep 2020, 13:44 | CG Puigcerdà win Spanish League

CG Puigcerda is Spanish champion, by beating in the playoffs finals reigning champion Txuri Urdin.
Federation suspended the playoffs after semifinals last March due to Covid outbreak but decided to complete the 2019-2020 season before the begin of new season.
Puigcerda won 5-2 game #1 last week and game #2 6-4 in San Sebastian winning a title that had been missing for 12 years. Txuri abdicate the crown after three consecutive triumphs. The Basque team suffered some key losses during the summer, when iconic goalie Ander Alcaine retired and Ander Arraras and Josh Gimenez signed for rival Puigcerdà.
The new Liga Nacional season will start next Saturday

17 Sep 2020, 21:23 | Kazakhstan League start postponed indefinitely

Due to the outbreak of coronavirus among the players of Barys Nur-Sultan the start of the championship of Kazakhstan has been postponed indefinitely. All clubs have been ordered to cancel all their trips.

This decision was made by the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
After the announcement of the new start date, an updated championship calendar will be presented.

17 Sep 2020, 16:08 | Coronavirus outbreak in Barys Nur-Sultan

The KHL regular championship match between Barys and Dinamo Riga, scheduled for September 18, will be postponed due to the outbreak of coronavirus in the Kazakh team.
The team was quarantined, and the KHL postponed six matches involving the team to a later date.

The press secretary of the club Yevgeny Akmanov told all the team members are asymptomatic, therefore, during the quarantine, everyone was sent home, but at the same time are under constant supervision of the medical headquarters.

The club hopes that everyone will soon get better, the team will continue to play in the KHL and this situation will not happen again, and the postponed matches, in agreement with the rivals, will be able to be held at a later date.

Relocation of the club to Russia is not currently being discussed, although it was considered before the start of the season.

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