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18 Dec 2020, 23:00 | Eight German U20 team members test positive

Eight players of the German WJC team received a positive corona test result reports IIHF from the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship Bubble.

Also two Swedish staff members tested positive for COVID-19.

Team Germany will remain in quarantine until 24 December, while Team Sweden will remain in quarantine until 21 December

18 Dec 2020, 22:36 | Poland and Hungary win a game each in Katowice

Poland and Hungary played two games in Katowice. Poland won 2-1 yesterday and Hungary won 3-1 today.

In yesterday's game Dominik Pas scored the winner with just 5 seconds to go. Today Krisztian Nagy scored twice for Hungary but key player of the Hungarian win was their goalie Zoltan Hetenyi who made 47 saves.

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

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