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03 Feb 2021, 16:49 | New milestone in Slovak Extraliga

Scoring in Tuesday's victory against Nitra (6-1), Banská Bystrica Dalibor Dvorský became the youngest scorer in the history of Slovak Extraliga at the age of 15 years, 7 months and 18 days. He broke the record of Marián Gáborík from 1998, who scored at 16 years and 27 days
"I realize what happened. It's an amazing feeling, I'm very happy to be the youngest player in the Extraliga to score a goal. I'll do everything I can to have a career like Marián Gáborík" said Dvorský.

02 Feb 2021, 22:04 | Saryarka Karaganda win Kazakhstan Cup

With a goal scored by tournament top-scorer Sergei Golodnyuk at 62.05 in the overtime, Saryarka Karaganda complete a comeback to win 2-1 traditional rival HC Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk winning the 2021 Kazakhstan Cup. It's the first trophy for the club.
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the tournament was postponed from traditional date in August to January/February and was played in Pavlodar, Kokshetau and Karaganda, venue of the final

The best players of the tournament:

Best goalkeeper - Nikita Boyarkin (Saryarka)
Best defender - Dmitry Stulov (HC Torpedo)
Best forward - Alexander Borisevich (Saryarka)
Best young player - Ivan Zinchenko (HK Aktobe)

25 Jan 2021, 20:11 | The Ice Hockey Federation of Slovakia has sent documents to the IIHF for the IHWC 2021

The Ice Hockey Federation of Slovakia has sent to the IIHF headquarters the documentation for the holding of the 2021 World Championship in cooperation with Latvia.

"We sent last Friday to the IIHF headquarters the necessary documentation, including the budget plan, which is necessary for making a decision to hold a part of the 2021 World Cup meetings in Bratislava. We are awaiting the decision of the IIHF Council" said the press secretary of the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation Peter Janosek

11 Jan 2021, 16:46 | Andrei Spiridonov set a milestone in Kazakh league

For the first time in the history of the championship of Kazakhstan, which has been played since 1957, a player has surpassed the mark of 200 goals. It happened on January 6, 2021 in the game between HK Almaty and Gornyak Rudny

Forward and captain of the HK Almaty Andrei Spiridonov opened the score and reached the milestone of 200 goals.

In the following game, on January 7, Spiridonov also reached 600 games in the national championship

Spiridonov scored his first goalon October 23, 2002 when he played for defunct Enbek against another ceased team, Esil Petropavlovsk.

05 Jan 2021, 13:01 | SHL coach fired

Linköping of the Swedish SHL fires head coach Bert Robertsson. Daniel Eriksson and Johan Åkerman will be new head coaches.

31 Dec 2020, 14:22 | Krutil suspended

Czech defenceman Michael Krutil got a one-game suspension at the World Juniors for a violation of IIHF Official Rule 160-Slew-Footing. He will miss the last game of the Round Robin against Austria.

30 Dec 2020, 23:25 | AHL to start February 5

A statement from thePresident and Chief Executive Officer of the AHL, Scott Howson: "The American Hockey League Board of Governors has approved the structural framework for an AHL season that will begin on February 5, 2021."

"Details are still being worked out, but this step allows our teams and their National Hockey League partners to better determine their plans for the coming season. We look forward to dropping the puck on Feb. 5."

30 Dec 2020, 17:25 | Slovak captain injured

Slovakia will play today's game against Finland at the World Junior Championship without captain Samuel Kňažko and forward Dominik Sojka. Both have minor injuries.

28 Dec 2020, 23:33 | Wimmer receives two-game suspension

Austrian defenseman Philipp Wimmer has been suspended for two games at the World Juniors in Edmonton. He will miss the games against Sweden today and Russia tomorrow after an illegal check against USA's Patrick Moynihan.

27 Dec 2020, 22:02 | Braden Schneider suspended

Canada's Braden Schneider has been suspended for one game at the World Juniors in Edmonton. He checked the head of Gemany's Jan-Luca Schumacher in yesterday's game. Schneider will miss today's game against Slovakia.

24 Dec 2020, 10:30 | Canadian captain injured

The captain of the Canadian team for the upcoming World Juniors, Kirby Dach, was injured in the pre-tournament game against Russia. He will miss the entire tournament.

20 Dec 2020, 18:03 | WJC pre-tournament schedule

The International Ice Hockey Federation has adjusted the pre-tournament schedule, including the cancellation of games on Dec. 20-21.

Tuesday December 22: Switzerland-Austria and Finland-USA
Wednesday December 23: Canada-Russia and Slovakia- Czech Republic

Germany and Sweden are in quarantine and can not play any pre-tournament games.

19 Dec 2020, 22:46 | Czech Republic beats Hungary 5-0 - twice

The women's teams of Czech Republic and Hungary played yesterday and today in Kalich Arena, Litomerice. Both times the Czech women won 5-0.

In the first game Sara Cajanova and Klara Hymlarova scored two goals each. In the second game five players scored a goal each. Klara Peslarova earned a shutout in the first game and Viktorie Švejdová in the second.

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.

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