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11 Sep 2014, 21:17 | Igor Chibirev to coach Ukraine U20

Ukraine Federation announced the appointment of Igor Chibiriev as head coach of U20 national team, with Andrei Sryubko as assistant. Chibiriev, 46, worked as assistant coach at Molodaya Gvardia Donetsk, while Sryubko held a similar position at Dmitrov.
"The most important thing is that we have a common vision of what needs to be done to achieve a result" said Igor Chibiriev. Ukraine U20 will compete in WJC U20 Division IB in Dunaujvaros, Hungary, next December against Poland, Kazakhstan, France, Japan and Hungary.

09 Sep 2014, 09:58 | 2015 IIHF IHWC mascot introduction

The mascot of the 2015 IIHF World Championship will today be introduced in a press conference that you can follow here from 11.30 (CET).

07 Sep 2014, 13:01 | Memory day in KHL

On the 7th of September KHL games are paused in memory of the crash of a plane that carried HC Lokomotiv Yaroslavl three years ago, on 7 of September 2011. Flight attendant Alexander Sizov was the only one who survived in a crash, while 26 players, 4 coaches, 7 club staff members and 7 members of plane crew died.

04 Sep 2014, 14:13 | Beroun faces problems

Traditional participant of the Czech 1.liga (2nd-level competition) Medvědi Beroun struggles with financial issues which could lead to closing down the organization as whole. According to information from the Czech Ice Hockey Association (CIHA), Beroun owes the total amount of app. € 18,000 to players on wages and it seems to be unable to even out its liabilities by September 5, which has been stated as the final deadline by CIHA. The club, which finished in the last spot of the 1.liga last year and was relegated to 2.liga (3rd-level competition), is now threatened even by losing of its 2.liga license and by total extinction.

02 Sep 2014, 15:26 | Slavutich will not participate in the Belarus Extraliga

Slavutich Smolensk won't play in Belarus Extraliga in 2014-15 season. The club, acting in Russian 3rd league, applied to join Belarus Extraliga and the Belarusian Federation accepted the proposal, but, despite a verbal agreement wih Russian Hockey Federation, the bureaucratic procedure was not successful because only the Executive Committee of the Federation has the right to allow the move, but the date of his nearest Convocation is no earlier than September 25th, after the begin of Extraliga

02 Sep 2014, 14:10 | Mass brawl causes premature end of a warmup game in Trenčín

Yesterday's warmup game full of fights between junior teams of Dukla Trenčín and Vsetín ended up prematurely in the 56th minute due to a mass fight. In the moment of the final whistle, the current score was 2-2. Altogether, 336 penalty minutes were registered into the penalty summary of the game.

02 Sep 2014, 09:35 | Ertis won Kazakhstan Cup

By beating cup holder Arlan Kokshetau 4-1 in the final played in Temirtau, national champion Ertis Pavlodar won for the first time the Kazakhstan Cup. Nomad Astana captured bronze medal defeating 2-1 at overtime Beybarys Atyrau. Tournament awards were assigned to Marek Pinc (Ertis) as best goalie, Aleksei Petushkov (Arystan Temirtau) as best defender and Maxim Bogatyrenko (Berkut Karaganda) as best forward

01 Sep 2014, 18:07 | Finland wins U20 tournament in Jönköping

The Finnish U20 team won a 4-nation tournament in Jönköping, Sweden the past weekend. They started off with a 2-1 shootout win to Russia and continued with 5-1 aganist Sweden and 7-1 against Czech Republic. Sweden finished second beating the Czechs 7-2 and the Russians 2-1. Russia beat Czech Republic 7-0 to finsih third.

Finland's Jesse Puljujärvi scored 3+3 points to finish as top scorer of the tournament in Kinnarps Arena.

01 Sep 2014, 00:09 | Neman Grodno won Belarus Cup

National champion Neman Grodno won its first Belarus Cup crushing 5-0 Yunost Minsk in the final, played at Chizhovka Arena in Minsk in front of 1.900 spectators.
"Despite the score, the match was tight. The first two quick goals played a major role in our victory." said Neman captain Andrei Korshunov
"We wanted to win. Fans always remember the first place, if the result gave us the silver, it is not important" commented Yunost Anatoly Protasenya

31 Aug 2014, 11:36 | Energija Elektrénai announced new coach

Energija Elektrénai, playing in Belarusian second division, announced Belarusian Dmitri Ovsyannikov as new headcoach. Ovsyannikov, 44, worked at HK Lida-2 last season

31 Aug 2014, 11:16 | Medvescak releases Shawn Belle

Medvescak Zagreb announces the club terminates contract with Canadian defender Shawn Belle for mediacal reasons: "Few days after his arrival appeared problems arising from an old injury. The club and player agreed that priority is to take care of his body and health. He understands that with our small budget we have to have every player be able and count on him 100%. We wish him all the best for the future and hope he will soon be at top" said Medvescak athletic director Aaron Fox. Belle, 29, signed with Medvescak from Swedish Farjestad last June

30 Aug 2014, 19:02 | Yunost and Neman for the Cup

After three consecutive years Metallurg Zhlobin won't play in Belarus Cup final. The last act, next Sunday, will see Cup holder Yunost Minsk face Extraliga champion Neman Grodno, qualified to final just for a better goal difference compared to Yunost MHL team.

30 Aug 2014, 18:38 | Ertis and Arlan will face off in Kazakhstan Cup final

The 2014 edition of Kazakhstan Cup will have the same final of last year: cup holder Arlan Kokshetau and national champion Ertis Pavlodar dueling on Sunday at Termitau Ice Arena. Teams won their respective groups, while Nomad Astana and Beybarys Atyrau will play for bronze medal. Arlan won Kazakhstan Cup in last two editions

29 Aug 2014, 12:45 | GKS Katowice and Krynica approved

Polish Federation Commission on Licensing approved - even after the deadline - the applications of GKS Katowice to play in Polska Hokej Liga and Krynica for the 2nd League. Krynica also received a license for women team.

29 Aug 2014, 12:23 | Angers won Jacques Lacarrière trophy

after losing the playoffs finals last season, Angers took its revenge on Briançon winning the Match of Champions (Jacques Lacarrière Trophy), the trophy which opens the season in France between the Ligue Magnus champion and the winner of Cup of France. Angers won 4-1 (1-0, 0-0,3-1) at home in front of 1100 spectators. Goals were scored by Yannick Tifu,Tim Crowder, Guillaume Lefebvre and Brian Henderson for Angers and Marc-Andre Bernier for Briançon.
Angers goalie Alexis Neau was named MVP.