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11 May 2014, 14:32 | Russia and Czech Republic replace injured players

Avangard Omsk forward Sergei Kalinin replaces injured Andrei Loktionov in the Russian roster at the 2014 World Championships in Minsk. Loktionov left the team because of a shoulder injury suffered during opening game against Switzerland.

Charlotte Checkers defender Michal Jordan will replace Roman Polak in Czech Republic making his debut at World Championship. also Polak suffered a shoulder injury

11 May 2014, 07:33 | Wennberg named Junior of the Year

Alexander Wennberg of Frölunda HC has been named Swedish Junior of the year 2013/2014.

"A very skilled player, who has good understanding of the game and a very good shot. He is predicted a brilliant future", are the words from the jury.

10 May 2014, 17:55 | Switzerland loses Sven Bärtschi

Switzerland forward Sven Bärtschi suffered a broken rib during the match against Russia. He will be out for several weeks and will be no longer aligned during the World Championships.
According to several sources, he will be replaced in the lineup by Benjamin Plüss.

09 May 2014, 19:02 | INL expands to 16 clubs

The Inter-National League has expanded to 16 clubs for this season, joining the league will be Austrian sides EC Kitzbühel and HC Steelers Kapfenberg. However, Italian club HC Merano will not be taking part. The league is made up of six Austrian clubs, six Slovenian and four Italian.

09 May 2014, 08:19 | Sydney Ice Dogs named Petrie as new coach

Champion Sydney Ice Dogs named English Andrew Petrie as new head coach, replacing Ron Kuprowsky, resigned in April. In last weeks team was headed by interim player-coach Dion Dunwoodie

08 May 2014, 18:38 | Spengler Cup participants unveiled

Cup holder Genève-Servette, Team Canada, Salavat Yulaev Ufa, Jokerit Helsinki, Medvescak Zagreb and Davos are the teams that will compete in next Spengler Cup, as announced by tournament organization. Croatia will debut in Spengler Cup, while Jokerit Helsinki will return in Switzerland after 11 years.

08 May 2014, 18:26 | Rubin Tyumen represent Russia in Continental Cup

VHL finalist Rubin Tyumen will represent Russia in next Continental Cup.
" VHL informed that our club will represent Russia in the Continental Cup as the best Russian club in VHL. We are ready for this" said Rubin Director Igor Efremenko.
VHL champion is Kazakh team Sary Arka Karaganda, but country will be represented by domestic champion Ertis Pavlodar

08 May 2014, 11:42 | New coaching staff at Skalica

New HK36 Skalica GM Tibor Martincic announced the coaching staff for next season: former assistant coach Stefan Mega will be the new head coach, assisted by former club player Michal Ruzicka

07 May 2014, 20:11 | Sochi club to have 7 imports, Expansion draft on 17 Jun

Second KHL Expansion draft will be held at June 17. It would be a draft consisted of 5 rounds, where new club from Sochi will take 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in every round, 5th pick goes to Lada Togliatti. Every club (except foreign clubs and Lokomotiv Yaroslval) should make a list of 2 players which must be older than 1993 y,o.b. Also Sochi and Lada should pay to the club 30% of player salary at season-2014/15.

Lada will have 5 import players for a new season, when Sochi could bring 7 players.

07 May 2014, 07:48 | Hans Wallson named Coach of the Year

Hans Wallson, coach of the 2014 Swedish Champion Skellefteå, has been named Swedish Coach of the Year by the hockey journalists.

04 May 2014, 18:26 | Mississippi Surge suspends operations

After five years, the Mississippi Surge of SPHL will indefinitely suspend hockey operations.
"We have done everything we can to keep hockey here" owner Jimmy Hodge said.

A steady but steep decline in revenue over the past five years effectively forced team ownership into the position of indefinite suspension. "We are still seeking opportunities for the following year, and if the right situation arises, hockey could return to Biloxi."

02 May 2014, 22:25 | Germany beats Switzerland

Germany defeated Switzerland 2-0 in SAP Arena Mannheim tonight.

Daniel Pietta and Tobias Rieder scored the goals while Robert Zepp in the net made 24 saves.

01 May 2014, 18:13 | Poland bid for IHWC 2015

Polish Federation made an application to host the World Championship Division IA in 2015 in Krakow
"I hope that in a few weeks we will have another nice information for the Polish hockey fans - says David Chwałka, president of the Polish Ice Hockey Association. - We believe that for the 90th anniversary of the Federation, which will happen next year, we will organize a big hockey festival."
The City of Krakow built a new arena with a new infrastructure. Krakow seems to be a very good idea for the Olympics in 2022 and the promotion of hockey.

29 Apr 2014, 19:04 | Spartak champion

MHK Spartak Moscow won KHL's junior league MHL.

Today they beat Red Army Moscow 3-2 in game seven of the finals.

25 Apr 2014, 22:15 | Sweden - Norway interrupted

The men's national team game between Sweden and Norway that was played in Sundsvall tonight was interrupted at the score 1-0 after one period due to bad ice.

After nine minutes of play there was a long break since commercial text was coming up from under the ice. The arena crew tried without success to repair it with water and a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher. The players then had to leave the ice for the locker rooms. After 50 minutes the game could continue, but when the second period was about to start the ice had not frozen, an edge had formed on the ice and there were still problems with the commercials under the ice.

The game was decided in a shoot-out that Sweden won 1-0. Niklas Olausson scored both the winning shot and the only goal in the first period.

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