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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.

24 Apr 2014, 11:37 | CSKA part ways with John Torchetti

US head coach John Torchetti won't live another day with the CSKA as they don't intend to extend his contract. He is to be replaced by former Boston Bruins wing Dmitri Kvartalnov. Details of the new deal remain unknown.

Torchetti was appointed last July and was charged to bring back the glory days of the Soviet dominance. CSKA still seek their first Gagarin Cup title, this season they were swept in the first round by SKA St. Petersburg.

24 Apr 2014, 09:06 | No more Shootouts in NLA Playoffs?

According to blick.ch the National League Clubs and the Swiss Ice Hockey League want to get rid of the Shootout during future Playoffs. Team Managers from SC Bern, ZCS Lions or the Kloten Flyers have made statements all pointing in the same direction. André Rötheli, Team Manager for the Flyers mentioned that “maybe the Shootout would have to be limited to decisive games during the Playofffs”.

The League and the Clubs will come together in June at their regular Assembly and discuss further. The League would require a 2/3 majority to introduce a new format which would see Playoff games being played in an overtime until the first goal is scored, similar to how the NHL plays now.

A few questions remain though. Concerns were raised as to how the Swiss Television (SRF) would react to this decision and if they might take any steps to intervene with the Swiss Ice Hockey League due to time constraints on TV-Time that may occur.

There are many points to be discussed but it’s going in the right direction. From many athletes point of view, a decision by Shootout isn’t justified and they would rather have a game winning goal scored during an overtime. Same goes for the Club owners and Managers.

It remains to be seen if the fans and TV viewers will embrace the idea should it get a majority of the votes.

20 Apr 2014, 22:26 | Dinamo Minsk will have three farm clubs

In the next season Dinamo Minsk will have three farm clubs in Belarus Extraliga
Besides continuation of cooperation with current champion Neman Grodno, also Shakthar Soligorsk will get back the status of farm club after some years. Previously it was reported Dinamo will create a team in Maladzečna where promising young players will play in domestic league

19 Apr 2014, 21:10 | Ruslan Fedotenko will miss World Championship, Belukhin in

Donbas forward Ruslan Fedotenko will not be able to skate for Ukraine at the World Championship Division I in Korea due to injury.
"The doctor said Ruslan needs 4-6 weeks to recover from his MRI injury, so he flew home and won't play with us in Korea. The good news is Evgeny Belukhin got a Ukrainian passport and come tomorrow" said the head coach of Ukraine Andrei Nazarov.

19 Apr 2014, 21:06 | Pavel Bure becomes Vice-President of Sochi club

Former star Pavel Bure will be the Vice-President of newly estabilished club Sochi Leopards. Previously rumours indicated Bure as new club GM.
Bure told he will work closely with the manager and the head coach

17 Apr 2014, 08:58 | Germany lose two key players for 2014 WC

The list of players that are not able to participate for Germany during the 2014 IIHF World Championship in Minsk in May, becomes longer and longer. Yesterday news were published by the German federation that NHL players Christian Ehrhoff and Alexander Sulzer (both Buffalo Sabres, NHL) told the head coach of the national team, Pat Cortina, that they won't be able to play due to injuries (concussions in both cases). Before already Michael Wolf (foot injury) and David Wolf (banned by federation for violence) were not able to play.

12 Apr 2014, 11:21 | Ertis confirms title

Ertis Pavlodar sweeps Arlan Kokshetau 4-0 in the playoffs series confirming title of Kazakhstan League.
Two Czech players from champion team, goalie Marek Pinc and forward Tomas Vak were nominated best goalie and best forward, while English Ben O'Connor from Arlan Kokshetau were awarded as best defender. Arystan Temirtau won bronze medal by beating Beybarys Atryau 3-2 in the series, with a decisive 4-5 at overtime.
Canadian Yanick Riendeau (Arlan) was League Topscorer

06 Apr 2014, 10:19 | Vita Hästen promoted - Björklöven stays

Vita Hästen from Norrköping has won promotion from Division 1 to HockeyAllsvenskan, the second level of Swedish ice hockey.

Troja-Ljungby are relegated after losing the decising game 3-0 to Björklöven.

04 Apr 2014, 16:09 | Olimpija Ljubljana won Slovenian title

Olimpija Ljubljana confirmed Slovenian title by beating twice Team Jesenice 1-5 and 6-3. This season Slovenian league was played after the end of INL and EBEL. It's the third cnsecutive title for Green Dragons

02 Apr 2014, 23:00 | Vålerenga-Stavanger in the Norwegian finals

BothVålerenga Ishockey and Stavanger Oilers won game seven of the semi finals to qualify for the GET-ligaen finals.

Vålerenga beat Storhamar 2-1 in the decisive game while Stavanger got a 6-2 win over Lillehammer.

The first final will be played on Friday.

31 Mar 2014, 17:48 | Villach fires John Hughes

VSV Villach announces club has immediately fired Canadian forward John Hughes after the defeat against Bolzano that ended the season. Several witnesses confirmed that John Hughes has extensively celebrated on the evening before the game. The existing contract has been terminated and the club withdrawn the offer of a contract for next season to EBEL Top Scorer

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