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19 Feb 2014, 21:30 | John Tavares out for semifinal

Hit from Arturs Kulda into the boards during the second period John Tavares suffered a leg injury during Canada's 2-1 quarterfinal victory against Latvia and will miss the remainder of the Olympic tournament.

17 Feb 2014, 21:45 | Ajoie fires coach Tlacil

Czech coach Jan Tlacil was fired today by Ajoie after the club failed to reach playoffs in Swiss NLB. Tlacil should remain in Ajoie organization. Talks are ongoing with former club player and current HC Franches-Montagnes coach Martin Bergeron

17 Feb 2014, 17:37 | GKS Katowice refuses to play as protest

GKS Katovice players refused to play Polish League game against JKH GKS Jastrzębie to protest for the diffficult financial situation at club.
"Today the whole team took this difficult decision. We know that we are here to play and we have great fans. We are sorry but we have done this step, because the situation is very difficult. We have dealt with the payment of September, and it already affects our lives. Many of us have trouble keeping the family. We do not want to hurt anyone, and we know that there is a problem with finding sponsors and the lack of money in the club" players said in a statement

16 Feb 2014, 10:37 | South Africa promoted

South Africa earns promotion from the lowest U18 World Championship level, Division 3B, after beating Hong Kong and Turkey in Izmit.

16 Feb 2014, 10:25 | Bipolo Vitoria wins regular season in Spain

Champion Bipolo Vitoria finished ahead the regular season of Spanish League with a 18-2-0 record and 54 points, 12 more then runner-up Puigcerdà.
Bipolo - Jaca and Puigcerdà - Txuri Urdin will be the playoffs semifinals pairs.

Puigcerdà Slovak Jan Simko is the top scorer with 56 points (37+19)

15 Feb 2014, 09:08 | USA - Russia: starting goalies announced

In late night both coach announced the starting goalies for big match USA - Russia: Johathan Quick will defend US cage as in debut against Slovakia, while Columbus Blue Jackets' Sergei Bobrovski will replace Semyon Varlamov in Russia

13 Feb 2014, 19:20 | Zetterberg with back problems

Sweden's Henrik Zetterberg didn't turn up for today's photo session and practice and is reported to have problems with his back again. Zetterberg has missed several NHL games due to an injury and now he might miss games at the Olympic Tournaments as well. Sweden plays Switzerland tomorrow, Friday.

11 Feb 2014, 15:12 | Coventry Blaze fired coach Söderström

Coventry Blaze announced Mathias Söderström has been replaced as head coach by Sheffield Steelers assistant coach Marc LeFebvre. Sodestrom was appointed head coach during the summer after spending a couple of season as assistant.
Blaze chairman Andy Buxton said: "Marc is coming in as head coach until the end of the season. We wanted someone who knows the Elite League, knows the way the club works, knows the opposition teams and knows our players - someone who can hit the ground running. It's not easy to make a coaching change mid-season but Marc is a very bright young coach who has already shown he knows how to run a professional team and knows how to win. He now has a chance to show us what he can do."

10 Feb 2014, 23:10 | Liège Bulldogs capture Belgian Cup

The two best clubs in Belgium meet in the final, first place White Caps Turnhout took on Liège Bulldogs IHC at the sold out Médiacité. A fast paced back and forth afair had the scoreline opened late in the 1st period with a goal from Alexandre Bremer. A breakaway for Filip Orescanin leveled the scoreline before Krzak and P.Camelbeeck pushed the Bulldogs up 2 at the end of two. Turnhout made things interesting in the 3rd but Liège held on to capture thir first ever title.

09 Feb 2014, 22:13 | Switzerland replaces Furrer

Switzerland coach waited until the last second before to announce the replacement for injured Philippe Furrer: it's Kloten Flyers defender Patrick von Gunten, who will play his second Olympics

09 Feb 2014, 22:07 | Russia - Switzerland friendly match cancelled

Swiss Federation announced the friendly game against Russia, scheduled for today, was cancelled due the lack of an appropriate icerink in Sochi. Before the announcement from Swiss Federation, Russia press officer Mikhail Zakharov said the game "was canceled without explanation by Switzerland" and that Russia will hold a training session instead. Some days ago Noway announced the cancellation of preparation game against Switzerland, scheduled for February 10.

09 Feb 2014, 10:15 | Starosta to replace Visnovsky

Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk defender Tomas Starosta, 32, is the player chosen by Slovakia coach Vladimir Vujtek to replace injured Lubomir Visnovsky. Starosta will play his first Olympics

08 Feb 2014, 16:32 | U17: 396 penalty minutes in Russia-USA game

USA and Russia participate in a U17 tournament in Sundsvall, Sweden. USA won today's game 6-4, but it all ended with a big fight. Russia's Egor Volkov got a major penalty for Checking to the head. In the following "war" another 13 players got major Roughing or Fisticuffs penalties.

In total Russia got 199 penalty minutes and USA 197.

07 Feb 2014, 21:27 | SC Riessersee abandoned match

In a DEL2 match, SC Riessersee abandoned their match against Starbulls Rosenheim three minutes into the match. After Riessersee had asked for the match to be postponed due to their goalkeepers all being out from injury (Hogan and Treutle) or illness (Sertl, Schmidt), Rosenheim didnt agree to reschedule the match. Riessersee was forced to play 19-year old Forward Markus Eberhardt in goal. But after Rosenheim scored 02:47 into the first period, Riessersee left the ice.

06 Feb 2014, 17:27 | Martin St. Louis replaces Stamkos in Canada roster

Hockey Canada announced Tampa Bay forward Martin St. Louis will replace injured Lightning centre Steven Stamkos in the Olympic men's hockey team. St-Louis played once for Canada at Olympics, in Turin 2006

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