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06 Feb 2014, 08:21 | Oleg Khmyl get into Yunost staff

Yunost Minsk announced Oleg Khmyl, currently coaching farm team Junior minsk, will enter in Yunost staff as assistant of headcoach Mikhail Zakharov. He will be replaced at Junior by Oleg Runets

06 Feb 2014, 08:05 | Steven Stamkos out from team Canada

No Olympics for Tampa Bay Lightning Canadian forward Steven Stamkos. The player broke the tibia on November 11 in a match with Boston and has not been medically cleared to play.
Today is obviously very disappointing for me," Stamkos said in a short staement. "I honestly believe that we did everything possible in order to have my injured leg ready in time for the Olympics, but I realize you can't force healing. I know, in the best interest of my long-term health, I cannot represent Canada in Sochi, as much as I would like to."

Team Canada will announce the replacement in next 48 hour

05 Feb 2014, 16:59 | Adam Baginski named Tychy athlete of the year

GKS Tychy forward Adam Baginski won the Tyskie Laury Sportowe 2013, a survey organized by Municipal Sports and Recreation Department and the newspaper "Twoje Tychy" (Your Tychy) to choose the city's most popular athletes

05 Feb 2014, 16:47 | Norway - Switzerland cancelled

Preparation game Norway - Switzerland, scheduled for February 10 in Sochi was cancelled as per Norway Federation request. Coach Johansen decided to have one more training session instead. Switzerland confirmed the friendly game against Russia on February 9

05 Feb 2014, 16:17 | Rookie Fredrik Lystad Jacobsen replaces injured Holtet in Norway

Storhamar Dragons 23-years-old Fredrik Lystad Jacobsen was chosen to replace injured Marius Holtet in Norway roster at Sochi Olympics. Lystad Jacobsen played for Norway Juniors teams and in exhibition games with senior team, but is a debutant in an official IIHF event

05 Feb 2014, 08:26 | Martin Erat for Sobotka

Czech Republic Federation announced the name of player to replace injured Vladimir Sobota in the roster for Olympics: it's Washington Capitals Martin Erat. The 32-years-old will play his third Olympics after Turin and Vancouver

04 Feb 2014, 08:26 | Gustav Nyquist to replace Franzen

Sweden Hockey Federation announced injured Johan Franzen will be replaced in Olympics roster by his teammate at Detroit Red Wings Gustav Nyquist.

03 Feb 2014, 18:43 | Dave King is the new coach of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Just a day after the resignation of Pyotr Vorobyov for health reasons, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl announced Canadian Dave King as new headcoach. King, currently working as Development Coach at Phoenik Coyotes, returned to Russia after 2006-07 season when he coached Metallurg Magnitogorsk for one season, winning the Spengler Cup, becoming the first ever North American coach in the Russian Superleague. King's assistants will be Oleg Petrov and Dmitri Yuskevich

02 Feb 2014, 10:58 | Pyotr Vorobyov resigned as Lokomotiv coach

Pyotr Vorobyov resigned from his post as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl headcoach alleging health problems
"On behalf of Lokomotiv and all the fans of Yaroslavl hockey we thank Pyotr Vorobyov for his work and wish primarily health" - said the club in a statement on the website.
President of Lokomotiv Yuri Yakovlev said to Inter-TASS agency: "All this happened very recently, so talk about who will be the new head coach and when is premature"
Responding to a question about how serious Vorobyev's health problems are, Yakovlev answered: "I cannot say more than is written on the official statement"

02 Feb 2014, 10:43 | No Olympics for Sobotka

St. Louis Blues and Czech Republic forward Vladimir Sobotka suffered a knee injury (fractured patella)82 seconds before the end of the match against Carolina Hurricanes and will miss Olympic Games in Sochi, the first one for twenty-six years-old player. In this season Sobotka has 25 points (7 goals and 18 assists) in 46 games. Coach Alois Hadamczik will decide the name of the substitute next week before departure to Sochi. Calgary Flames' Jiri Hudler is the main candidate

31 Jan 2014, 18:44 | Róbert Kaláber leaves Zilina

Headcoach Róbert Kaláber left his post at Zilina for unspecified personal reasons. Kalaber arrived on Zilina bench in early December to replace Jan Neliba. Assistant Martin Groma will lead team until end of season

30 Jan 2014, 23:13 | No Sochi for Johan Franzen

Sweden won't count on Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzen at the Sochi Olympics because of a concussion. The 34-year-old forward played at the 2006 Turin Olympics, where Sweden won gold, and at Vancouver 2010.
Gustav Nyquist (Detroit Red Wings), Marcus Johansson (Washington Capitals) and Patric Hörnqvist (Nashville Predators) are the most probable subsitutes.

30 Jan 2014, 10:48 | Philippe Furrer won’t travel to Sochi

SC Bern defender Philippe Furrer, named in Switzerland roster for Sochi Olympics, won't travel to Russia due his recurring head and neck pains resulting from a concussion suffered in early September. Back from a medical exam in a clinic in Atlanta, USA, specialists have diagnosed malfunctions in the brain. This implies that Furrer may return to training when symptoms have completely disappeared.
Possible replacements are Goran Bezina (Genève-Servette) and Luca Sbisa (Anaheim Ducks).

30 Jan 2014, 08:13 | Vanek named Austria captain at Sochi

Thomas Vanek will be the captain for Austria's team at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Thomas Koch will be an alternate captain, along with Matthias Trattnig.

"Vanek is a star player for us and also in the NHL. That's enough to make him captain. He is a role model for all young players in Austria" said coach Manny Viveiros

30 Jan 2014, 08:05 | Sandis Ozolins will carry Latvian flag at Sochi

Dinamo Riga captain Sandis Ozolins will be the Latvian delegation standard-bearer at the opening ceremony in Sochi.
For 41-year-old hockey player upcoming Olympics will be the third in his career. Ozolins is the fourth hockey player to carry national flag after Leonīds Vedējs (1936), Harijs Vītoliņš (2002) and Artūrs Irbe (2006)

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