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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

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"