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29 Apr 2021, 23:17 | Denmark beats Sweden for the first time ever

For the first time in 22 attempts Denmark managed to beat Sweden tonight in Malmö. Denmark only had 8 shots on goal but managed to score 3 goals to beat Sweden 3-2.

Mathias From, Nicklas Jensen and Nicolai Meyer scored the Danish goals. Sebastian Dahm in the net made 32 saves.

29 Apr 2021, 20:51 | Ketterä Imatra wins Mestis

Ketterä Imatra defends the Mestis title from 2019 after beating Hermes Kokkola in the finals.

27 Apr 2021, 17:08 | Saryarka Karaganda win Kazakhstan League

After the victory of national cup, Saryarka Karaganda completed the domestic en-plein securing also the Kazakhstan League after a thrilling final series against Arlan Kokshetau, decided in game six, with an away 2-0 victory, after Arlan lead 2-0 in the series.
Due the Covid-19 restrictions, this season the Kazakh teams competing in Russian VHL - Hc Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, Saryarka and Nomad Nur-Sultan, and the Snow Leopards, Barys' junior team playing in MHL, partecipated in the domestic league

After the last game, Kazakh Federation announced seasonal awards:

Best goalkeeper: Ilya Rumyantsev (Arlan).

Best defender: Edgars Siksna (Saryarka).

Best forward: Vadim Berdnikov (Arlan).

Best young player: Ivan Zinchenko (Aktobe/Beybarys).

Season MVP: Dmitri Mikhailov (Saryarka).

25 Apr 2021, 15:36 | Olimpija Ljubljana won Alps Hockey League

HK SŽ Olimpija Ljubljana is once again champion of the Alps Hockey League. The Slovenians won the regular season and swept Italian champion Asiago Hockey in the finals with 3:0 victories. After the Dragons won the first two games at overtime, completed the series with 4-1 victory at home
Ljubljana is the first team to defend its title in the AHL

20 Apr 2021, 22:52 | JKH GKS Jastrzebie is the Polish champion

In four of the five games played in the final series, JKS GKS Jastrzebie were better than the team Comarch Cracovia. The team had the best season in its history because, in addition to winning the title, it triumphed in both the Cup and the Polish Super Cup. This is also the first title won in the championship, in 2013 and 2015 they took second place, while in 2014 they were third. In the team of coach Robert Calaber, Hovorka Marek stood out the most with 51 points and Phillips Zackary with 42 points.

17 Apr 2021, 19:58 | Barça Hockey Gel win title in Spain

Regular season winner Barça Hockey Gel needs just 3 games to beat reigning champion CG Puigcerdà in a catalan clash and win the Liga Nacional title, the sixth for the ice hockey section of football powerhouse FC Barcelona, the first since 2008-09 season.
Barça forward Oriol Rubio finished as league Top Scorer

14 Apr 2021, 14:26 | HK Triglav won IHL league

HK Triglav is the new champion of the IHL league for the 2020/2021 season. Due to the situation with the corona virus this season, only teams from Slovenia participated in IHL league (without teams from Serbia and Croatia). HK Triglav started the playoffs from the first place after the regular part of the season. In the final, they defeated HK Slavija Junior in three games. On the home ice in the first game they won 4:2 (0:0,1:1,3:1), in the second game away with 3:5 (1:1,2:2,0:2) and in the third and most uncertain game they celebrated after overtime with 6:5 (2:2,2:1,1:2,1:0) after after 77 minutes of play.

12 Apr 2021, 15:25 | Buz Beykoz confirms title in Turkey

Second consecutive title for Buz Beykoz Istanbul in Turkish Super Lig, after a thrilling duel in the regular season and playoffs final against city rivals Zeytinburnu as in the last season.
Buz Beykoz won 4-2 and 5-2 the finals. Bronze medal for Buz Adamlar, knocked out in the semifinals by Zeytinburnu, despite the performances of League Top Scorer and best forward Konstantin Kuchkin

League awards:
Best Goalkeeper: Savely Voronov (Buz Adamlar)
Best Defender: Yusuf Kenan Kars (Buz Beykoz)
Best Forward: Konstantin Kuchkin (Buz Adamlar)

05 Apr 2021, 20:01 | Debrecen EAC win Hungarian Cup

First ever trophy for DEAC Debreceni: the team wins the Hungarian Cup on home ice, by beating 5-4 at overtime in a thrilling final multiple champion Fehervar AV-19. Canadian Hugo Turcotte scores the winning goal at 61'. Titile holder Ferencvarosi wins the bronze winning 4-2 against DVTK Miskolci

02 Apr 2021, 16:23 | Irbis-Skate continues dynasty in Bulgaria

Irbis-Skate Sofia is the champion of Bulgaria for the sixth consecutive time after defeating NSA Sofia in the finals (3-2 and 1-0). Irbis also won its sixth Bulgarian Cup.

31 Mar 2021, 17:18 | Admiral Vladivostok back in the KHL

KHL will be back to 24 teams for season 2021-2022.

Admiral Vladivostok is confirmed to return to the league if, before July 31, 2021, it repays all money owing to players and coaches from the 2017/18 season.

30 Mar 2021, 03:05 | Debuting team win Macau League

- Hendrik Berends
The newest team in Macau Hockey League, the Flora Mountain thief, was crowned champion after a perfect record in the regular season, trashing 10-3 reigning champion Cavaliers in the final.
Flora and Macau national team forward Justin Cheng Yeung was named tournament MVP
This season, due to Covid restrictions, the Macau League was played in a reduced format

29 Mar 2021, 01:34 | Kaunas hockey is the new champion of Lithuanian League

Kaunas Hockey wins the Lithuanian League for the first time in its history, by beating 2-1 in the game #5 of a thrilling final serie Hockey Punks Vilnius. It's the first time since the creation of the league in 1992 that title lands in Kaunas. The 2020-21 edition was historic also for the absence of traditional Energijia Elektrenai from the last act. The team that dominated the league since the creation was knocked out by Hockey Punks in the semifinals. It's also the first title as coach Petras Nauseda, in his first experience on the bench

28 Mar 2021, 16:39 | Oji Eagles wins Japan Cup

The Oji Eagles are the winner of Japan Cup, the tournament between Japanese teams partecipating in Asia League, not played this season due to Covid restrictions.
The Eagles dominated the season, plagued by the Covid emergency. Newly created team Yokohama Grits stopped to play in December due to the state of emergency declared in the region and were back to competition just in March to play last round. Missing games were cancelled.
Eagles Shogo Nakajima finished as top scorer with 45 points (18+27)

27 Mar 2021, 16:15 | Ice sports complex CSKA named after Bobrov hosted the last hockey match

The ice sports complex CSKA named after Vsevolod Bobrov hosted the last professional hockey match
It was the game of the quarter-finals of the Kharlamov Cup between the Red Army and Dynamo Moscow. Dynamo won 3: 1 and won the series 3-0.

At the end of 2020, it became known that a new complex will be built on Leningradsky Prospekt, including a multifunctional arena and a number of other sports facilities. The new hockey stadium will accommodate at least 10,000 spectators. On the basis of the new sports complex, it is planned to organize a modern training base for the CSKA hockey club with two skating rinks and an arena with a capacity of about 2,500 people.

The ice sports complex CSKA with a capacity of 5500 spectators opened on September 21, 1991. It was the main site of the army before their move to CSKA Arena in 2018.