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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)

29 Jan 2014, 14:11 | Zelepukin appointed sports director of Metallurg Novokuznetsk

Valeri Zelepukin became sports director of Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Zelepukin will work again with the head coach German Titov as in Khimik Voskresensk in the past

29 Jan 2014, 13:53 | IIHF blocked Starkov transfer

Some days ago Red Ice Martigny announced the sign of Danish forward Kirill Starkov. The player had been released by his club Esjberg at the beginning of the year following a matches-fixing scandal

IIHF did not accept the transfer because of this case. The situation will remain unchanged throughout the procedure.

28 Jan 2014, 16:59 | Storhamar Dragons deduction 15pts

The Storhamar Dragons become the second club this season in Norway to be deducted points after Lørenskog IK started with -20pts. Storhamar will lose their 15pts because the clubs financial sitatuion has not improved when the Board decided to impose the point deduction on the club back in November. The lose in points for the club moves them down to 6th and now with 47pts.

28 Jan 2014, 11:23 | Sergei Kostitsyn received Russian citizenship

Avangard Omsk forward Sergei Kostitsyn received Russian citizenship. He applied for Russian citizenship in December 2013.

Russian citizenship issued with a residence permit and residence registration. This means that in the new passport Kostitsyn is registered as Omsk resident

Kostitsyn continues to play for the national team of Belarus.

28 Jan 2014, 11:10 | Lida defender suspended for five games

HK Lida defender Evgeny Zhilinsky received a five games suspension after the major penalty taken for insulting the referees in the 3-1 game against Brest, played on January 21

28 Jan 2014, 08:23 | Austria made changes in Olympic roster

Due to injuries, Austria is forced to make changes in Olympic roster: goalkeeper Fabian Weinhandl was replaced with Mathias Lange (Iserlohn Roosters GER). Forward Andreas Kristler was replaced by Andreas Nodl (Red Bulls Salzburg)

28 Jan 2014, 08:16 | San Francisco Bulls fold

The San Francisco Bulls cease operations immediately after failing to complete a change in ownership that they hoped would sustain the team. Team disappear after a season and a half in ECHL
"Bringing hockey to San Francisco was a dream; we have great talent on our team, and had a great vision for what the team could be. Things didn't pan out the way we had hoped. It's sad, and disconcerting, but we're unfortunately left with no other choice at this point." said President and Head Coach Pat Curcio

27 Jan 2014, 18:39 | Alexander Svitov to replace Kokarev

Russian Federation announced Ak Bars Kazan forward Alexander Svitov will replace injured Denis Kokarev in Olympics roster

27 Jan 2014, 18:29 | Guy Boucher new coach at Bern

SC Bern, currently 9th in Swiss NLA, decided to change coach again: Lars Leuenberger, promoted as headcoach after the firing of Antti Tormanen in November, will return to work as assitant coach and Canadian Guy Boucher will be the new headcoach. Boucher, 42, was headcoach of Tampa Bay Lightning from 2010 to 2013. As Canada coach won 3 World Championships with U18 team and one title with U20.