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09 Jan 2014, 16:37 | Vehanen declined invite to play KHL All Star game

Invited to play KHL All Star Game to replace injured Alexander Yeryomenko, Lev Prague goalie Petri Vehanen declined the proposal, explaining that he "did not feel ready at 100%."

08 Jan 2014, 08:49 | Petri Vehanen joins Team West

Lev Praha goalie Petri Vehanen will join Team West for this coming weekend's All-Star Weekend in Bratislava. The fans' first chioce, Dynamo Moscow's Alexander Yeryomenko, is injured and therefore was forced to withdraw from the event.

07 Jan 2014, 10:35 | Rouen wins Coupe de la Ligue

By winning 6-4 against underdog Chamonix in Meribel in front of 2500 spectators, the Rouen Dragons won 2013-14 French Coupe de la Ligue. It is the fourth cup for the club, and the second consecutive. Rouen forward Anthony Rech was named MVP of the final game.

06 Jan 2014, 09:35 | Groups for 2015 World Junior Championship

The 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship will be played in Toronto and Mointreal from 26 December 2014 to 5 January 2015. Based on the final rankings of the 2014 championship the groups are now decided:
Group A in Montreal
Finland (1), Canada (4), USA (5), Slovakia (8), Germany (9)
Group B in Toronto
Sweden (2), Russia (3), Czech Republic (6), Switzerland (7), Denmark (10)

05 Jan 2014, 12:06 | Pettersson suspended - will miss gold medal game

Sweden's Jesper Pettersson is suspended for leaving the penalty box to engage a Russian player after the final whistle of yesterday's World Juniors semi final where Sweden beat Russia 2-1.

02 Jan 2014, 23:23 | Important win for HV71

HV71 took two important points after a 4-3 OT win away at AIK. A hard blow for AIK who was the better team and had the lead 3-1 and also got a 4-3 goal disallowed. AIK is last (12th) in SHL, now five points behind HV71 who are in 10th place.

30 Dec 2013, 14:41 | Draisaitl suspended

Germany's captain Leon Draisaitl will be suspended for today's WJC game against the Czech Republic. He got a match penalty for a check in the back of American player Andrew Copp yesterday.

29 Dec 2013, 23:21 | Brandon Bochenski Finishes the Year as KHL’s Leading Goal Scorer

First-team KHL All-star and Barys Astana forward Brandon Bochenski will enter 2014 with the league lead in goals.  He scored a hat trick against Admiral on 26 December, only to top that effort two days later with two goals and three assists against Amur.  His 23 goals is a league best and 47 points is tied for second.

He was Eurohockey.com's November Player of the Month for similar performances.  Our interview with Brandon Bochenski can be seen here (full audio/text summary).

29 Dec 2013, 19:10 | Plutnar under review

The IIHF Disciplinary Panel is conducting an official review of an incident in the Canada-Czech Republic game at the World Junior Championship in Malmö involving Czech defenceman Michal Plutnar who brought down linesman Eduard Metalnikov.

Update: Plutnar will be suspended for one game.

29 Dec 2013, 13:22 | Gold medals to Hong Kong

Hong Kong won the first version of the Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division 1 at home in Mega Ice.

They won all three games: Singapore 7-1, Thailand 4-0 and United Arab Emirates 9-0.

27 Dec 2013, 23:56 | Sokil Kyiv games postponed

Games between Sokil Kyiv and Levy L'viv, scheduled to take place December 27th and 28th have been postponed. Sokil Kyiv has failed to pay the rent at ATEK Sport Complex and the venue has refused the club from using the ice.

27 Dec 2013, 17:09 | Four players added to KHL All-Star rosters

Forwards Evgeny Kuznetsov (Traktor Chelyabinsk), Geoff Platt (Dinamo Minsk), Jakub Klepis (Lev Prague) and Denis Parshin (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod) were invited to KHL All Stars game,  which will be held January 11 in Bratislava.

26 Dec 2013, 09:32 | Hockey team will be created in Sochi

Russia's sports Minister Vitali Mutko said at radio Echo of Moscow that Sochi will have a hockey club, which will be called "Dolphins" and will play at the Olympic Stadium Bolshoi. It is possible that the team will play in the KHL.

25 Dec 2013, 14:10 | Jortikka back in the KHL

Finnish coach Hannu Jortikka, who left Admiral at the beginning of this month, has joined Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk as an associate coach.

25 Dec 2013, 10:31 | Sergei Fedorov back on ice for Spengler

Sergei Fedorov will play in the Spengler Cup with CSKA Moscow at age 44. The former player, and current GM of CSKA, began to train some weeks ago and will play in the annual tournament. Fedorov retired in 2012 after 1248 NHL games.

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