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29 Nov 2013, 15:22 | New coach at Ural Orsk

Andrei Kirdyashov was appointed as new headcoach at Yuzhny Ural Orsk, replacing Anatoli Chistyakov, resigned on November 28. Kirdyashov lead Sary Arka Karaganda to playoffs finals last season and previously was on Yuzhny Ural Orsk from 2008 to 2010

29 Nov 2013, 09:37 | Melbourne Ice announces new coaching panel

Melbourne Ice announces Brent Laver as new head coach and Johan Steenberg as assistant, along with player Glen Mayer

Laver is a long time Victorian ice hockey player and has extensive coaching experience in football and hockey. He has been involved with Melbourne Ice for several years as a sponsor and supporter.

Steenberg is a Swedish national who is married to an Australian and has recently moved to Melbourne. He played as a goalkeeper in the Swedish First Division until the age of 25, and has coached extensively in Sweden and the U.K.

New season of Australian Ice Hockey League begins on April 12 2014

26 Nov 2013, 22:47 | ECHL approves expansion team in Indianapolis

The ECHL announced that the Board of Governors has approved the Expansion Membership application of the Indianapolis Fuel for admission to the league.

Indianapolis will begin play in October, 2014 when the ECHL opens its 27th season.

"We are proud to welcome Indianapolis as the newest Member of the ECHL," Commissioner Brian McKenna said. "The city has a rich hockey tradition and is an ideal addition to our mid-west geography"

With the addition of Indianapolis, the ECHL will welcome 23 teams for the 2014-15 season.

25 Nov 2013, 21:24 | Kent Johansson takes over Örebro

As we reported earlier rumours said that Kent Johansson would take over as Örebro's head coach after Patrik Ross who resigned. Now it's confirmed and Johansson will join Örebro for practice on Tuesday.

25 Nov 2013, 17:44 | Nikolai Zherdev signs a contract with Severstal

Russian hockey player Nikolai Zherdev signs a contract with Severstal.
The last club of the technical mastery striker was Spartak Moscow where Zherdev spent 16 games, scored 7 (0+7) points with a rating of -6.
Zherdev will play in Severstal till the end of the season. He comes out on the ice at number 87.

23 Nov 2013, 18:27 | SC Bern fired coach

After the 4-1 defeat in derby against EHC Biel, SC Bern decided to fire Finnish coach Antti Tormanen. despite a title and a second place in two seasons on Bern bench, Tormanen paid the bad start in the NLA: the club from the capital is currently 9th with 29 points in 24 matches. Assistant coach Lars Leuenberger will be the interim coach. Rumours point former Switzerland and edmonton Oilers coach Ralph Kruger as next coach

After the game against Biel, GM Marc Lüthi said he could not sack all players and so was forced to take this decision

21 Nov 2013, 23:35 | Igors Pavlovs is new Heilbronner Falken coach

Heilbronner Falken announced Igors Pavlovs as new headcoach: 48-years old Russian/Latvian Pavlovs replaces Gerd Wittmann who requested more time to care his wife, ill.

20 Nov 2013, 18:13 | Kirill Sachivko received 10 games suspension

For the brawl after Neman - Vitebsk game, played last Monday, Belarus Extraliga Disciplinary Committee decided to suspend Vitebsk defender Kirill Sachivko for 10 games. His teammate Pavel Taran received 3 games suspension

20 Nov 2013, 18:07 | Belarus Federation named new General Secretary

Egor Golovanev is the new General Secretary of Belarus Hockey Federation. A graduate of the Belarusian State Economic University in 2009, Golovanev, 24, worked for the Belarusian Fecderation in the last few years as manager of national teams of all ages up to the national.

18 Nov 2013, 18:58 | Montén assistant coach for Sweden U20

Tomas Montén, currently coach for Linköping's juniors and earlier coach of Djurgården and Timrå will be assistant coach for Team Sweden during the World U20 Championship at home ice in Malmö.

16 Nov 2013, 11:04 | Polish linesman passed away

Former Zaglebie Sosnowiec player and linesman Marek Wieruszewski passed away at 35 while training with amateur team THC Sielec Sosnowiec. Wieruszewski suddenly fainted, and then fell to the ice. Despite a rapid try, the resuscitation failed. Deepest condolences to family from Eurohockey.com

15 Nov 2013, 09:36 | Storm wins Cape Town League

With a 9-0 victory against past champion Penguins in the last game, Cape Town Storm won Western Province Ice Hockey League 2013 for the first time. Storm player/coach Deen Magmoed was the top scorer with 52 points (37 goals and 15 assists)

Check all the Western Province League stats on Eurohockey.com page!

13 Nov 2013, 17:33 | Sabres fire coach and GM

Buffalo Sabres announces club fire headcoach Ron Rolston and General Manager Darcy Regier. Ted Nolan will serve as interim coach

13 Nov 2013, 12:10 | Evgeny Koreshkov left Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Metallurg Magnitogorsk terminated the contract with Mike Keenan's assistant coach Evgeny Koreshkov by mutual consent of the parties. Koreshkov worked at the club since March. Previously, he led the Magnitogorsk MHL Steel Fox, which in 2010 became the winner of the regular season and the Cup Kharlamov.
"We terminated the contract with the club by mutual agreement. I need to focus on WJC U20 Championship, so I'll spend a lot of time in the national team. We decided it would be more correct to prioritize the work with the national team" said Koreshkov

12 Nov 2013, 17:05 | Dinamo loans 5 players to Neman Grodno for Continental Cup

Dinamo Minsk announced club will loan five players - goalie Yan Shelepnyov, defenders Ivan Usenko and Evgeny Lisovets and forwards Alexander Pavlovich and Anatoly Protasenya - to farm team Neman Grodno to play Continental Cup semifinals on November 22-24. "A Successful performance of Neman in the Continental Cup is one of the priorities of Dinamo Minsk this season", said in a statement the club

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