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27 Oct 2013, 17:03 | Georgian Federation re-elected the Board

During the congress members of Georgian Ice Hockey Federation have re-elected the Board and its 5 members: Nugzar Paikidze, Zakaria Khechuashvili, Alexander Vashakidze, Ilia Davidov, Mamuka Shergilashvili. According to the by-law the Board was eligible and therefore voted to elect President (Mr. Nugzar Paikidze), Vice-President (Zakaria Khechuashvili) and General Secretary (Mr. Alexander Vashakidze) of the Federation.

24 Oct 2013, 10:34 | EHC Visp replaces coach

EHC Visp fired coach Michel Zeiter after the last defeat against Langnau Tigers. Canadian Kim Collins, last season on HC Sierre bench, is the new coach until end of season

21 Oct 2013, 10:34 | One team more in Ukranian League

Surprises never ending in Ukranian pre-season: after having announced the start of the league with five team, Federation has now published the calendar of first round where appears also Generals Kyiv as sixth team partecipating

18 Oct 2013, 11:09 | Asiago won Italian Supercoppa

A lonely goal scored in the first period by Kevin DeVergilio is enough for champion Asiago to win its second Supercoppa (the game between national champion and the winner of Coppa Italia) - the first one was in 2003 against Milano - in front of its fans at Palaodegar against HC Valpellice. During the first break was conducted the draw for Coppa Italia, here the pairs for quarter-finals (home and away matches and a third game if necessary):
Val Pusteria - Cortina
Asiago-Vipiteno
Valpellice-Milano Rossoblù

The Final Four will be played at Collalbo on 30 November, with host SV Renon already qualified
Ritten Sport - winner Valpellice-Milano Rossoblu
Val Pusteria/Cortina - Asiago/Vipiteno

17 Oct 2013, 11:40 | Russia signed a cooperation agreement with Armenia Hockey Federation

During a visit in Armenia, President of the Russian Hockey Federation Vladislav Tretiak announced the Russian Federation signed a cooperation agreement with the Ice Hockey Armenia.
"I met Armenia Hockey Federation board also as IIHF member. We have a program of assistance to the countries where hockey is not very well developed. I met with the president of the country, with the Minister of Sports. There was talk about the development of winter sports, in particular hockey. There will be exchange of information and junior hockey coaches" - said Tretiak

16 Oct 2013, 11:02 | Coupe de la ligue first round completed

The coupe de la ligue first round is now completed. In groups A (Angers, Rouen) & C (Grenoble, Briançon), the top favorites emerged and advanced to the quarter finals. In groups B and D, it was a 3 team fight to get to the next level. The big surprise was finally in group B with qualifications of Epinal and Strasbourg while the top favorite Amiens is eliminated. In group C, Dijon ended up first while Chamonix and Morzine were tied for 2nd. Chamonix finally advance thanks to a better goal difference. The quarter final match-ups will be the following : Strasbourg - Angers ; Rouen - Épinal ; Briançon - Dijon ; Grenoble - Chamonix

15 Oct 2013, 16:39 | Langnau replaced Tomas Tamfal with Bengt-Ake Gustafsson

SC Langnau tigers announces the club fired head coach Tomas Tamfal and his assistant Urs Bärtschi, replacing them with a Swedish duo: Bengt-Ake Gustafsson as new head coach and Peter Andersson as assistant. Gustafsson coached Langnau between 1999 and 2001 and will have his son Anton in the roster. Peter Andersson worked recently as assistant coach at MODO

14 Oct 2013, 23:13 | Dinamo Minsk club issues popcorn and candy bar

Fans of Dinamo Minsk will during the next home games of the team be able to purchase popcorn with flavor of hazelnut and hematogen issued under the name Dinamo. This new production of Minsk "Dinamo", will appear on the shelves next to the previously released chips and crackers "Dinamo".

In every pack fans will be able to find cards and stickers featuring players of Dinamo Minsk.

14 Oct 2013, 23:07 | Belarus launched the sale of tickets for the second phase of the ticket program for the 2014 WC

October 14 in Belarus, the sale of season tickets for the matches of the 2014 World Cup, for which it will be possible to visit all the games of any team. Also the owners of such tickets can choose whether to visit all the matches of the group round in each of the arenas of the World Cup finals or all games on the "Minsk-Arena".

Everyone can buy season tickets for hockey games at all retail sales outlets or online at the official World Cup ticketing operator "Tiketpro" as well as through dealer network.

14 Oct 2013, 18:46 | Sary Arka fires coach

Two days after Kazzinc Torpedo, also the second Kazakh team acting in VHL fired coach. With a short statement on its website, Sary Arka Karaganda announced the resignation of Evgeny Zinoviev. Berkut Karaganda - farm team of Sary Arka - coach Mikhail Pikalov, was named interim coach

12 Oct 2013, 10:18 | Beginning of Ukraine League delayed again

The Beginning of the championship of Ukraine will once again be postponed to a later date. According to channel Hockey on October 9 just two teams - Companion Kyiv and Bily Bars Bila Tserkva - signed the agreement to participate in the national championship.

12 Oct 2013, 10:03 | Kazzinc Torpedo changes coach

Kazzinc Torpedo Ust Kamenogorsk announces Vladimir Belyaev as new head coach, replacing fired Vladimir Plyuschev. New assistant coaches will be Sergei Belkin, previously served as manager for the development of junior hockey, and former player Aleksandr Rozhnev, also working in Kazzinc-Torpedo hockey school. Belyaev coached Kazzinc Torpedo several times in the past. Last season he was on HK Astana bench. Torpedo also released five players: Ivan Bazyleev, Mikhail Plugarev, Aleksei Vyatkin, Aleksandr Gerasimov and Kirill Kitsyn

10 Oct 2013, 19:38 | Mladost scored 31 goals against Sisak

Big score in Croatian League round #2: Mladost Zagreb won 31-2 against Sisak. Mladost forward Miro Smerdelj was the top scorer of the night with 8 goals and 4 assists.

04 Oct 2013, 10:31 | Unia Oswiecim signs cooperation agreement

Unia Oswiecim signs a cooperation agreement with 2nd league UKH Debica to send its players with less minutes in Polish Extraliga to Debica

03 Oct 2013, 19:10 | Platt and Lalande can play for Belarus

Goalkeeper Kevin Lalande and forward Geoff Platt, both playing for Dinamo Minsk, have received official permission from the IIHF to play for the national team of Belarus.
Canadian born Geoff Platt and Kevin Lalande got Belarusian citizenship in December 2011.

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