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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.

24 Mar 2021, 20:22 | Crvena Zvezda confirms title in Serbia

Crvena Zvezda Beograd once again dominated the season in Serbia, winning the fourth consecutive title, the ninth in total, including the ones in the Yugoslavia era.
This season the Serbian League consisted of three teams: Crvena Zvezda, Vojvodina Novi Sad and the Red Team,Crvena junior department. Crvena Zvezda finished the regular season with a perfect record and easily defeat Vojvodina in the finals: 6-3 and 6-1. The last game was stopped after the second period but the result was homologated by the Federation.
This season, due to restrictions due to the covid pandemic, Serbian teams didn't participate in International Hockey League with Slovenian and Croatian club

10 Mar 2021, 20:05 | Mladost Zagreb win title in Croatia

After a thrilling final series against reigning champion KHL Zagreb, Mladost Zagreb win the Croatian league for the fifth time in the history of the club, the first since 2008.
The victory comes in game #5 of the playoffs, by beating 3-2 KHL Zagreb.
Mladost's Marko Sakic was the topscorer of the league with 27 points (7+20)

Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, Croatian teams didn't play in the multi countries league IHL with Slovania and Serbia.

01 Mar 2021, 15:35 | Kuwait Stars confirm title

The reigning champion Kuwait Stars confirm the title of Kuwait Hockey League defeating traditional rival Kuwait Falcons. It's the fourth title in the last five years for the Stars.
Serbian Bojan Zidarevic, player/coach of champion Stars, for the fifth consecutive season was the top scorer with 61 points (20+31) in 20 games

Kuwait Blue Waves won the title of Kuwait Women Ice Hockey League

League Awards:

MVP player of the league: Bojan Zidarevic (Stars)

Best player: Ahmad Al Ajmi (Stars)

Best forward: Kamil Vavra (Falcons)

Best defender: Jasem Al Awadhi (Stars)

Best goaltender: Ahmad Al Saegh (Stars)

21 Feb 2021, 16:05 | HK Nitra wins Slovak Cup

HK Nitra wins the 2020-21 edition of Slovak Cup by beating HK SKP Poprad 5-3 in a game of round #40 of Tipos Extraliga, also counting as final of competition.
The Slovak Cup was reactivated this season after a hiatus of 24 years

13 Feb 2021, 22:49 | Asiago retains title in Italy

Asiago Hockey confirms the title in Italian Serie A, by beating SV Rittner/Renon 5-1 in final game #3
It's the 7th national title for the club.

09 Feb 2021, 20:50 | Adam Kopczyński passed away

Hockey family mourns the passing away of Polish hockey legend Adam Kopczyński. Played 413 matches scoring 131 goals in Polish League with Cracovia and LKS Lodz before to move to Belgium where he won 8 leagues with Olympia Heist. Played at Winter Olympics in Sapporo

04 Feb 2021, 17:31 | The final four of the Baltic League are once again postponed

The final four of the Baltic Hockey League has been postponed once again. It was to take place on December 17-20, but due to the COVID-19 outbreak, it was postponed to February 11-14. The decision to postpone again was taken due the current situation of virus pandemic in Latvia

03 Feb 2021, 16:49 | New milestone in Slovak Extraliga

Scoring in Tuesday's victory against Nitra (6-1), Banská Bystrica Dalibor Dvorský became the youngest scorer in the history of Slovak Extraliga at the age of 15 years, 7 months and 18 days. He broke the record of Marián Gáborík from 1998, who scored at 16 years and 27 days
"I realize what happened. It's an amazing feeling, I'm very happy to be the youngest player in the Extraliga to score a goal. I'll do everything I can to have a career like Marián Gáborík" said Dvorský.

02 Feb 2021, 22:04 | Saryarka Karaganda win Kazakhstan Cup

With a goal scored by tournament top-scorer Sergei Golodnyuk at 62.05 in the overtime, Saryarka Karaganda complete a comeback to win 2-1 traditional rival HC Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk winning the 2021 Kazakhstan Cup. It's the first trophy for the club.
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the tournament was postponed from traditional date in August to January/February and was played in Pavlodar, Kokshetau and Karaganda, venue of the final

The best players of the tournament:

Best goalkeeper - Nikita Boyarkin (Saryarka)
Best defender - Dmitry Stulov (HC Torpedo)
Best forward - Alexander Borisevich (Saryarka)
Best young player - Ivan Zinchenko (HK Aktobe)

25 Jan 2021, 20:11 | The Ice Hockey Federation of Slovakia has sent documents to the IIHF for the IHWC 2021

The Ice Hockey Federation of Slovakia has sent to the IIHF headquarters the documentation for the holding of the 2021 World Championship in cooperation with Latvia.

"We sent last Friday to the IIHF headquarters the necessary documentation, including the budget plan, which is necessary for making a decision to hold a part of the 2021 World Cup meetings in Bratislava. We are awaiting the decision of the IIHF Council" said the press secretary of the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation Peter Janosek

11 Jan 2021, 16:46 | Andrei Spiridonov set a milestone in Kazakh league

For the first time in the history of the championship of Kazakhstan, which has been played since 1957, a player has surpassed the mark of 200 goals. It happened on January 6, 2021 in the game between HK Almaty and Gornyak Rudny

Forward and captain of the HK Almaty Andrei Spiridonov opened the score and reached the milestone of 200 goals.

In the following game, on January 7, Spiridonov also reached 600 games in the national championship

Spiridonov scored his first goalon October 23, 2002 when he played for defunct Enbek against another ceased team, Esil Petropavlovsk.

05 Jan 2021, 13:01 | SHL coach fired

Linköping of the Swedish SHL fires head coach Bert Robertsson. Daniel Eriksson and Johan Åkerman will be new head coaches.

31 Dec 2020, 14:22 | Krutil suspended

Czech defenceman Michael Krutil got a one-game suspension at the World Juniors for a violation of IIHF Official Rule 160-Slew-Footing. He will miss the last game of the Round Robin against Austria.

30 Dec 2020, 23:25 | AHL to start February 5

A statement from thePresident and Chief Executive Officer of the AHL, Scott Howson: "The American Hockey League Board of Governors has approved the structural framework for an AHL season that will begin on February 5, 2021."

"Details are still being worked out, but this step allows our teams and their National Hockey League partners to better determine their plans for the coming season. We look forward to dropping the puck on Feb. 5."