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10 Sep 2013, 09:28 | KHL All-Star Game will be held in Bratislava

KHL agreed to postpone the KHL Star Game in 2014 in Bratislava. The game will take place on January 11. Originally the Star Game was to be held in Prague on the "O2 Arena", accommodating 17,000 spectators.

"The problem is that the new owners of O2-Arena can not share the palace with others. So spend the All-Star game there - a huge risk.", - KHL vice-president Ilya Kochevrin commented.

10 Sep 2013, 09:26 | School in Yaroslavl was named in honor of Ivan Tkachenko

Secondary school number 9 in Yaroslavl was named after Ivan Tkachenko. A lot of pupils of Sports School "Locomotive" caters to this school. The ceremony was held September 7th.

Ten hockey players from this school were among victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl tragedy 2 years ago. Nowadays a monument with their names are behind memory lane.

The parents of Ivan Tkachenko and the director of youth Lokomotiv Vladimir Samylin attended the ceremony marking the opening of the monument.

10 Sep 2013, 09:25 | Ak Bars has released a promotional video of the season 2013/14

Ak Bars produced club promo for the sixth KHL season.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgyy0ie98QU

08 Sep 2013, 17:02 | Kochevrin: the entry of Milan and Gdansk in KHL is unlikely

KHL Commerce and Communications Vice-President Ilya Kochevrin told to R-Sport the entry of Milan and Gdansk in KHL "is unlikely"

"To join the KHL, the desire is not enough. Look at Medvescak example: they invest money, found sponsors, build the team, and then convince everyone that it is necessary to come to the game. Here then is the result. We need "locomotives", as the president of Medveščak Damir Gojanović
It should be understood that the necessary minimum for entry into the KHL is difficult to perform. Plank is very high for any European club: they need budget, infrastructure and marketing" said Kochevrin.

08 Sep 2013, 00:30 | Champion Escor Bakh Vitoria trashed Jaca in Supercopa first leg

The first edition of Supercopa - the challenge between league champion and Copa del Rey winner - is on the way to Vitoria after the first leg: Escor Bakh hammered Jaca 9-1 and will now defend this advantage at home next Saturday

CH Jaca - Escor Bakh Vitoria 1-9 (0-1,0-5,1-3)
0-1 Txetxu Gavilanes (David Balazs, Jakub Bauer) 02:55
0-2 Miroslav Oravec (David Balazs) 20:52
0-3 Evan Mackintosh (Juan Muñoz) 28:10
0-4 Miroslav Oravec (Juan Brabo, David Balazs) 29:45
0-5 Juan Brabo (Jakub Bauer, Michael Klepac) 33:17
0-6 Adrian Sosa (Evan Mackintosh) 38:00
0-7 David Balazs (Vitaly Kulikov) 41:11
0-8 Tommy Mannerma (Eneko Lopez, Juha Saikko) 49:45
0-9 Juha Saikko (Eneko Lopez) 51:26
1-9 Charles Strauss (Pablo Pantoja) 53:50
PIM: 22-14 SOG: 26-48 Att: 750

08 Sep 2013, 00:13 | Briançon open French season winning Champions Trophy

Briançon won first seasonal trophy in France, winning 4-2 against Rouen at Rinkla Stadium in Brest and grabbing Champions Trophy, the prize awarded in the game opposing national champion and Coupe de France winner

Dragons Rouen - Briançon Diables Rouges 2-4 (0-1,2-1,0-2)
0-1 Florian Chakiachvili (Damien Raux) 07:02
1-1 Marc-Andre Thinel (Miroslav Guren)PP 24:54
1-2 Denny Kearney (Pierre-Antoine Devin, Marc-Andre Bernier)PP 25:59
2-2 Juraj Stefanka (Lauri Lahesalu, Jonathan Janil)PP 33:38
2-3 Florian Chakiachvili (Pierre-Antoine Devin)PP 53:59
2-4 Marc-Andre Bernier EN 59:14
PIM: 30-12 SOG: 31-29

06 Sep 2013, 16:25 | Dinamo Riga buys Arena Riga

Dinamo Riga home arena becomes property of the club.
The company Glesum Investments bought the complex from the
"AR Entertainment Limited" becoming 100% owner of the facility

The company "Glesum Investments" belongs to the owners of Dinamo, Juris Savickis and Igor Makarov.

05 Sep 2013, 17:40 | City saved HK Spisska Nova Ves

With the club on the verge of dismantling and the General Assembly having voted for the withdrawal of senior team, the City Council of Nova Ves decided to intervene supporting the team.

"There was a promise by the City to set up club finances, plus extra money to start the season. A-team has opted out of the first league, but the next few days we will see how is the situation of roster and under what conditions to play" said one of the founders of the club Ján Magdoško

05 Sep 2013, 16:11 | World Championship schedule

Today the schedule for the 2014 World Championship was released. Group A will play in the new Chizhovka Arena and Group B in the Minsk Arena.

Find the complete group stage schedule here.

04 Sep 2013, 18:24 | Olaf Kolzig named goaltender coach at Capitals

The Washington Capitals announced to have promoted former team's goalie Olaf Kolzig to head goaltender coach.
After retirement Kolzig worked as associate goaltender coach for Capitals

"Olie has a wealth of knowledge and experience and we believe with him spending the past two seasons as the associate goaltending coach he is ready to take the next step in his coaching career," said General Manager George McPhee.

02 Sep 2013, 17:26 | Nikolai Zherdev left LEV Praha

"Nikolai came to us with a request to terminate the contract, in Prague is separated from his family and wants to return to Russia. After a discussion with the President of the club and the coaching staff, we decided to please him" With this short declaration LEV Prague Sports Director Rashid Chabibulin announced the termination of the contract with Russian forward Nikolai Zherdev, one month after the sign of one-year contract with Czech club

01 Sep 2013, 20:48 | Yunost cup winner

Yunost Minsk won the Belarus Cup, now named Salei Cup, after beating Metallurg Zhlobin 6-0 in the final.

01 Sep 2013, 13:45 | Belfast Giants and Lugano retires numbers

HC Lugano retired yesterday the jersey #33 of Finnish defender Petteri Nummelin during a farewell match against Lukko Rauma. Nummelin left Lugano after 12 seasons to sign a two-years contract with Lukko (except 2006-2008 seasons with Minnesota Wild) after 2 championships won (2003, 2006), 423 games, 139 goals and 322 assists, a title of MVP of the NLA in 2003, when he was the best scorer of the league and four titles as defender with the highest amount of points in NLA (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006). "The retirement of a jersey is more important then a World title for a player" said Nummelin during the ceremony.

Also Belfast Giants retires yesterday the shirt #44 honouring its current GM Todd Kelman during home winning debut against Italian HC Bolzano. Kelman played eight seasons for the Giants with 419 caps, the all-time leader in games played as well as the leading scoring defenceman in the organisation's history with 73 goals and 141 assists. As GM Kelman won 4 titles for the Giants. "I'm happy to now call this wonderful city mine & my family's city. Belfast has been very good to me and I love the people here." said Kelman

31 Aug 2013, 16:27 | Aleksei Ponikarovsky received Russian citizenship

Ukranian SKA St. Petersburg forward Aleksei Ponikarovsky received Russian citizenship, announced SKA president Gennady Timchenko during the presentation ceremony of the team.
Ponikarovsky announced his intention to get a Russian passport immediately after the transition from New Jersey Devils to SKA.

29 Aug 2013, 14:51 | Medveščak - CSKA sold out

Less than 10 minutes was needed for Medveščak to sell all the tickets for their KHL opening match with CSKA! Ticket sale began August 28th at 14:00 CET and 10 minutes later all the tickets were gone. Moreover, the tickets were being sold for all of their first 4 KHL games and were all sold out in less than 60 minutes. Due to enormous interest for the 2nd best hockey league in the world, additional 150 season tickets were put on sale.

Medveščak vs. CSKA is scheduled for September 6th.

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