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08 Aug 2013, 00:51 | Anaheim Ducks sign affiliation with Utah Grizzlies

NHL's Anaheim Ducks announced today that the team has reached an affiliation agreement with the ECHL's Utah Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies will serve as the ECHL affiliate of the Ducks and will also work with their AHL affiliate the Norfolk Admirals.
In last four years Grizzlies were affiliated with Calgary Flames

07 Aug 2013, 12:11 | Phoenix Coyotes will be renamed Arizona

Phoenix Coyotes will be renamed "Arizona" from season 2014/15, according to the North American media. The team will keep the nickname "Coyotes" and will be based in Glendale for at least the next five years. For the upcoming season Phoenix will have with the same name.

06 Aug 2013, 16:50 | HK Kurbads will play in Latvian Virsliga

HK Kurbads from Riga will enter for the first time in next Latvian Virsliga.
"HK Kurbads is in the Latvian hockey business from more than 16 years. Now is the right time to take this step for the club and become one of the Latvian championship participants. Teams will be composed of several well-known and experienced hockey players, but the place will definitely be given to new players. Our goal in the first season will win the championship" said Manager Edgars Svencis

Team will be coached by former Juniors Riga coach Aigars Razgals

05 Aug 2013, 18:29 | Junior Evaluation Camp started

TheJunior Evaluation Camp in the Olympic Center of Lake Placid started last night with two games.

Sweden beat USA White 4-2 and then Finland beat USA White 6-5 in overtime.

03 Aug 2013, 23:01 | Preparing for Hlinka Memorial

Two U18 exhibition games were played today as preparation for the 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial that is played August 5-10.

USA beat Czech Republic 1-0 and Canada beat Slovakia 3-1.

01 Aug 2013, 12:05 | Bernard le Feuvre passed away

Rouen Hockey mourns one of its founder: Bernard le Feuvre passed away at 81.
At the end of 1967 when a removable ice rink was built by Jean-Jacques Calvé in the expo space of Ile Lacroix, Mr. Le Feuvre met Calvè suggesting to create an hockey club.
The idea was finalized in April 1970 when the Statute of Rouen Olympic Club was deposited.

31 Jul 2013, 22:32 | NY Islanders sign affiliation with Stockton Thunder

The New York Islanders and the Stockton Thunder of the ECHL and have reached a one year affiliation agreement for the 2013-14 season.
The Thunder previously had an NHL affiliation with the Edmonton Oilers (2006-13), San Jose Sharks (2010-12) and Phoenix Coyotes (2005-06).

30 Jul 2013, 16:52 | Alleghe out from Serie A

It's now official: through a press-release Alleghe announces that the team won't participate in next Elite A. The club tried to raise funds during the summer after the abandonment of the main sponsor, but was unable to produce financial guarantees. All the junior teams will continue to exist while the senior team will compete in Serie B. The other club in jeopardy, SHC Fassa, confirmed its participation.

29 Jul 2013, 15:46 | Epinal will play in Magnus Ligue

Épinal has been validated to play in Ligue Magnus under conditions of signing financial targets which includes them paying a fine.

28 Jul 2013, 11:44 | Texas Tornado sold and relocated

The North American Hockey League (NAHL) has announced that the Texas Tornado membership has been sold and relocated to North Richland Hills, Texas, and will become the Lone Star Brahmas.

27 Jul 2013, 11:04 | New assistant coach for Poland U20

Piotr Sarnik, who retired as active player after the last season, was named the new assistant coach of the Polish U20 team. He will work along with Marek Batkiewicz and head coach Andrei Parfyonov. Poland U20 will have its training camp in Opole from August 5 to 21 before partecipating in the Alexei Cherepanov Memorial in Elektrenai, Lithuania. During the camp, Poland will play four exhibition games.

27 Jul 2013, 00:02 | No Kazakhstan League for Shakhtar Prokopyevsk

Russian club Shakhtar Prokopyevsk has officially refused to take part in the Kazakhstan League. The club's management reported that it could not fulfill all the conditions of Regulation imposed by the Kazakhstan Federation.

26 Jul 2013, 23:59 | Aigars Cipruss new coach of Lithuania U20

Latvian Aigars Cipruss was named new head coach of Lithuania U20 national team. Cipruss is currently the head coach of MHL-B team Baltica Vilnius and will keep his job at club.
Lithuania will compete at 2014 IIHF U20 World Championship Division II Group A in Miskolc, Hungary from 15 to 21 December 2013 along with Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Netherlands and Estonia

25 Jul 2013, 22:36 | Kazzinc-Torpedo-2 renamed Torpedo

Also the last remaining farm team participating in Kazakhstan League was renamed as per Federation rule. Kazzinc-Torpedo-2 was renamed Torpedo Ust Kamenogorsk. Team logo and colours remain the same.

Previously Barys-2 became Nomad Astana and Sary-Arka 2 was renamed Berkut.

25 Jul 2013, 22:07 | Lada Arena will open August 9

The new 6500 places Lada Arena in Togliatti will open on August 9 on the occasion of the Day of the Athlete and the traditional hockey tournament Lada Cup. The Governor of the Samara region, Nikolai Merkushin and Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko will attend the event

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