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06 Jul 2013, 00:14 | Alfredsson leaves Ottawa after 17 years

After playing with the Ottawa Senators since 1995 Daniel Alfredsson has decided to leave the club for a last chance to win the Stanley Cup. Instead he has signed a year deal with Detroit Red Wings.

05 Jul 2013, 23:52 | Good news for Bolzano

As both EBEL and HC Bolzano confirmed today via press releases, negotiations about a possible league change by the Italian side were long yesterday but in the end Bolzano made a huge step towards EBEL by finally accepting all the financial conditions by the Austrian-based multi-national league. Now the other 11 teams of the league will have to make a vote until Monday but everything looks like EBEL has 12 teams next year. We keep you updated with a long article after the decision.

04 Jul 2013, 23:32 | Floods in Halle (Saale) might lead to new arena

The floods in Eastern Germany and Bavaria in June caused high damages in the affected areas. One of the cities with the highest damages is Halle (Saale) whose ice arena was hit badly and has to be demolished and newly build. Costs around 20 mio euo are expected by the city who wants to use money of a relief fund by the government for the project. 3rd tier (Oberliga Ost) team MEC Halle 04 will play in a temporary ice rink during the next two years.

04 Jul 2013, 23:25 | Bolzano not in EBEL?

Italian team HC Bolzano wasn't able to deliver financial guarantees until the deadline this morning at 10.00 CET to join EBEL. Still the Austrian based league gave them another chance to give complete information until 16.00 CET of the same day. It is not yet known if Bolzano had success and there was no official confirmation about the outcome of the negotiations. Eurohockey.com keeps you updated.

03 Jul 2013, 15:16 | Coyotes escape relocation

NHL's Phoenix Coyotes stay in Glendale, Arizona, at least for the near future but have to change their name to Arizona Coyotes as a compromise with the city of Glendale. The Glendale City Council approved a lease agreement with Renaissance Sports & Entertainment (RSE) to run jobing.com arena. The lease agreement is valid for a total of 15 years but RSE who are going to be the new owners of the Coyotes after approval by the NHL - who currently manages the franchise - can end the agreement after five years in the case of losses above 50 mio $ in that period of time.

01 Jul 2013, 22:18 | KAC secures outdoor games

KAC Klagenfurt of EBEL will play three outdoor games during the 2013/14 season. As the venue they have chosen the stadium in Klagenfurt, but dates are not yet fixed.

Depending on the finishing work at the stadium, the club will soon announce possible dates and opponents. Expected to find the matches between December 22 and January 9.

01 Jul 2013, 21:23 | No visa required for WC players

Hockey players can visit Russia in 2016 during the World Championship without a visa, "R-Sport" reports. WCH-2016 will take place in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The participants of the World Championship can visit Russia without visa from April 19 to May 22.

The delegation members of sports teams will enter the country and go out of it without a visa on the basis of valid identity documents and Russia recognized it. In addition, all participants of the WCH-2016 must have an accreditation certificate according to a prescribed form.

01 Jul 2013, 13:51 | Russian forward dies

CSK VVS forward Alexander Hoffman (VHL) was killed in a car accident. He signed a contract with the club from Samara two weeks ago. The car accident took place in the Volgograd region.

01 Jul 2013, 08:30 | Zdeno Chara is the best hockey player in Slovakia in season 2012/2013

Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara was named the best player of the year in Slovakia for the 3rd time. He was named the best in 2011/2012 and 2010/2011 too.

The best player was named after the voting of sport journalists and hockey specialists from Slovakia. Zdeno Chara was only one vote ahead of Marian Hossa from Chicago who finished second.

01 Jul 2013, 08:26 | Medveščak signed a contract with Barry Brust

A goalkeeper from the farm-club of Calgary Flames, Barry Brust, will play for the new KHL club KHL "Medveščak".

Brust is 29 years old and he spent most part of his career in AHL. He played for farm clubs of Los Angeles, Minnesota and Calgary. In NHL Brust has played only 11 matches for the Los Angeles Kings, and have an average of 3.70 goals per game there.

01 Jul 2013, 08:23 | New coaches in Belarus

Pavel Perepehin is named the head coach of Belarus U20 team. Vladimir Sinitsyn is new head coach of Belarus U18 team. And Eugene Butskevich is a head coach of Belarus U17 team.

28 Jun 2013, 15:44 | Denmark names new coach

The Danish Ice Hockey Association has named Janne Karlsson, 54, as head coach of the men's national team. He replaces countryman Per Bäckman, who steps down after five years.

27 Jun 2013, 16:32 | Barys Astana won’t be at Spengler Cup

Is now official: Barys Astana won't participate in next Spengler Cup as previously reported. Barys press service informs that, due to the Olympic season, the KHL is not able to provide a "window" on the calendar for two clubs, and at the end the choice was made ​​in favor of CSKA Moscow, which submitted firstly the application.

26 Jun 2013, 02:34 | The 2013 AIHL Finals will be held in Melbourne

Australian Federation announces 2013 AIHL Finals series will be held in Melbourne September 7th-8th at the Medibank Icehouse

25 Jun 2013, 17:06 | USA Women Announce Preliminary Roster

USA Hockey yesterday announced the preliminary roster for the Women's Olympic Team.  The finalized team will be announced in December after the final tryouts.

The roster is as follows:

GOALTENDERS- Brianne McLaughlin, Molly Schaus, Jessie Vetter

DEFENSE - Kacey Bellamy, Megan Bozak, Lisa Chessen, Jincy Dunne, Gigi Marvin, Michelle Picard, Josephine Pucci, Anne Schleper, Lee Stecklein

FORWARD - Kate Buesser, Alex Carpenter, Julie Chu, Kendell Coyne, Brianna Decker, Meghan Duggan, Lyndsey Fry, Amanda Kessel, Hilary Knight, Jocelyn Lamoureux, Monique Lamoureux, Anne Pankowski, Kelli Stack

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