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10 Apr 2013, 14:25 | In May will open a new arena in Orsha

After five years of construction and some delays due to financial problems, finally the new Nasha Niva Ice Palace will open at the end of May. Belarusian Railway company allocated an additional 20 million dollars to complete the works. Arena will host 3.500 spectators and will be the third bigger ice palace of the country

10 Apr 2013, 14:05 | Avangard Omsk hires two assistant coaches

After Eduard Zankovets and Santeri Heiskanen left the club, Avangard Omsk announces the appointment of two new assistant coaches: Yevgeny Kornoukhov and Vladimir Chebaturkin. Both were head coach in MHL last season: Kornoukhov coached Omsk Hawks, while Chebaturkin was on Atlant Mytischi bench

10 Apr 2013, 01:57 | Teemu Kesä suspended for six games

Next season will start later for Rapperswil Finnish defender Teemu Kesä: he takes six-games suspension for his checking to the head against Langnau forward Claudio Moggi, during March 30 playouts game. Kesa received also 1500 Swiss francs fee

08 Apr 2013, 21:43 | Hungary wins WJC18 Div II A

Hungary won all five games and won the IIHF U18 World Championship Division 2 A and promoted to Division 1 B. See results and stats on our Tournament page.

07 Apr 2013, 00:05 | SC Miercurea Ciuc wins title in Romania

With an amazing comeback from 0-3, SC Miercurea Ciuc wins 6-4 game #5 in playoffs finals against Corona Brasov, closing the series 4-1 and capturing the seventh consecutive title in Romania, for a total of 15 titles. This season SC Miercurea Ciuc was also silver medalist of MOL Liga

06 Apr 2013, 23:46 | Bronze for Rødovre in Denmark

Rødovre won bronze in the Danish playoff after winning the bronze series against Odense. Both games ended with a draw and Rødovre won after penaly shootout

06 Apr 2013, 15:56 | New arena opened in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

With the presence of Federation President Vladislav Tretiak, a new 15.000 places arena named "Kristall" was opened in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The Ice Palace was built as part of the regional program of development of physical culture and sports. Construction began in 2010. Kristall arena will host ice shows, concerts, and games of hockey and volleyball

06 Apr 2013, 15:15 | New coach and new farm-team for Donbas

Donbas Donets'k officially announces the appointment of Andrei Nazarov as new head coach for next season. In last season Nazarov lead Severstal Cherepovets until semifinals where team lost against SKA St. Petersburg.

Team also announced that, due to creation of a junior team for competing in MHL, next season Bilyy Bars Bila Tserkva will be the Donbas farm team in Ukraine League

05 Apr 2013, 23:18 | Leuven Chiefs wins Belgian National League

By beating 5-2 White Caps Turnhout in decisive game #3, Leuven Chiefs wins Belgian National League. Chiefs was also Regular Season winner.

The awards of the season were assigned:
Most talented: Frank Neven (IHC Leuven)
Best coach: Jan van Beveren (Antwerp Phantoms)
Best goalie: Arthur Legrand (Antwerp Phantoms)
Best Defender: Pieter-Jan Wouters (IHC Leuven)
Best Forward: Kevin De Winter (Olympia Heist)
Best referee: Maarten van den Acker

03 Apr 2013, 20:19 | Jamie Lundmark wins MVP

Journalists in Austria have decided. Jamie Lundmark of KAC is named "Ron Kennedy Trophy" winner, trophy awarded for MVP of EBEL. Jamie won the award with 56 total points, 27 more than second placed Derek Ryan of Villach and 28 more than Vienna goalie Matthew Zaba. This season Lundmark played 63 games for KAC and recorded 65 points (33 goals, 32 assists, +21 plus/minus).

03 Apr 2013, 17:31 | Carolina lost Pitkanen for rest of the season

Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Joni Pitkanen will miss the rest of the season with a broken heel.
Pitkanen was hurt with 1:57 left in the second period of a 5-3 loss to Washington. He raced down the ice while trying to beat an icing call and went hard into the boards

01 Apr 2013, 16:20 | Jaca wins Copa del Rey

CH Jaca win its third consecutive Copa del Rey beating 9-5 league champion Bipolo Vitoria in the final played in Puigcerdà. American forward Charles Strauss was the star of the game with 3 goals and 3 assists

29 Mar 2013, 02:03 | SAPA Fehervar wins Hungarian Cup

SAPA Fehervar wins 4-0 against Miskolc in the final of Hungarian Cup and captures the last trophy of season. In the semifinal SAPA crushed 7-2 MOL Liga champion Dunaújváros Acélbikák, while Miskolc won 3-0 over Ferencvaros.
Dunaújváros wins bronze beating 2-0 Ferencvaros in third place final

Individual awards were assigned to:

Krisztián Budai (Miskolc) as best goalie

Victor Lindgren (Dunaújváros) as best defender

Frank Banham (SAPA Fehervar) as best forward

28 Mar 2013, 22:39 | SA Vikingar champion of Iceland

With an hattrick by league top scorer, Danish forward Lars Foder, SA Vikingar Akureyri wins 4-0 champion Bjornin in playoffs final game #5 and becomes 2012-13 Icelandic League champion. It's the first title for Skautafelag Akureyrar second team

27 Mar 2013, 18:47 | Pierre Page’s era as Salzburg coach over

Pierre Page will cease to be the head coach of Red Bull Salzburg. It was officially announced after they lost in the semifinal series to Vienna Capitals 4-2. Nevertheless he will stay with Red Bull as Sports Director of Red Bull Salzburg and Red Bull Munich.