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14 Mar 2013, 01:13 | Energija Elektrenai wins regular season with perfect record

With a perfect record of 15 victories in 15 games, Energija Elektrenai wins Lithuanian League regular season. Renovated Elektrenai Arena will host medal round on March 23-24
These are the semifinals:

15.00 Kėdainiai LRK vs Delovaja Rus Kaliningrad
19.00 Energija Elektrėnai vs Vilniaus Vanvita

14 Mar 2013, 00:50 | Ozolnieki Monarch and Metalurgs 2 advance to semifinals

Ozolnieki/Monarch and champion Metalurgs Liepaja 2 need just two games to knock out Prizma Riga and Zemgale and advance to Latvian League semifinals. Ozolnieki won two games 9-3 and 4-0, while Metalurgs, alligning players from main team, crushed Zemgale 7-2 and 3-0.
Semifinals will see regular season champion SMS Credit against Metalurgs and Ozolnieki - HK Juniors Riga

12 Mar 2013, 21:00 | DAB Docler goes up 1-0 in MOL Liga finals

DAB Docler received some unexpected help in their 2-0 win over HSC Csikszereda in tonight's first MOL Liga final matchup from Dunaujvaros.  Both goals came from role players.  Richard Nagy and Artyom Vaszjunyin scored only three times each during the regular season, but each scored when it mattered most.  Tamas Groschl assisted on both even strength goals to give DAB Docler the 1-0 lead.  HSC Csikszereda played strong, keeping up offensively with DAB Docler (shots were 37-31 in favor of DAB Docler) and holding their opponent scoreless into the 28th minute.  However, with many games this season, DAB Docler's defense held the other team at bay when under attack with tonight's effort leading to a shutout victory for goaltender Peter Sevela.

The next matchup is Wednesday, 13 March at 17:30 in Dunaujvaros.  Then the series will shift Romania for the next mandated games Saturday and Sunday.

12 Mar 2013, 19:05 | Gustaf Wesslau wins Honken Trophy

Honken Trophy, named after the goalie legend Leif "Honken" Holmqvist, has been awarded to the best goalie in Elitserien since 2002. The winner this year is HV71's Gustaf Wesslau, the third goalie of HV71 to win the award after Stefan Liv and Erik Ersberg. 28 year old Wesslau is playing his first season in HV71 and was the goalie that won most games (29) during the regular season with an impressive 92.77 save percentage.

11 Mar 2013, 16:37 | Debreceni wins Hungarian Second League title

By beating Tisza Volan 6-4 in last playoffs round game, HK Debreceni won Hungarian Second League title. Debreceni forward László Jonkl finished as League top scorer with 19 points (9+10), one more then teammate and Debreceni player-coach Joszef Gyorgy.
This is the team's third consecutive title.
Review Hungarian Second League stats and scores here

11 Mar 2013, 14:26 | Avtomobilist signs new headcoach and GM for next season

Anatoli Yemelin will coach Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg next season as announced by Governor of Sverdlovsk region Evgeny Kuyvash. "It is necessary to have the most ambitious goals for our team for next season - said Kuywash - "For this, we invited one of the most authoritative experts in hockey, along with new GM Leonid Weissfeld. We hope that this team of professionals will be able to bring our club to the playoffs next season."
Yemelin coached Lada Togliatti, Amur Khabarovsk amd from 2009 Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Also Leonid Weissfeld worked as GM at Metallurg from 2010

11 Mar 2013, 01:37 | Dmitri Yakushin resigns as Dynamo Kharkiv coach

After the 3-4 loss at overtime in first semi-final match against Donbas Donets'k, Kharkiv head coach Dmytri Yakushin steps down as coach of the club.
"I would like to thank the fans and the team for this game. Our team is made by real men and excellent professionals. It's very hard to set up the team when don't receive salary Today before the game our goalie Vitali Trus didn't have the stick. I can't complain the dedication of my guys, this was one of our best games.
In the second game, lost by Dynamo 1-6, Yakushin was allligned as defender.by new coach Aleksandr Kobikov, former Yakushin assistant coach

10 Mar 2013, 22:17 | Amur take lead in Nadezhda Cup series

In the only KHL game on Sunday Amur Khabarovsk beat Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg with 3-0 (0-0, 2-0, 1-0) at home to turn the Nadezhda Cup semi final series between the two teams into Amur's favour - they have a 2-1 lead now.

10 Mar 2013, 21:13 | Ridderwall top scorer of DEL

Carl Ridderwall was today the first Swedish player ever to win the German DEL top scoring title. In 51 games Ridderwall, who plays for last placed Düsseldorfer EG, scored 22 goals and 36 assists.

09 Mar 2013, 09:38 | Vålerenga first team to advance in Norway

Vålerenga was the first team to advance to the semi finals in GET Ligaen after eliminating Stjernen in four straight games. The three other quarter finals continue on Sunday, Stavanger has a 3-1 lead while the other two series are tied 2-2.

09 Mar 2013, 00:22 | Matrin Stloukal leaves Znojmo

HC Orli Znojmo and their head coach Martin Stloukal have decided to go separate ways. Team announced that in the upcoming season Stloukal will no longer be on the Czechs' bench. Club president Ohera said: "Our views and philosophy parted, so we'll continue our struggle with a new head coach."

08 Mar 2013, 22:54 | CHL will have a new team in Brampton, Ontario

The Central Hockey League announced that all the necessary paperwork and documentation with the new franchise in Brampton, Ontario, the City of Brampton and the Powerade Centre have been finalized. All parties entered into a Letter of Intent in late January. The new franchise will compete in the 2013-14 season and will be the first League franchise in Canada.

08 Mar 2013, 21:13 | Chiasso withdraws team from Swiss third league

HC Chiasso has decided to withdraw from the Swiss first league (the third level of Swiss hockey) to focus on his junior movement. Financial and logistical reasons are invoked.

08 Mar 2013, 21:02 | Andrei Skabelka resigns as Gomel coach

After the 2-0 loss against Junior Minsk and the elimination of Gomel from Belarus Open League playoffs, coach Andrei Skabelka announces his resignation
"Our opponent today played with heart. I fully take the blame, I could not prepare the team for the playoffs. I want to apologize the fans of Gomel. In this situation, I make the decision to resign. I did not cope with the task. It is sad, but true"
Skabelka is also National team coach

08 Mar 2013, 19:52 | Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák crowned Hungarian champion

By winning 2-1 at overtime against Miskolci in MOL Liga semifinals, Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák not only advanced to finals but it was also crowned Hungarian Champion for 2012-13. This season Hungarian League wasn't played and the results of MOL games between Hungarian teams counted as domestic championship

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