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17 Mar 2013, 01:20 | Companion - Donbas-2 will be the final in Ukraine

Companion Naftogaz Kyiv advances for the first time to PHL finals after beating 2-1 SO Sokil Kyiv in a dramatic semifinal game #5. Companion will face champion Donbas-2 that eliminated 3-0 in the series Dynamo Kharkiv.
Regular season dominator Berkut Kyiv was disqualified for financial irregularities and didn't competed in playoffs

17 Mar 2013, 01:09 | Valpellice reach an historic final

By beating Cortina 4-2 in semifinals game #5, Valpellice Bulldogs reach the first final in its history in Italian Serie A. Valpellice will face Asiago that knocked out champion Bolzano in quarter finals and favourite Val Pusteria in semifinals. For the first time since 2001-2002 season a team not finished in the master round reach finals. Asiago finished 6th in the regular season and first in the relegation round.

15 Mar 2013, 15:39 | Sergei Nikoleav passed away

After a long illness former coach Sergei Nikolaev died at 68. Nikolaev was the coach of Torpedo Yaroslavl (former Lokomotiv name) when the team was promoted in Russian Super League for the first time in 1983-84 season. Nikolaev coached Yaroslavl from 1980/81 to 1989/90 and from 1992/93 to 1995/97.
He worked also at Severstal (1996-1997), Metallurg Novokuznetsk (1998-2000, 2006-2007), Kristall Saratov(2000), Salavat Yulaev (2000-2003) and Sibir(2004-2005)

15 Mar 2013, 15:25 | Normunds Sejejs leaves LEV Prague

With a brief statement on team website, LEV Prague announced GM Normunds Sejejs left his position after one season:
"Sports Holding Prague is going to change the control system, making it more centralized. This decision caused the abolition of the position of General Manager of the club
The holding was satisfied with the results shown by LEV during the season, praising the work done by Normunds Sejejs. Largely due to his efforts, LEV was able to achieve its goals in the first season in the League. So we wanted to Normunds Sejejs remained in our organization and offered him the post of consultant management. Unfortunately, Mr. Sejejs rejected our proposal because he wants to continue to act as General Manager, but in our organization is now impossible."

14 Mar 2013, 11:06 | Örebro last team to Kvalserien

Örebro is the last team to qualify for the qualification round to Elitserien, Kvalserien. Örebro won the pre-qual by beating Djurgården in the last round last night when BIK Karlskoga surprisingly lost on home ice to Oskarshamn. Kvalserien starts already today with Timrå-Örebro, Rögle-Västerås & Leksand-Södertälje.

14 Mar 2013, 02:22 | Dmitri Dudik named new coach at Vitebsk

Former national team player Dmitri Dudik, 36, was named new Vitebsk Head Coach. Dudik was in Vitebsk staff this season. Former headcoach Yuri Ivashin will remain in Vitebsk coaching staff

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.