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07 Mar 2013, 15:21 | Latvia confirmed bid for IHWC-2017

Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis announces the National Council for Sport approved the bid to host the World Championship in 2017, together with Denmark.
According to Dombrovskis, Latvia's chances are quite high.
"Out first desire is to host IHWC in 2017, but did not rule out the possibility to organize the championship in 2018 - said Dombrovskis.

06 Mar 2013, 22:23 | Kristan suspended for a game

Medvescak's goalie, Slovene Robert Kristan, got suspended today by his team, as he came to practice intoxicated. Kristan denies drinking at all, but it is certain he won't travel with his team to Salzburg for game 6 of the EBEL quartefinal series.

06 Mar 2013, 20:44 | MOL Liga: Csikszereda advances, Miskolc on ropes

Wednesday night saw HSC Csikszerda advance to the MOL Liga finals after a 4-1 victory over HC Nove Zamky.  Csikszereda won the semifinal round three games to zero.  Lubomir Hurtaj scored twice and Vaclav Novak had two assists.  Besides the first match of this playoff, Csikszereda completely dominated their Slovakian counterpart.  They will now await the winner of the other semifinal match between DAB Docler and Miskolc.

After Miskolc played dominantly against Dunajuvaros Sunday evening, they earned two games at home to try and beat their higher seeded opponent.  They held the game close until the fourth minute of the third period Wednesday evening when DAB Docler scored three unassisted goals in three minutes.  Nikandrosz Galanisz scored two of the three third period goals to put DAB Docler one game away from being in the finals for the second year in a row.  Miskolc will need to win two straight to advance, starting Thursday, 7 March and again Saturday, 9 March (if necessary).

MOL Liga finals are slated to start 12 March in the arena of the winner of the Dunaujvaros/Miskolc semifinal.

06 Mar 2013, 12:28 | LNB- Ronny Keller receives a violent check

While there were only three minutes to play in overtime, Ronny Keller(Olten) was victim of a very violent check from Stefan Schnyder(Langenthal). The defense remained several minutes lying on the ice. As he said, no longer feeling his legs, and the doctors present at Kleinholz Stadium called REGA helicopter. Ronny Keller, who spent the night at the center for paraplegics in Nottwil, has already had a chirurgy. The Blick website reveals that, according to doctors, the chances that the 33 years-old defense walk again one day are "50-50". Stefan Schnyder received a game misconduct penalty and last night have been questioned by police. Eurohockey wish Ronny Keller to get well very soon.

06 Mar 2013, 08:17 | Nürnberg almost qualified for playoffs

Nürnberg Ice Tigers made a jump to the 7th spot in the DEL table with a surprising 5-2 away win against current champions Eisbären Berlin. They now have six points more than the non-playoff spots with two games left to play. In the other match of the day Krefeld Pinguine beat Hamburg Freezers 3-2 SO on the road to become 3rd.

05 Mar 2013, 23:54 | Ivo Rüthemann celebrates 1000 NLA games

SC Bern forward Ivo Rüthemann played his NLA game number 1.000 in 5-2 defeat in playoffs quarter finals game #2 against Servette on March 05.
Rüthemann has 269 caps for Switzerland and played for Bern since 1999. He is the third player to reach this milestone after Gil Montandon (2008)and Martin Steinegger (2011)

04 Mar 2013, 21:28 | Bolzano fires coach Brian McCutcheon

After the elimination in playoffs quarterfinals against Asiago, Bolzano Foxes announces today the club fired coach Brian McCutcheon.

04 Mar 2013, 18:30 | Olympics in 2022 will not take place in Switzerland

The citizens of Swiss Grisons vote down the project for the application to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games by 52.7% of the vote Sunday. The cantonal turnout reached 59.1%, the highest in decades.
The two municipalities directly affected, Davos and St Moritz have yet approved the project and provided funding for the application by respectively 56.2% and 61% in their municipal elections also held on Sunday.

04 Mar 2013, 15:23 | Sander Dijkstra positive for doping

Heerenveen Flyers and Netherlands national team Sander Dijkstra tested positive in a doping test in last October. He must now answer to the Disciplinary Committee of the Dutch hockey federation.
The Dutch hockey league usually does not comment on doping. Reports of the Dutch Doping Authority show that in 2010 and 2011 a total of two players tested positive. The report for 2012 is not yet online. Flyers Chairman Henk Hoekstra is optimist about the verdict: "Sander has tested positive for a substance in a dietary supplement that is accepted in controls during training, but not in games doping tests. We expect a positive decision". Heerenveen begins next Friday the playoffs series against Tilburg.

04 Mar 2013, 14:26 | Trans-Tasman Champions League Postponed

The AIHL and NZIHL have decided to postpone the Trans-Tasman Champions League (TTCL) series until 2014.

This is solely a financial decision. The AIHL requires more time to raise funds for the two teams travelling to New Zealand.

04 Mar 2013, 08:50 | EBEL YoungStar for February

EBEL comittee has anounced the competition for the best young player of the month February. Six candidates are: Christoph Hörtnagl (Innsbruck), Maxmilian Isopp (KAC), Konstantin Komarek (Salzburg), Jan Müller (Znojmo) and Zintis Nauris Zusevic (Graz). The vote is open until March 7th, and you can vote here: VOTE

In January the winner was Patrick Peter of the Vienna Capitals.

03 Mar 2013, 00:51 | Bipolo Vitoria wins first title in Spain

By beating 7-6 CG Puigcerdà in playoffs finals game #3, Bipolo Vitoria closed the series 3-0 and wins Spanish League for the first time. Puigcerdà Slovak forward Jan Simko, suspended in third game, was the season top scorer
Bipolo also won regular season and will play against Txuri Urdin for Copa del Rey semifinals on March 23 while Puigcerdà will face former champion CH Jaca

02 Mar 2013, 01:08 | Karol Pawlik leaves GKS Tychy

After 11 years as GKS Tychy GM, Karol Pawlik announces he leaves the club.
Under Pawlik's direction Tychy won one title in 2005 and four Polish Cup
"Things begin and things end. Today I close my long work at GKS Tychy. I want to thank all the players, fans and journalists for the amazing moments that given to me with this beloved club. I open a new chapter in my life in another place, but my heart forever will be in Tychy" said Pawlik

02 Mar 2013, 00:09 | Ukraine will play two games against Vityaz

Ukraine head coach Alexander Kulikov announces the team will play twice against KHL Vityaz Chekov on 8 and 9 April. Both games will be held in Chekhov and serves as the final stage of preparation for the World Championship Division I, which will be held from 14 to 20 April in Donetsk.

28 Feb 2013, 22:16 | Filip Forsberg wins award

Filip Forsberg was today anounced winner of the award "Guldgallret" as the best junior of HockeyAllsvenskan, the Swedish second league.

Forsberg was named winner due to his leadership that helped Leksand to win the regular season. Forsberg was also named to the All-Star team of the World Juniors earlier this season.

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