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31 Jan 2013, 00:07 | Kölner Haie get DEL lead back against Iserlohn Roosters

In the only match of Germany's top ice hockey league, home side Kölner Haie defeated the Iserlohn Roosters 2-1 (0-0, 1-1, 1-0) to get the first place in the league table back from Mannheim. Haie team captain John Tripp scored the game winner with just 38 seconds left to play with a deflection. Both teams face each other again already on Friday, but this time with Iserlohn as the hosts.

29 Jan 2013, 11:18 | Energija Elektrenai players awarded

Four Energija players: Donatas Žukovas, Mantas Marcinkevičius, Rokas Bacevičius and Aivaras Bendžius (now at Ilves Tampere) were awarded with the "Athletes of the Year" prize by the Elektrenai municipality for representing the city and Lithuania in World Championships in Donets'k and Heerenveen.
"I am pleased that this year has attracted a lot of attention to our hockey players, who often are forgotten. I'm very happy for these guys, but they still need very much work in order to achieve better results" said Energija Director Sergejus Krumkačius

28 Jan 2013, 20:32 | Frederik Andersen will play Olympic Quals

Denmark a bit surprisingly get a big reinforcement for the Olympic Qualifiers in February when Anaheim Ducks has decided to let Denmark's star goalie Frederik Andersen travel home to Denmark to take part of the qualification tournament.

28 Jan 2013, 11:00 | Petr Malkov leaves Kuban

By mutual agreement of the parties Petr Malkov left the charge of assistant coach at Kuban Krasnodar

26 Jan 2013, 12:19 | Utrecht withdraws from league

Two time Dutch champions IJshockey Club Utrecht have announced they will withdraw from participate in the Dutch second tier league, Eerste Divisie with immediate effect.

After a tough off-season the team managed to get a team together for the upcoming season but fell apart after playing an inelegibile player. The three point deduction and a fine were the official caution but off the ice the event led to the main sponsor pulling out and with him the coach and import players. Utrecht remained playing but were often short handed regstering the bare minumum number of players on the game sheet. The fact that they were rock bottom without having gained a single point after 13 games therefore is no surprise.

All games played so far this season will be nullified and because of this Utrecht automatically will relegate to the third tier league, Eerste Divisie B. Furthermore the withdrawal means the champion of the Eerste Divisie B will be assured of promotion to the Eerste Divisie while the runner-up will be playing a promotion-relegation best-of-three-series against the 7th seeded team of the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season.

25 Jan 2013, 22:56 | 2. Bundesliga game postponed

The regular season match between German 2. Bundesliga teams Starbulls Rosenheim and Lausitzer Füchse, scheduled for today, has been postponed in the last moment. The Foxes had only very few players available after losing many players to injuries and illness in the last days. A new date for the match is going to be announced soon.

25 Jan 2013, 18:27 | Brest can return to its ice

HK Brest can play the remaining 21 games of Belarusian Open League at the Brest Ice Palace.
After the decision of the disciplinary committee of 16 January 2013 on the rescheduled matches of the fifth and sixth rounds to other arenas due to unsuitableness of ice surface, the club and the Ice Palace have taken the necessary measures on the basis of inspection of Belarus Federation representatives.

25 Jan 2013, 18:24 | Stancescu suspended six games

The Disciplinary Court Judge Reto Steinmann suspended for six games Kloten Flyers forward Victor Stancescu for his check against Ambri_piotta John Gobbi in the championship game on January 19. A fine of 2,000 swiss francs has also been imposed.

23 Jan 2013, 17:51 | Also a club from Poland in KHL?

KHL President Aleksandr Medvedev said that a Polish club can be added in the KHL.
"Now we have seven countries, several countries in the queue. I can say that in Poland, a club from Gdansk club made ​​a request. We do not forget the Russian clubs. I really hope that Lada Togliatti will be back, and Tyumen is already on the way. I am confident that in the near future KHL could reach 32 participants"- said Medvedvev to Russian newspaper Gazeta

21 Jan 2013, 23:35 | HIFK fires Pasi Sormunen

HIFK in Finnish SM-Liiga fired head coach Pasi Sormunen and assistant coach Antti Pennanen. They will be replaced with Raimo Summanen and the junior coach Joonas Tanska as his assistant. Jan Lundell will continue as goalie coach.

20 Jan 2013, 18:50 | Patriot Budapest towards withdrawal from MHL

Patriot Budapest, due to financial problems can't show up to the match against MHK Khimik Voskresensk. Do not rule out the possibility the Hungarian team comes off the league.

"Our sponsor owes the insurance company for the past years. So currently we have no insurance for the players, no medical personnel. In this situation, we have decided not to go to Voskresensk. Almost all of our players are EU citizens, so they need an insurance. Can you imagine what would happen if something happens in Russia!", said team manager Alexander Khrapak.
"Our players didn't receive salary for four months. Anyway we play. But if in the near future the situation will not change, probably have to be withdrawn from the league" - Khrapak added.

20 Jan 2013, 17:41 | Season’s second switch of coaches in Pardubice

Miloš Říha replaced Mojmír Trličík in position of Pardubice's head coach. Together with Trličík also Ladislav Lubina, his assistant, leaves currently the eleventh team of the Czech Extraliga peloton. The function of Říha's assitant will be held by David Pospíšil, former assitant coach of Hradec Králové. Pardubice started the season with Pavel Hynek as the head coach so Miloš Říha is the club's third bench leader of currently running season. Trličík after being kicked out from Vítkovice in early November now gets his second walking papers in the season.

20 Jan 2013, 10:55 | Marco Bührer sets a new record

SC Bern goalie Marco Bührer breaks the record of goalkeeper invincibility in the Swiss National League suffering a goal after 269 minutes and 09 seconds by Kloten Flyers' Samuel Walser. The previous record - 248 minutes and 10 seconds - belongs to Cristobal Huet, set in 1999 when he played for Lugano.

20 Jan 2013, 10:40 | Zauralie coach resigned

Zauralie Kurgan coach Vladimir Shikhanov and assistant Yuri Mordvintsev wrote a letter of resignation accepted by the club, currently 25th in VHL. Igor Velcker, coaxch of Zauralie Junior in MHL, was appointed as interim coach. Shikhanov worked at Zauralie in last four years

19 Jan 2013, 16:57 | Tärnström retired

AIK's defender Dick Tärnström has been forced retired after problems with his back. Tärnström has played 14 seasons with AIK and also had a long career in the NHL.

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