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13 Nov 2012, 16:48 | Titan Klin headcoach resigns

Head coach Titan Klin Andrei Amelin resigned today from his charge. "The main reason I´m leaving the club is my family, my little son, whom I could not devote much time. I resigns also due to errors which I made in my work, maybe other people will shake the guys. The team, unfortunately, did not work for me." said Amelin.
Andrei's decision is a surprise, the guys were upset - told forward Michael Deev. - This is our fault: was lost a number of recent matches, and he took all the blame and responsibility."
Titan is currently 20th in VHL table

12 Nov 2012, 16:20 | Andrievsky confirmed as Dinamo Minsk headcoach

Dinamo Minsk announces that Aleksandr Andrievsky, appointed as temporary coach after the dismissal of Kari Heikkila last October, was confirmed as head coach.

12 Nov 2012, 12:34 | Germany wins Deutschland Cup

With a 2-0 win in front of 5,600 spectators in Munich against Slovakia hosts Germany won the 2012 Deutschland Cup. In the end the Germans had a perfect 3-0-0-0 record with 7-2 goals and 9 points ahead of Switzerland (6), Slovakia (3) and Canada (0).

10 Nov 2012, 09:35 | Erixon joins Team Sweden

Timrå's Sebastian Erixon will join Team Sweden for the game against Finland today as Jonas Ahnelöv can't play the game.

09 Nov 2012, 20:39 | Gerd Zenhäusern confirmed as Lausanne coach

Former player and assistant coach Gerd Zenhäusern was confirmed as new Lausanne headcoach until the end of season. He will be assisted by Mike McNamara, coming from HC Lugano coaching staff.
Zenhäusern was Lausanne interim coach after the dismissal of John Van Boxmeer. "Gerd showed in these last games that he has all the qualities to occupy this charge" said GM Jan Alston

09 Nov 2012, 20:04 | Andrei Razin named new Kristall Saratov coach

Former player Andrei Razin was named new headcoach of VHL Kristall Saratov. He replaced Vladimir Kuplinov, moved to HK Tambov in RHL

08 Nov 2012, 22:37 | Kopitar behind Slovenian win

Anze Kopitar had 3 assists when his Slovenia beat Italy 4-0 on the first day of the EIHC tournament in Ljubljana. France beat Austria 2-0.

08 Nov 2012, 14:58 | Doug Shedden/Chris McSorley to coach Team Canada

EV Zug coach Doug Shedden will serve as Team Canada headcoach at next Spengler Cup. He was Marc Crawford assistant coach at last year tournament. Geneve-Servette Chris McSorley will work as assistant coach

07 Nov 2012, 22:50 | Denmark - Norway 0-4

Norway beat Denmark 4-0 in the first of three games between the teams this week. Jonas Holøs, Lars Erik Spets, Niklas Roest and Mats Frøshaug scored the goals.

07 Nov 2012, 15:46 | Köbi Kölliker new Sport Director at Langnau

Former Switerland and Germany headcoach Jacob "Köbi" Kölliker becomes new Langnau Tigers Sport Director. He is back in Langnau where he worked as headcoach between 1993 and 1999 and GM in 1999/2000.

06 Nov 2012, 19:58 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk fans raise funds for the team

Following an appeal from the President to help financially the club,  Metallurg Novokuznetsk fans decided to provide financial assistance to the team.
They want to raise about 80 thousand rubles that are ready to be used for the purchase of medicines for the team. Besides the fans would like to install special boxes in shopping centers to raise money.
"In the near future we will open a special charity account where fans could transfer funds. For every penny, we naturally will report back" said the president Sergei Kuznetsov.

06 Nov 2012, 15:10 | Patrick Thoresen and Trine Martens won Gullpucken

SKA forward Patrick Thoresen won the Norwegian Gullpucken (The Golden Puck). This award is given to the best Norwegian hockey player following performances for his club and the national team. At the last World Champioship Thoresen finished second in the list of top scorers in the tournament and was named in Tournament All Team. Thoresen won Gullpucken also in the 2008-09 season. "It's great to receive such a prestigious award. In Norway there are many great players, so the choice wasn't simple" Thoresen commented. Vålerenga and Norway national team forward  Trine Martens won the award in women category

05 Nov 2012, 16:44 | Dinamo Riga fires Pekka Rautakallio

After the 0-2 defeat with Dinamo Minsk, leaving the team last in Bobrov Division, Dinamo Riga fired Finnish coach Pekka Rautakallio. Artis Ābols will act as temporary coach

05 Nov 2012, 05:09 | CIHL Taipei International Division closes

After the comunication that the budget of CIHL International has been cancelled from the Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey Federation, the league decided to suspend its activities hoping to re-emerge in the near future.The CIHL was scheduled to begin last september

05 Nov 2012, 01:51 | Belarus and Ukraine tied second match

Recovering twice, Belarus tied second friendly match against Ukraine in Kyiv

Ukraine - Belarus 2:2 (1:0, 1:2, 0:0)
1:0 Gnidenko (Navarenko, Kvitchenko, 4:07)
1:1 Antonov (Mikhailov, Musienko, 29:45)PP
2:1 Kvitchenko (Navarenko, Gnidenko, 35:25)
2:2 Kislyi (Musienko, Mikhailov, 36:12)

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