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20 Oct 2012, 21:36 | JYP beats HV71’s youngsters

One game was played in the European Trophy today. Unbeaten HV71 decided to rest their team for more important games and almost only dressed junior players for the game against JYP. Despite that JYP played with their best team the game was very close and JYP "only" won 3-2.

19 Oct 2012, 23:42 | Freezers release their CEO

The Hamburg Freezers of the DEL have released their CEO Michael Pfad who was in charge of that position for the last two and a half years. Uwe Frommhold  who is the CEO of the AEG Facilities Germany will work as a substitute for Pfad as an interim solution. According to Matthieu van Veen, Senior Vice President of AEG Sports Europe, the reason for the change was that Pfad had other plans with the Freezers than the other persons in charge.

19 Oct 2012, 19:44 | Nesta Toruń withdrew from Polish League

Nesta Toruń withdrew from Polish Hockey League. The main reason are financial troubles. At the beginning of October strategic sponsor, company name Karawela, resolved a sponsorship deal with club, which was in fact the end of the team.
Polish Federation decided that all results from Nesta (except of game Nesta - Sanok played 24th of September - this game was moved from November) are valid due to Nesta played two full rounds - 13 games "on ice". The 14th game, which should to be played on Oct 14th, is awarded 5-0 to Sanok (Nesta withdrew from PLH on Oct, 15th).

Since 16th of October, when 3rd round started, in PLH play seven teams.

19 Oct 2012, 16:46 | Sergei Paramonov died at 54

Former Traktor Chelyabinsk player and coach Sergei Paramonov died yesterday when his heart stopped during a friendly match in Troitsk (Chelyabinsk region) with the team Traktor Veterans
Paramonov felt sick in the locker room, ambulance arrives but could not help. He was 54 years old.

Paramonov coached Traktor in 2001. In 2002/03 season and from 2008 to 2011 he was the head coach of Mechel Chelyabinsk

18 Oct 2012, 21:57 | SKA with a 2-0 against Sibir

SKA St. Petersburg was the dominating side today in the only KHL game but Sibir Novosibirsk didn't leave their offense score too many easy goals and so it was super star Ilya Kovalchuk who opened the score at 24:26. Shortly afterwards Alexander Kucheryavenko decided the match with the 2-0 for the hosts who extended their winning streak once more.

17 Oct 2012, 16:10 | Neliba new head coach at Székesfehérvár

SAPA Fehérvár AV19 announced Jan Neliba as their new head coach. 59-year old Czech coach replaces Kevin Primeau, who was fired by the Hungarian club on Sunday. Fehérvár are currently 9th out of 12 teams in EBEL.

16 Oct 2012, 17:46 | Pacioretty quits Ambrì-Piotta

After 5 games and one goal with Swiss Ambrì-Piotta, American forward Max Pacioretty decides to come back in Canada to treat an elbow inflammation. Ambrì informed a Pacioretty comeback will depend on duration of lock out and possible absence of another import.

15 Oct 2012, 17:12 | Kari Heikkila left Dinamo Minsk and Belarus

"I'm trying not to think about resignation, I have a good feeling with the Board" - few hours after this declaration, Finnish coach Kari Heikkila was fired from Dinamo Minsk due to unsatisfactory results. Assistant coach Aleksandr Andrievsky will act as temporary head-coach until November break, when a final decision about a new coach will be taken. After Dinamo's decision, Heikkila decided to resign also from Belarus national team: "We talked with the coach about his future, and he said that now would be inappropriate to him to remain as head coach of the national team." said Federation President Evgeny Vorsin

15 Oct 2012, 09:18 | Denmark advance to next stage

In Barcelona Denmark won Group G of the first stage of the Women's Olympic Qualification against Hungary, Spain and Croatia.

13 Oct 2012, 02:02 | Fire at Steel Aréna

A fire in a transformer inside Steel Aréna without any electricity and forcing HC Košice to postpone their weekend matches with Zvolen on 12.October and Poprad on 14.October.

12 Oct 2012, 21:25 | Pietilä new Austria U18 coach

Sakari Pietilä was announced as new Austria U18 head coach. The 58-year old Finnish coach has coaching experience from SM-liiga, Elitserien, as well as Finnish national team.

12 Oct 2012, 20:48 | Torpedo with half a dozen against Yugra

In Friday's only KHL game home side Torpedo Nizhni Novgorod let no doubt arise in their 6-2 (2-0, 2-1, 2-1) win against Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Half of the eight goals were scored by Swedish imports, two of them by Torpedo forward Martin Thörnberg.

12 Oct 2012, 18:14 | Cape Breton to host the 2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

Hockey Canada, in partnership with Hockey Nova Scotia, announced Friday that Cape Breton, N.S., will host the 2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge from Dec. 29, 2013 to Jan. 4, 2014.

The 2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge will follow the same format as previous years - five Canadian entries (Atlantic, Ontario, Pacific, Quebec, West) will be joined by five international teams, with two groups of five teams. The top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals, while the remaining three teams from each group will cross over for placement games.

12 Oct 2012, 13:52 | No Swiss NHL players in Deutschland Cup

Switzerland decided to not use any NHL lock-out players in Deutschland Cup November 9-11.

12 Oct 2012, 12:21 | Rally in Wonju to get Olympic Ice rink

After the suggestion that some facilities might be located outside Pyeongchang, South Korea for the 2018 Olympics, including an ice rink being placed in Wonju, over 5000 residents gathered in a rally to encourage them to make the decision to locate the rink in Wonju. Wonju is a small city, population 310,000 located about 90KM East of Seoul and 40KM west of Pyeongchang. The two cities are separated mostly by mountains and rivers but a large highway connects the two cities via a northerly route. Wonjy can be accessed from Seoul via a combination of metro subway and traditional rail line, but plans had already been made pre-Olympics to connect Wonju to the Seoul metro subway system.

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