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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.

10 Oct 2012, 19:11 | Luleå vs HV71 resumes on November 27

Yesterday's Elitserien game that was abandoned 6:27 into the third period will resume at November 27 before the game scheduled between the two teams on that date.

09 Oct 2012, 21:46 | Sundh injured

Oscar Sundh of HV71 suffered a head injury and was taken to hospital unconscious during the third period of the Elitserien game Luleå-HV71. The referee Sören Persson decided to abandon the game at the score 1-1.

08 Oct 2012, 23:26 | Marha with a Swiss nationality?

Czech Republic player Josef Marha(36 years old) could have the Swiss nationality in the future.

Arrived in in Swiss to play for Davos in 2001 faster he became one of favorite players for NLA fans.

Recognizing is value on rink and outside of him, Davo's coach Arno Del Curto says today in Swiss press if Marha play's with a Swiss licence he could easily play three more years on defense.

08 Oct 2012, 23:08 | Henrik Zetterberg to play in Swiss

EV Zug agrees a contract with Swedish star Henrik Zetterberg until the end of lockout. The Detroit Red Wing player will arrive Tuesday morning in Swiss and play his first game next Friday against Lugano. He will also a opportunity to know better Swiss star Damien Brunner also a Red Wing player.

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