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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.

07 Oct 2012, 18:28 | Ukraine will spend 3.5 billions for the development of hockey

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has increased the amount of funding for the social program "Hockey Ukraine" to 3.593 milliard hrivna (about 340 millions euro).

The funds will primarily be used for the construction and renovation of sports facilities with artificial ice.

Dates of the program of "Hockey Ukraine" was extended for five years - until 2017.

According to the government, with the changes will increase the number of teams participating in Ukrainian Professional League from 8-10 previously planned to 12-14

07 Oct 2012, 17:20 | Jonathan Ericsson to the Swedish third tier league

Jonathan Ericsson of Detroit Red Wings is the first NHL lock-out player to sign with a team in Division 1, the Swedish third league. He will join Vita Hästen, the club he represented as a junior, October 17.

06 Oct 2012, 19:59 | Lockout a marketing chance for small leagues?

In recent weeks many NHLers found their way to the leagues in Europe but most of them concentrated on the traditional hockey super powers like Russia, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Germany etc (1st and 2nd tier). After recent signings of Dustin Jeffrey (Tilburg Trappers, Netherlands) and Wojtek Wolski (KH Sanok, Poland) maybe more players use the lockout to make advertising for the fastest team sport on earth.

05 Oct 2012, 22:37 | Sweden to host 2015 Women’s WC

The 2015 IIHF World Women's Championship will be played in Sweden. Venue and dates are still to be announced.

05 Oct 2012, 09:20 | Bergenheim returns to USA

HIFK's NHL lockout player Sean Bergenheim returns to USA after only two games (one goal) in SM-Liiga. He is injured and goes home to USA för rehabilitation. It is still not clear if he will return to HIFK.

03 Oct 2012, 07:46 | Frölunda second team to break agreement

Frölunda is the second of the Elitserien clubs after Modo to break the agreement between the clubs not to sign any NHL players to short time contracts during the lockout. After injuries on some key players Frölunda has signed a two-month contract with Colorado's Matt Duchene.

02 Oct 2012, 17:14 | Estonian champion out from league?

Kalev Valk Tartu, current Estonian champion, didn't appeared last Saturday in Tallinn to debut in 2012-13 Skoda League against Viiking Tallinn, citing financial problems. It's still unclear if Kalev will play the rest of the season. They lost the game 5-0 and was fined with 750 euro.

01 Oct 2012, 00:24 | HSC Csikszereda advances in Continental Cup

HSC Csikszereda/Miercurea Ciuc easily won the Continental Cup first round played at home. Romanian team finished the tournament with a perfect record and withou suffering a single goal: 15-0 and 15-0 against Baskent Yildizlari Ankara and Maccabi Metulla - Israelian team replaced forfeited CH Jaca from Spain - and 6-0 over Serbian Vitez.
Turkish team grabbed a significative second place beating 6-1 Vitez and 13-1 Maccabi.
HSC Csikszereda will now play in Landshut, Germany from 19 to 21 October with Landshut Cannibals, Belfast Giants (GBR) and Eaters Geleen (NED).
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01 Oct 2012, 00:01 | Dutch women takes the first step towards the Olympics

The Netherlands won the group against Poland, Slovenia and South Korea to advance to the second stage of the Women's Olympic qualification.