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12 Sep 2012, 17:32 | VMF will play in Karelia

Next October 14, the VHL game between VMF St. Petersburg and Sokol Krasnoyarsk will be played in the city of Kondopoga, Karelia.
"Karelia is waiting for arrival oh VMF. In 2001 in Kondopoga was built one of the best ice rinks in the North-West region, but hockey in the country was only at junior level. The Arrival of a such high-level team will be the best promotion of sport. I am sure that the number of children who want to play hockey to increase significantly. Karelia is a hockey region. Is building an ice arena in Petrozavodsk" said the Minister for Sports and Tourism of Karelia Alexander Voronov. Last season MHL team Silver Lion St.Petersburg played twice in Kondopoga. Both games was sold out.

12 Sep 2012, 17:21 | Vorsin confirmed as Belarusian Federation President

Evgeny Vorsin remained the President of the Belarusian Ice Hockey Federation.
According to the vice-president of the National Olympic Committee Sergei Teterin, Vorsin position was discussed with the head of the Olympic Committee, who supported the candidacy.
All the members of the Board approved
Vorsin announced his intention to leave his charge after the poor performance of the Belarusian team at the World Championship

12 Sep 2012, 16:32 | First Winter Game already gets new DEL attendance record

DEL today announced that the first ever outdoor event in the league's history, which is going to be a match between home side Nürnberg Ice Tigers and Eisbären Berlin on 5 January 2013, already set a new attendance record. With 20,000 tickets sold in the first two weaks of advanced sales the old record of 18,700 spectators in the match Kölner Haie vs Adler Mannheim on 19 April 2002 has been surpassed with almost 4 months left till the match is scheduled.

11 Sep 2012, 16:59 | KTH Krynica won´t play this season

Polish Ice Hockey Federation announces to have received a letter from the President of KTH Krynica Henryk Czarny, which informs the club won´t partecipate in Polaish Second Division this season

10 Sep 2012, 22:43 | Beybarys lost two games by forfeit

Current Kazakh champion Beybarys Atyrau is experiencing an internal crisis: after the Kazakhstan Cup final lost with Arlan, club admitted economic problems and released three of most rapresentative players, forwards Mikhail Panishin and Andrejs Smirnovs and defender Roman Teslyuk. Beybarys didn't play the first two games of Kazakhstan League against Kazzinc Torpedo alleging technical problems in filling equipment at the Ice Palace. Games counted as two 0-5 forfeits

10 Sep 2012, 18:55 | Milestone for Radulov and KHL

Scoring two points - 1 goals and 1 assist - in CSKA Moscow 5-3 victory against Donbas forward Alexander Radulov was the first player in the history of KHL to reach (and surpass) 300 points. He has now 301 (103 goals and 198 assists)
Radulov also should be the first to get the mark of 200 assists. Sergei Mozyakin (283) and Alexei Morozov (274) are the next players can get the 300 points' limit

10 Sep 2012, 14:53 | Halla injuries short term

Yong-jun Lee is expected to recover in about 2 weeks, while Jin-ho Jeon is expected to be able to return to the ice after 3-4 days rest after being carried from ice on a stretcher Sunday night in Anyang.

09 Sep 2012, 23:46 | Rouen wins Match des Champions

French champion Dragons de Rouen won the Match des Champions on Saturday evening in Cholet against the 2012 Coupe de France winner Ducs de Dijon with 3-1 (0-0, 2-0, 1-1). Rouen had earned a three-goal lead through Jonathan Janil, Ilpo Salmivirta and David Fredriksson. At 58:57 Peter Valier only could score the consolidation goal for Dijon. For Rouen it was the second Match des Champions won after 2010.

09 Sep 2012, 00:53 | Vladislav Serov died

Former Ukrainian forward Vladislav Serov, who played for the national team of Ukraine at the Olympic Games in 2002 in Salt Lake City (USA) and the World Championships in 2004 in the Czech Republic, suddenly died at 35 for unknown causes
Formed in famous Kharkov Druzhba-78 hockey school,Serov played for Ukraine at the World Junior Championship and then spent almost his entire career in North America, playing for various teams in AHL, UHL, IHL and ECHL. In 2003-04 played for Italian Appiano scoring 22 points in 18 games. In 2006-07 - his last active season - Serov won Ukranian title with ATEK Kyiv

08 Sep 2012, 23:59 | Dynamo honored Korolev and Karpovtsev

Before the match against Yugra, Dynamo Moscow raised the jerseys of Igor Korolev and Alexander Karpovtsev - both died in the Lokomotiv plane crash - under the arches of Luzhniki Palace
In addition was raised also a separate flag dedicated to the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

08 Sep 2012, 23:53 | Andre Payette to lead Great Britain U20

Andre Payette has been appointed as the Great Britain Under-20s coach and will lead the youngsters at the 2013 World Championship next December.
The 36-year-old has been in charge of English Premier League side Sheffield Steeldogs since mid-way through the 2010-11 season.

Payette said: "I am very excited and honoured to be named head coach for the Great Britain Under-20s national team. Great Britain has been my adoptive country for the last nine years and I am thrilled to be able to give something back to British ice hockey, which has given me so much.

08 Sep 2012, 23:49 | Medvedev: Zagreb and Milan, the next step

KHL president Alexander Medvedev spoke briefly about future KHL expansion teams: "The next step: Zagreb and Milan. They fully comply schedule and prepare to join the League already in season 2013/14. And hopefully Togliatti: Lada is a team with a rich history that should not disappear from the map of Russian Hockey"

08 Sep 2012, 15:23 | Red Devils win NZIHL

The Canterbury Red Devils beat Southern Stampede 6-5 in the final of the 2012 New Zealand Ice Hockey League. Valery Konev scored the Birgel Cup winner in the shoot-out.

06 Sep 2012, 17:15 | Match des champions in Cholet

France Federation announces the Match des Champions between the French champion Rouen Dragons and the winner of French Cup Dijon Les Ducs will be played in Cholet the next September 08

06 Sep 2012, 17:01 | NLB, no more play-off à la carte

With eight votes in favour and two against, the Swiss NLB clubs decided to change the playoffs system for the upcoming season. The right for the best teams to choose the opponent was canceled and the new system will be the most common: first vs eighth, second vs seventh etc.
It will be created also a NLA/NLB commission to introduce a new system of promotion/relegation between the two leagues. Many clubs are in favour of NLB champion´s direct promotion without the current playouts against the last team of NLA

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