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21 Aug 2012, 19:59 | Latvian League clubs announced

The LHF announces the 8 clubs of the Latvijas Virslīga for this season: SK Liepājas Metalurgs II, HK Ozolnieki/MONARCH, DHK Latgale, SMScredit.lv, HK Zemgale/JLSS, HS Rīga/Prizma, HK Juniors and SK Rīga'96. HS Rīga/LSPA and Lithuanian side Elektrēnu Energija won't participate. The league is scheduled to start 12 September 2012.

21 Aug 2012, 17:13 | World Junior Club Cup - Day 4

Linköping were outshot 39-14 but beat HIFK 3-2 to become the first team to qualify for the semi finals of the World Junior Club Cup in Omsk. The home team Omsk Hawks beat Karlovy Vary 4-1.

20 Aug 2012, 20:25 | World Junior Club Cup - Day 3

The North American teams, Waterloo Black Hawks and Sudbury Wolves, both won big in their first game of the World Junior Club Cup in Omsk. But in the second game both lost.

Today Omsk, Linköping, Dinamo-Shinnik and HK Riga won its games. When all teams have played two games only Dinamo-Shinnik and Linköping have 6 points.

20 Aug 2012, 17:51 | Pushkaryov comes back to Barys

Kazakh forward Konstantin Pushkaryov cancelled the contract signed in early summer with Spartak Moscow and comes back to Barys Astana, his former club. The reason for the breach of contract wasn't revealed

20 Aug 2012, 13:14 | First round of DEB-Pokal has been drawn

On Saturday the German Ice Hockey Federation, DEB, has drawn the first round of the DEB-Pokal, the national cup competition for teams of the 2. Bundesliga and Oberliga along with the national men's U20 team. The first round is to be played Sunday, 16 September 2012. There was a lot of confusion whether Oberliga Nord participant Adendorfer EC is allowed to take part in the competition or not. By mistake the ice hockey federation of Lower Saxony had told them they had qualified for the tournament, but this information turned out to be incorrect. When 2. Bundesliga team Bremerhaven said they would not play if Adendorf could take their seat this was also not permitted by the DEB as other teams would have the right to take the spot first. An overview of the first round you can find here.

19 Aug 2012, 16:53 | World Junior Club Cup - Day 2

On the second day of the World Junior Club Cup in Omsk the North American teams entered the competition. Waterloo Black Hawks of USHL beat HC Energie Karlovy Vary 5-0 while Sudbury Wolves (OHL) beat HIFK Helsinki 9-1.

18 Aug 2012, 17:59 | World Junior Club Cup - Day 1

The World Junior Club Cup started today in Omsk. Karlovy Vary beat Norway U20 3-1 in the first game. Other results: HIFK-Denmark U20 4-2, Omsk Hawks-Dinamo-Shinnik Bobruisk 1-2 and Linköping-HK Riga 4-1.

17 Aug 2012, 15:09 | ServusTV and laola1.tv announce first live games (EBEL)

The TV partners for the multi-national EBEL have chosen in a first round the games each channel will show until 30 September 2012. Servus TV starts with the season opener between the two finalists of the 2012 playoffs, EC KAC and EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz on Friday, 7 September 2012 (19.30h). After that ServusTV shows one game on Sunday and laola1.tv one game on Friday. Servus TV also broadcasts the game between Medvescak and Vienna on Sunday, 16 September 2012 (20.30h) in the 2000 year old Arena Pula. A detailed overview of these matches you can see on the websites of both channels.

17 Aug 2012, 13:07 | Ari Sulander gets farewell game

ZSC Lions' legendary goalie from Finland, Ari Sulander, ended his career this April after 14 years and 4 Swiss championships with the team at the age of 43. Now he gets honoured with a farewell game by his long-time club that will take place Saturday, 29 September 2012. A team led by Sulander will face a selction of Swiss players to play 2x 20 minutes during the afternoon. Later on the same day the ZSC Lions will play their regular season game against  HC Ambrì-Piotta.

16 Aug 2012, 17:09 | Dinamo Riga signs cooperation with Jokipojat

Dinamo Riga has signed a cooperation agreement with Finnish club Jokipojat Joensuu, playing in Mestis League.Under the terms of this cooperation, Dinamo players can play for Jokipojat with the possibility at any moment to be called back to Riga. The first players going to Finland were defender Martins Jakovlevs and forward Vitaljs Pavlovs.

16 Aug 2012, 08:50 | Rapid Solicitors and EIHL continue partnership

In a press release the top professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom, the EIHL, announced that the law firm Rapid Solicitors will continue also in the 2012-13 season as league sponsor. The official name of the league therefore stays "Rapid Solicitors Elite Ice Hockey League". Martin Ward, the commercial manager of Rapid Soliciors, told eliteleague.co.uk: "Ice hockey fans will know Rapid from watching the games around the UK and on Sky. We hope they’ll support us in return. We need that to continue our investment."

14 Aug 2012, 19:08 | Bilyy Bars Brovary will play in next PHL

At the Executive Committee of PHL held in Kyiv on August 13, Bilyỹ Bars Brovary confirmed its partecipation in next Professional Hockey League. "Now we have a new, very solid sponsor" said Bilyỹ Bars Director.
The only team still unsure if partecipate is Haydamaky Vinnitsa. The situation, according to team director Valery Lukyantsev, will be resolved shortly. "I can say at now the budget is provided by 25-30 percent. It is not enough to engage in championship. We have to find the necessary money over the next 10 days to form a team" said Lukyanets.

14 Aug 2012, 18:33 | 2013 Challenge Cup of Asia in Thailand

The 2013 Challenge Cup of Asia Senior Men will be held in Thailand during the 3rd week of March 2013, as decided during the Asian Strategic Planning Group meeting in Macau. The meeting also determine that Senior and U18 Challenge Cup will be held in alternate years. 2013 is for seniors in Thailand and U18 will in held in March 2014.

14 Aug 2012, 15:52 | Dornbirn and Zell am See agree about cooperation

The Austrian clubs Dornbirner EC of the EBEL and EK Zeller Eisbären of the new second-tier Inter-National League (INL) become partners. Both teams want to work close together regarding youth hockey but also players of both senior teams will have the chance to play in either EBEL or INL.

13 Aug 2012, 20:40 | SKA St. Petersburg and Toros Neftekamsk win pre-season tournaments

The President of Kazakhstan Cup came at the right time for KHL participants SKA St. Petersburg. With four wins in four games they dominated the tournament. Other KHL teams that played in the cup were Barys Astana and Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk along with the most traditional Kazakh team Kazzinc-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk and a "B" version of the Kazakh national team.

Already yesterday the Lada Cup ended. In a tournament of four VHL teams Toros Neftekamsk won the final 2-1 against HC Sarov. The other two participants were Lada Togliatti and Dizel Penza. Lada won the game for the 3rd place 3-0 against Dizel. A detailed overview you can find here.

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