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24 Aug 2012, 10:04 | Brawl ends Znojmo test game early

A match of EBEL team HC Orli Znojmo against SK Horácká Slavia Trebíc of the 1. Liga - 2nd tier in Czech ice hockey - was ended after only 35 minutes by the referees. When Trebíc was leading 3-2 a brawl including players on the bench occured and for safety reasons the game was stopped immediately and not continued.

24 Aug 2012, 00:36 | World Junior Club Cup semi finals

Dinamo-Shinnik Bobruisk won Group A of the World Junior Club Cup ahead of Waterloo Black Hawks. Group B was won by Linköpings HC with Sudbury Wolves as runner-up.

In Saturday's semi finals Dinamo-Shinnik will play Sudbury and Linköping will play Waterloo.

23 Aug 2012, 16:06 | Former Italian League President dead

Current Alleghe Vice-President Nilo Riva, 67, tragically dead falling in a ravine during an excursion on the mountains near native Alleghe. Riva was the first President of LIHG (Italian Icehockey League) from 2008 to 2012 and former Alleghe President

22 Aug 2012, 23:00 | Metallurg Zhlobin and Gomel are the Belarus Cup finalists

By beating Neman Grodno 2-3 at SO, Gomel is the second finalist of Belarus Cup, joining current champion Metallurg Zhlobin, qualified last Monday. The final will be played at Minsk Arena on September, 1. Review Belarus Cup results and statistics here

22 Aug 2012, 18:07 | World Junior Club Cup - Day 5

Joshua Leivo scored a hat-trick with only short-handed goals when Sudbury Wolves beat Denmark 7-2 in the World Junior Club Cup. In the other game in Group B HIFK beat HK Riga 3-2. Linköping and Sudbury have qualified for the semis.

Group A is still open. After today's games Waterloo Black Hawks - Norway 5-3 and Karlovy Vary - Dinamo-Shinnik 3-2 four teams are tied with 6 points.

22 Aug 2012, 13:20 | DEL approves supervisory board

At their general assembly in Straubing the DEL, Germany's top professional ice hockey league, approved a two-year extension of the tenure of its director Jürgen Arnold. The other members of the supervisory board - Daniel Hopp (Mannheim), Ulrich Voll (Straubing) and Wolfgang Brück (Iserlohn) - will also continue in their positions.

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.