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07 Aug 2012, 20:22 | U17 results

Czech Republic U17 beat Germany 7-0 and Slovakia beat Switzerland 3-2 (shootout) on the first day of an 5-nations U17 tournament in Czech Republic. USA will enter the tournament tomorrow.

06 Aug 2012, 18:21 | Arlan wins home tournament

Arlan Kokshetau wins all games of the home tournament against HK Astana (5-2), Arystan Temirtau (4-1) and Zauralie Kurgan (2-1).
Best Goalkeeper: Vitaly Evdokimov, Arlan
Best Defender: Sergei Yakovenko, Arystan
Best Forward: Askhat Rakhmatullin, Zauralie

05 Aug 2012, 02:14 | Sofron released by Lev Praha

HC Lev Praha, the first ever KHL team from the Czech Republic, released István Sofron from his try-out contract. The Hungarian national player was the best goal scorer in last year's EBEL season but couldn't convince the coaching staff. His future destiny remains unknown.

04 Aug 2012, 19:10 | Ingolstadt with new GM

DEL club ERC Ingolstadt announced that 47-year old Karl-Heinz Schapfl becomes the new GM of the club. He was the sales manager for Bosch in Bavaria for 25 years. He substitutes Jürgen Arnold and Reinhard Büchl who shared the position for the last three years. They will keep their jobs in the advisory bord of the Bavarian club.

03 Aug 2012, 18:59 | Two players for try-out in Cologne

DEL team Kölner Haie gave try-out contracts to former NHL player Nathan Robinson from Canada and Ales Kranj who represents Slovenia internationally. In both cases a decision regarding the signing of a one-year contract will be made after the pre-season has ended.

03 Aug 2012, 12:23 | Ljubljana vs. Stavanger test postponed

HDD Olimpija Ljubljana and the Norwegian champion Stavanger Oilers were scheduled to face each other on Sunday, 12 August 2012 but as the Norwegians can't come earlier than Monday, 13 August the game was postponed until Tuesday, 14 August (19.15h). Both teams will participate also in the pre-season tournament in Bled (Rudi-Hiti-Sommercup, 16-19 August).

03 Aug 2012, 10:30 | Fischer gets long break

German national player Christopher Fischer will miss most part of the next season. The defender of DEL's Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg was diagnosed with a cartilage damage which he received during the 2012 World Championship.

02 Aug 2012, 20:00 | Sweden U20 beats Czechs twice

Yesterday the Swedish U20 team beat Czech Republic U20 7-1 in Norrtälje. Today the Swedish team won 7-0. Next week the Swedes will play USA and Finland in Lake Placid.

02 Aug 2012, 09:27 | ServusTV and laola1.tv pick first live games

The new tv partners for the German DEL have chosen in a first round the games each channel will show until 4 November. Both channels are going to broadcast the season opener between Kölner Haie and Krefeld Pinguine on 14 September 2012 (19.10h) together. After that ServusTV shows one game on Sunday and laola1.tv one game on Friday. A detailed overview of these matches you can see on the websites of both channels.

31 Jul 2012, 09:14 | Germany invited to 100th anniversary of ÖEHV

The German national team has been invited by the Austrian Ice Hockey Federation (ÖEHV) to play a test game on 18 September 2012 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Austrian federation. The venue for the game still has to be announced by the Austrians in the next weeks.

28 Jul 2012, 19:27 | Magnitogorsk beat Nizhny Novgorod

Metallurg Magnitogorsk was down 2-0 and 3-1 against Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in today's pre-season game in Füssen, but managed to get back to win 4-3. Denis Platonov scored the winner at 57:45.

26 Jul 2012, 20:59 | René Fasel re-elected

The 124th IOC Session in London re-elected IIHF President René Fasel for another four years on the IOC Executive Board.

25 Jul 2012, 14:19 | Forbes billionaire to become new Dynamo Moscow president?

Russian media are confident that Gagarin Cup holder Dynamo Moscow will change their management. №1153 of Forbes rating Arkady Rotenberg can replace current President Mikhail Tyurkin. Arkady Rotenberg and his brother Boris called to be member of Putin judo pool, and the two brothers have a controlling block of shares of SMP Bank who is a sponsor of KHL.

23 Jul 2012, 22:22 | Yakupov signs with Edmonton

NHL first draft pick Nail Yakupov today signed an entry level contract with the Edmonton Oilers. Other NHL news todays was that Rick Nash was traded from Columbus to New York Rangers in exchange for Tim Erixon, Artem Ansimov and Brandon Duchinsky.

23 Jul 2012, 00:50 | Bristol out of ENL

Bristol Pitbulls have announced they're withdrawing their ENL1 South team for next season, though they will ice a team in Division Two

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