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29 Jun 2012, 17:10 | Remir Khaidarov dies in fire

35 year-old Rubin Tyumen defenseman Remir Khaidarov died on the night of June 29 while on vacation in his native Kazan. There was a fire in his house and Khaidarov rushed upstairs to rescue his family. At this point the roof collapsed. Khaidarov played 187 games for Rubin, winning the VHL title in 2010-11. He played also for Ak Bars, Neftekhimik and Neftyanik Almetyevsk.

27 Jun 2012, 22:05 | Borås not allowed to play in HockeyAllsvenskan

Borås HC has been relegated from the Swedish second tier HockeyAllsvenskan due to bad finances. The club wasn't granted the elite license that is needed to play in any of Sweden's top two divisions. The board of Borås had announced that they will appeal against the decision.

27 Jun 2012, 18:57 | Timo Lahtinen named SC Miercurea Ciuc coach

Finnish Timo Lahtinen, 65, is the new coach of MOL Liga SC Miercurea Ciuc. This is the second stint of Lehtinen in Romania, he already coached Sport Club in 2008-09 season when team won MOL Liga

26 Jun 2012, 22:27 | Taipei Wolves win CIHL

Beating 2-1 and 6-3 the Taipei Raptors in the playoffs finals, Taipei Wolves win Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey League (CIHL) Open Division Title. Wolves' Mike Lin was named playoffs MVP. Typhoon clinch Development Division title beating Tu Gou in the final

26 Jun 2012, 20:48 | Washington Capitals get new coach

After one season in Tampa Bay and two seasons behind the New Jersey Devils' bench as an assistant coach, Adam Oates has his first job as head coach. He has signed with the Washington Capitals, replacing his former teammate Dale Hunter.

26 Jun 2012, 16:44 | News from Polish Federation

In the first Board meeting after the elections, Polish Federation takes some decisions:
- National team headcoach Wiktor Pysz was fired and will be replaced with a foreign coach appointed in the next few weeks. Also Marian Pysz left his charge as head of national coaches, replaced by Tomasz Rutkowski.
- Wojciech Mądrala is the new referees coordinator
- The women prequalification tournament for Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics will be held at the end of September 2012 in Jastrzebie.
- In the season 2012/13 teams partecipating in Polish Hockey League can have six foreign players. In the First Division club can register 3 foreigners in next season and none in the following seasons.
- Season 2012/13 will begin on 9 September in Katowice, where GKS will face the Polish champion Sanok.
- Every team must allign minimum four youth players (five in First League) and maximum five players over 35 years

26 Jun 2012, 14:23 | KHL games in USA

SKA and Dynamo will play two KHL games in New York at the Barclays Center January 19 and 20.

23 Jun 2012, 01:26 | Yakupov picked first

Russian forward Nail Yakupov was picked as first overall by the Edmonton Oilers when the 2012 NHL Entry Draft started. More information will be found here on eurohockey.com later. Complete draft results will be found here later.

22 Jun 2012, 23:45 | Ted Nolan continues as Latvia coach

Despite a not brilliant World Championship, Latvian Federation decides to extend for one year the contract with Canadian coach Ted Nolan

22 Jun 2012, 23:29 | Norfolk signs farm agreement with Anaheim

Anaheim Ducks has signed a cooperation agreement for the next season with the current AHL champion Norfolk Admirals. The duration of the contract isn't specified. In the last two seasons Syracuse Crunch was the Ducks' farm club while Norfolk acted as Tampa Bay Lightning affiliate since 2007.

21 Jun 2012, 00:34 | Yunost Minsk want to join VHL

Yunost Minsk sent the documentation to VHL applying to join the league from next season 2012/13. Application of the Belarusian team will be considered by the leadership of the league before the end of July. The decision on Yunost admission will be taken at a meeting of the Board.

20 Jun 2012, 23:31 | Andrei Shayanov will coach Avtomobilist

Former Kazakhstan and Barys Astana head coach Andrei Shayanov was named new head coach of KHL Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

20 Jun 2012, 23:06 | Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees cease operations

The Central Hockey League announced that the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees have notified the league that they will not operate during the 2012-13 season.
"The economics of playing in the Valley are no longer financially viable. With the loss of Laredo for this coming season and losses of close rivals such as Corpus Christi and Austin in recent years have created a larger financial burden than the team can bear" said Killer Bees President Trey Medlock.
The Killer Bees joined the Central Hockey League in 2003

20 Jun 2012, 08:49 | Karlsson signs new contract

- senators.nhl.com
The Norris Trophy finalist Erik Karlsson and the Ottawa Senators agreed today on a new contract that will keep him in Canada's capital for the next seven seasons, clearly establishing the 22-year-old Swede as a franchise cornerstone for the foreseeable future. The signing comes less than three weeks before his July 7 wedding in Göteborg.

18 Jun 2012, 17:10 | Pirati Chomutov joins European Trophy

Pirati Chomutov replaces Slavia Praha in the 2012 European Trophy.

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