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03 Jul 2012, 20:07 | Koelliker no longer German head coach

The one-year contract of Jakob Koelliker as head coach of Germany's men's national team has not been extended. The Swiss national was heavily criticised for the weak impression of his team during the 2012 World Championship in Finland and Sweden. A successor has not been named yet by the German ice hockey federation.

02 Jul 2012, 23:29 | Ryazan changes coaches

HC Ryazan announces team will have a new coaches' staff for the upcoming season. New head coach will be former Soviet Union defender Anatoli Fedotov, while his assistant will be Nikolai Davydkin. former coaching staff, Oleg Kurin, Oleg Barsukov and Konstantin Frolov should remain in team staff

02 Jul 2012, 22:03 | LEV Praha launches the official website and sets up price of tickets

Today, the brand-new KHL club LEV Prague has launched its official website on www.levpraha.cz. Simultaneously the organization also announced the ticket prices for the next season. Fans can buy a season-ticket starting on €177, the single-game tickets price moves in region of €10.

02 Jul 2012, 14:23 | Radulov signs with CSKA

Alexander Radulov today signed a four year deal with CSKA Moscow.

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.

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