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17 May 2012, 19:58 | New Denver franchise is named Cutthroats

The Central Hockey League's new Denver franchise announced today the team name will be the Cutthroats. The Cutthroats begin to play in October 2012 at the historic Denver Coliseum.

17 May 2012, 17:56 | World Championship ended for Lehtonen

Finnish goalkeeper Kari Lehtonen, injured in the third period of the match with USA, will no longer play at home World Championship
Due to a knee injury Lehtonen will miss up to three weeks. The recovery will take place in Finland, then he'll fly to America for further exams.

17 May 2012, 16:46 | Nottingham Lions retired their number #7

The Nottingham Lions have announced the retirement of the number 7 jersey, as forward Chris Colegate revealed he is quitting hockey after twelve years with the club.

It is the first time any Lions player has received the honour.

17 May 2012, 00:39 | CSKA appoints Valery Bragin as headcoach, Sergei Fedorov is new GM

Rosneft Group, the new owner of CSKA Moscow, decided to completely renew team staff. The new headcoach is Valery Bragin, in last two seasons on Russia J20 bench. He will be assisted by former Dallas Stars Sergei Zubov, last season at SKA St. Petersburgh with the same function, and Vyacheslav Butsayev that terminated the season as CSKA interim head coach. Sergei Fedorov hangs up the skates at 42 and become new General Manager

17 May 2012, 00:24 | Donbas, LEV and Slovan officially admitted to KHL

President of the KHL Aleksandr Medvedev said that the clubs LEV Praha, Donbas Donets'k and Slovan Bratislava will play next season in the KHL

According to the gazeta.ru, the question of partecipation in next KHL of Avtomibilist Yekaterinburg and Vityaz Chekov, but with economic troubles will be examined in late May.

15 May 2012, 23:15 | Set for WC quarter finals

The quarter finals of the 2012 World Championship will all four be played on Thursday. Canada-Slovakia and USA-Finland in Helsinki and Russia-Norway and Sweden-Czech Republic in Stockholm.

15 May 2012, 19:56 | Niederreiter injured

The Swiss forward Nino Niederreiter (New York Islanders) will miss tonight's game against USA due to an ankle injury.

14 May 2012, 22:31 | Vitali Koval injured

Belarusian goalie Vitali Koval suffered an injury during the second period against France adn was replaced by Dmitri Milchakov. Is still unclear if Koval will be available for tomorrow game against Canada. Recall that Belarus has just two goalies after the Andrei Mezin sudden departure

14 May 2012, 12:11 | Anssi Salmela suspended

Finland's defenseman Anssi Salmela has been suspended for three games by the IIHF Disciplinary Panel. Salmela was suspended for a boarding hit on team USA defenseman Alex Goligoski.

14 May 2012, 11:13 | Kari Lehtonen injured

Finland's goalie Kari Lehtonen sustained a lower body injury. Lehtonen is out of Team Finland's line-up until further notice.

14 May 2012, 01:30 | Slovakia adds Hovorka

Slovakia completed the roster adding the 25th player: 28 years old Kladno forward Marek Hovorka.

13 May 2012, 18:04 | Bäckström joins Team Sweden

More WC reinforcements from Washington Capitals. Nicklas Bäckström will join Team Sweden and will arrive in Stockholm on Tuesday.

13 May 2012, 16:31 | Bezina suspended

The IIHF Disciplinary Panel has suspended Switzerland's defenceman Goran Bezina for two games following his checking to the head and neck area on France forward Anthony Guttig.

13 May 2012, 16:31 | Ovechkin and Semin join Russia

The strong Russian team is unbeaten in the WC so far. Now the team will be even stronger as Alexander Ovechkin and Aleksandr Semin will join the team since Washington Capitals has been eliminated from the NHL playoffs.

13 May 2012, 14:27 | Daugavins and Rocco under review

Two alleged spearing incidents, one involving Latvian forward Kaspars Daugavins in the Latvia-Norway match and the other coming from Italian forward Vincent Rocco during the Italy-Sweden game, are currently under review by the IIHF Disciplinary Committee.