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08 May 2012, 17:04 | Hosts for the 2013 World U17 Hockey Challenge named

HockeyCanada, in partnership with Hockey Quebec, announced Tuesday that Victoriaville and Drummondville, Que., will host the 2013 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge from December 28, 2012 to January 4, 2013, marking the fifth time in the tournament's 27-year history that it will be held in Québec.

08 May 2012, 15:50 | Czechs add a new player

Czechs will add Petr Koukal (Czech champion with Pardubice, now Nizhnekamsk) to the roster, he will play against Latvia. Roman Polak from St. Louis Blues will not arrive. If Philadelphia Flyers lose against New Jersey, Jaromir Jagr will be asked to come.

08 May 2012, 12:03 | Joel Lundqvist injured

Joel Lundqvist leaves the Swedish World Championship team with a fractured cheekbone.

Lundqvist was injured after an elbowing from Jesper B Jensen during the game Sweden-Denmark yesterday.

07 May 2012, 19:33 | Slovakia and Belarus modify rosters

Slovakia finally can get in its roster San Jose Sharks forward Michal Handzus, after the medical tests. Belarus coach Kari Heikkila decided to cut from roster defender Ilya Kaznadei

07 May 2012, 16:11 | France adds two players

Today France added Loic Lamperier and Maxime Moisand to their World Championship roster.

07 May 2012, 12:54 | Simon Moser and Julien Sprunger out for Switzerland

In yesterday's game against Belarus has Swiss forward Simon Moser (SCL Tigers) sustained a knee injury.

Julien Sprunger was injured in an exhibition game against Canada April 29 and is still not fit.

The two national players will travel back to Switzerland today.

06 May 2012, 21:50 | IHWC: Kazakhstan lost forward

During the match France-Kazakhstan forward Roman Starchenko was injured after a collision with a French player. The player lying on the ice without movement for some minutes, then was carried out from the ice and hospitalized.
In the post-match press conference the head coach of Kazakhstan's Andrei Shayan said that Starchenko World Championship is ended

06 May 2012, 15:11 | Germany adds two

Germany adds Daniel Pietta and Sinan Akdag to the WC roster. Akdag is the first German World Championship player with Turkish family background.

06 May 2012, 14:52 | Vlasic injured

Canada's Marc-Edouard Vlasic will not be able to return to play at the 2012 IIHF WC with a lower body injury.

06 May 2012, 12:24 | Don’t miss our live twitter from WC

We're twittering live from many of the WC games in Stockholm. Follow us @eurohockey

06 May 2012, 02:38 | Dizel Penza appoints new coach

Alexander Sokolov is the new Dizel Penza coach. He will be assisted by Vladislav Bulin as player/assistant coach and Valery Kukushkin. In last three seasons Sokolov, 56, coached Reactor Nizhnekamsk of the MHL

05 May 2012, 18:47 | Canada adds a player

Hockey Canada announced Saturday the addition of defenceman Kyle Quincey (Kitchener, Ont./Detroit, NHL) to Canada's National Men's Team roster for the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, bringing Canada's roster to 24 players, including three goaltenders, eight defencemen and 13 forwards.

05 May 2012, 16:55 | Sweden adds two juniors

Johan Larsson and Jonas Brodin who both was part of the gold winning World Juniors team has been added to the Swedish WC rosters following the injuries to Pettersson and Ericsson in yesterday's game.

05 May 2012, 02:47 | Coaches move in Czech Republic and Slovakia

Former Avangard Omsk experienced Rostislav Cada is the new coach of Slovan Bratislava. Cada will lead Slovak team in its first season in KHL. LEV Poprad coach Radim Rulík won't follow the team's relocation in Prague. He signs with Extraliga runner up HC Kosice.
In Czech Republic, František Výborný leaves Ceske Budejovice and signs for Mlada Boleslav while Milan Vrzal left Sparta Praha coaching staff to take the lead of Stadion Litomerice in First Division

05 May 2012, 01:40 | Jan Tlacil is the new Ajoie coach

Slovak Jan Tlacil is the new coach of NLB HC Ajoie. Tlacil was on Trinec bench last season and is known in Switzerland as coach of Ambri Piotta and SC Bern juniors in the past