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11 Apr 2012, 23:35 | Austria and Latvia wins

Austria beat Switzerland 3-1 in Feldkirch in Euro Hockey Challenge tonight. Latvia beat Denmark 2-1 in Odense.

11 Apr 2012, 22:51 | Mark Streit and Nino Niederreiter will play the World Championship

The Swiss stars of New York Islanders, Mark Streit and Nino Niederreiter, have confirmed that they will play the World Championship. Niederreiter will join the Swiss team April 16 and Streit April 24.

Switzerland opens their WC campaign against Kazakhstan May 5 in Helsinki.

11 Apr 2012, 20:29 | Swedish shoot-out wins in Minsk

For the second day in a row Sweden beat Belarus in shoot-out in Minsk Arena. 4-3 yesterday and 2-1 today.

11 Apr 2012, 09:54 | No Weinhandl or Mårtensson in the World Championship

Sweden's KHL stars Mattias Weinhandl and Tony Mårtensson are both injured and won't play in the World Championship. Five Swedish NHL'ers have confirmed participation: Jhonas Enroth, Linus Omark, Gabriel Landeskog, Loui Eriksson and Victor Hedman.

Mikael Backlund, Carl Gunnarsson and Mattias Öhlund are injured and won't come. Tobias Enström also said no.

10 Apr 2012, 21:14 | Latvia finalize roster for U18 IHWC

Latvian coach Leonīds Tambijevs announces the final cuts in roster for upcoming WJC U18 in Czech Republic: defenders Krists Apsītis (HS Rīga/Prizma) and Kristaps Bazevičs (Alaska Avalanche, USA) and forwards Filips Plostnieks (HS Rīga/Prizma), Edgars Homjakovs (Liepājas Metalurgs2),Rūdolfs Pētersons (HK Rīga95) and Roberts Šmits (Select Hockey Academy, USA) won't travel to Znojmo.

Latvia played two preparation games, winning 3-2so against Liepaja Metalurgs U18 and loosing 5-6so against HK Riga

10 Apr 2012, 20:51 | Ericsson nominated for Guldpucken

Skellefteå's Jimmie Ericsson is the seventh candidate for the Guldpucken award, given to the best hockey plyaer in Sweden. Ericsson has been very good during the playoffs when Skellefteå qualified for the final.

10 Apr 2012, 18:51 | Scott Gordon backs on US bench

USA Hockey announced that Scott Gordon will serve as head coach of the U.S. Men's National Team in the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Helsinki and Stockholm.
Gordon held the same position in 2010 and 2011
Gordon is currently an assistant coach for the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs.
Also 2011 assistant coach Greg Cronin was recalled.

10 Apr 2012, 17:48 | Mechel Chelyabinsk will be disbanded

According to "Soviet sport" VHL club Mechel Chelyabinsk will be disbanded.
Steel group "Mechel" managers have taken this decision during a recent company meeting.
This means that from next season the team will cease to exist. The Mechel group will now partially funded Izhstal Izhevsk team

The sports school, based at the Ice Palace "Mechel" will continue to operate as well the MHL-B team Steel Lions

10 Apr 2012, 17:14 | Normunds Sējējs left Dinamo Riga

Dinamo Riga General Manager Normunds Sējējs resigned from his charge today during the Board meeting. "After four years in the club I decided to accept new proposals" said Sējējs
The Board accepted the resignation and decided to temporarily delegate as GM the Chairman of the Board Aigars Kalvitis.

10 Apr 2012, 00:51 | Rafael Diaz misses World Champs

Long-time injured Montreal Canadiens Swiss defender Rafael Diaz confirms he won't be at Sweden/Finland IHWC. Diaz is sidelined from end of February due to a groin injury

10 Apr 2012, 00:45 | Donbass is preparing application to join KHL

Donbas Donets'k President Boris Kolesnikov confirmed the club is preparing all documents to apply for KHL membership for season 2012/13. Team recently lost in VHL semifinals against Toros Neftekamsk

09 Apr 2012, 20:13 | Melin back in Linköping

Roger Melin almost took AIK to the Swedish finals this week but lost in game seven of the semis to Skellefteå. Now the coach returns to Linköping. A club he coached 2003-2006. Melin signed a 3-year contract.

09 Apr 2012, 18:46 | Ozolnieki keep hopes alive

Ozolnieki/Monarch wins 2-1 Latvian League playoffs finals game #3  against Liepaja Metalurgs 2, earning the first victory in the series. Goals by Sergejs Durdins and Aleksandrs Šiškovičs answered to Gunars Skvorcovs opening one, scored after 35 seconds. The series is now leading by Metalurgs 2-1. Next game is tomorrow, again in Liepaja

09 Apr 2012, 18:41 | Niklas Bäckström will miss World Championship

Minnesota Wild Finnish goalie Niklas Bäckström will undergo a surgery next week to treat an ankle injury he suffered in December, so he won't play for Finland in the upcoming world championships

09 Apr 2012, 13:17 | Lada Arena will open in December

During a meeting at the Ministry of Sports, Samara Region Governor Vladimir Artyakov announces the new Ice Palace "Lada Arena" will be opened in Togliatti in December. The new home of Lada Togliatti costed 1 billion 300 million rubles.

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