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08 Apr 2012, 16:38 | Orhan Duman new Turkish Ice Hockey Federation President

Orhan Duman was elected new Turkish Ice Hockey Federation capturing 104 votes. His opponent, former President Fatih Cintimar, obtained 94 votes. Duman, a 35 years-old business man, is former Baskent Yildizlari President

08 Apr 2012, 03:30 | US opens WWC with big win

United States women routes Canada 9:2 to open the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championships. The Americans opened the scoring 37 seconds in and added four more just over 5 minutes in. Monique Lamoureux-Kolls led the way with 6pts (3+3) handing the Canadians their worse loss.

08 Apr 2012, 03:29 | Odense wins round 1

Odense won the first of the Danish finals against Herning 2-0. Mathias Thinnesen and Mikkel Ankjær Nielsen scored the goals.

07 Apr 2012, 23:41 | Rouen wins Ligue Magnus

Rouen Les Dragons wins its 13th Franch title, the third consecutive, by beating 0-4 Grenoble in Ligue Magnus finals game #6. Captain Carl Mallette scored twice and served an assist, fan favourite Marc-André Thinel and Loic Lamperier on empty net were the other scorers.
Last January Rouen won also Continental Cup

07 Apr 2012, 17:55 | Milano is back in Serie A

By beating 2-1 at overtime Gherdeina in playoffs final game #6, Hockey Milano closed the series 4-2 and is back to Serie A after 4 years from the dissolution of Milano Vipers. The entry of Milano in KHL will be probably postponed to 2013-14 season, but late next week there will be another round of talks between Milano's board and KHL.

07 Apr 2012, 17:30 | Awards in Estonia

After the end of championship, Estonian Federation announces League awards:
Top Scorer: Anton Nekrassov (Viru Sputnik)
Best goalkeeper: Joni Weckström (Kalev-Valk)
Best defender: Aleksei Petrovits (Viru Sputnik)
Best forward: Ilja Iljin (Kalev-Valk)
Best Coach: Anatoly Zaharov (Kalev-Valk)
Fair Play: Team Viking Sport Tallinn

Federation also announces national team assistant coach Aleksandr Gavrilenok won't be on Estonia's bench at upcoming World Championship in Iceland due to commitments in native Belarus. He will be replaced by Baltica Vilnius (MHL-B) assistant coach Aleksei Lozhkin

06 Apr 2012, 16:41 | Chicago Express withdraw from ECHL

The Chicago Express have announced today that they are withdrawing from the ECHL, effectively ending the Chicago Express organization immediately.
The team competed in its first season this year but decided to suspend operations due to poor attendance numbers and lack of support. All other Members who participated in the ECHL during the 2011-12 season will return for the 2012-13 season.
In recent months, the ECHL announced the addition of Expansion Memberships in San Francisco and Orlando for play in the 2012-13 season.

06 Apr 2012, 16:20 | Vladimir Kapulovsky named new Avangard GM

Former Lev Poprad assistant coach Vladimir Kapulovsky is the new Avangard Omsk GM. Fifty-two years old Murmansk born Kapulovsky spent seven seasons as defender at Avangard from 1988 to 1995 and then returned to Omsk as juniors team coach in 2000. He worked as assistant coach also at Atlant Mytischi, Dinamo Minsk and Spartak Moscow

05 Apr 2012, 22:21 | Vyacheslav Fetisov new RAHL Chairman

Former star player Vyacheslav Fetisov was named new Chairman of newly created Russian Hockey Amateur League. Fetisov, recently in KHL board as Director, will take carte also of "Dalnyi Vostok" (Far East) RAHL conference.

05 Apr 2012, 21:38 | Sweden wins in Jordal Amfi

Sweden beat Norway 5-0 in Oslo tonight. Robin Figren scored two goals. Dick Axelsson, Nicklas Danielsson and Mattias Karlsson a goal each.

04 Apr 2012, 22:25 | Swiss win against Finland

Switzerland beat Finland 3-0 in Rapperswil in the first of 36 games in Euro Hockey Challenge. Euro Hockey Challenge is the name of the World Championship preparation games of the European top nations played April 4-22.

04 Apr 2012, 22:04 | Ertis Pavlodar joins Beybarys in Kazakhstan League finals

Ertis completes today an amazing comeback winning 3-0 game six of semifinals against Sary Arka Karaganda, closing the series 4-2 (recovering from 0-2) and reaching Kazakhstan League finals for the first time in its history. Ertis decided game in the first period, scoring two goals - with Vadim Rifel and Ilya Solarev - in less then two minutes.
Team from North Kazakhstan will face current champion Beybarys Atyrau, having swept Arystan Temirtau in four games, without two key players: captain Evgeny Ushkov and Andrei Troshchinsky, both injured. Game #1 of the finals will be on April 13

04 Apr 2012, 18:34 | Big win for Swiss youngsters

Switzerland U16 beat Italy U16 28-0 in a 5-nation tournament in Norway.

04 Apr 2012, 16:22 | Igor Zhilinsky named new Lada Togliatti GM

Former player Igor Zhilinsky was named new General Manager at Lada Togliatti. Zhilinsky, 49, worked as assistant coach at Avangard Omsk and Sibir Novosibirsk and recently as Omsk Hawks headcoach in MHL
"We will give to Zhilinsky full powers for interacting with the coaching staff as well as the hockey club's management." said General Director Andrei Galayda
In same press conference, coach Gennady Tsygurov reveals Lada won't sign a farm agreement for next season: "I am totally against this system. We had an offer from Severstal. They would send us the players paying their wages, but they could "pull off" at any time. We aren't an appendage, Lada is Lada!"

04 Apr 2012, 00:54 | Kazakhstan adds Sokolov in the staff

Former national team captain Andrei Sokolov was called by Kazakhstan Federation to complete the coaching staff for the upcoming World Championship as assistant coach. Soikolov is currently assistant coach at Metallurg Magnitogorsk, where he spent almost all career as player

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