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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.

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.