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23 Mar 2012, 21:18 | Ozolnieki and Metalurgs-2 win semifinals game #1 in Latvia

Latvijas Virslīga playoffs semifinals started today: Regular Season winner Ozolnieki/Monarch clearly win over Juniors Riga. Ozolnieki veterans scored five goals with five different players for the final 5-2. In other pairs the young Liepaja Metalurgs-2 turns over the score in the last period against SMS-credit, another team with a lot of veterans in the rosters: 45-years-old Aleksandr Kercs scored twice for SMS but his team lost 3-4.

23 Mar 2012, 17:21 | Färjestad signs new contracts with coaches

Färjestad of Swedish Elitserien signed new 2-year contracts with head coach Leif Carlsson and his assistant coach Andreas Johanson.

23 Mar 2012, 13:22 | Valentin Lebedev passed away

Belarusian coach Valentin Lebedev died at 51 after a long illness. Well-known hockey expert, Lebedev spent all coach career in Novopolotsk, leading the hockey school from 1990 to 2003, then was in SKA-Khimik Novopolotsk coaching staff until 2011. He worked also in Belarus U18 national team staff. This season Lebedev trained SKA-Khimik-2 in Belrusian 2nd League

23 Mar 2012, 03:38 | Krzysztof Oliwa wanted by police

Former NHLer Krzysztof Oliwa is wanted by Tychy police since last year.
According to the prosecutor's office the athlete had fraudulently obtained credit from banks in 2009. Oliwa produced proof of employment to an applicant for a loan. But this person has not worked for th player. When the police wanted to question 39-year-old Oliwa in connection with the investigation, he didn't showed up at prosecutor office. For this reason, the prosecutor decided to issue an arrest warrant for him. He can face until 8 years of prison.

22 Mar 2012, 21:16 | Sapa Fehérvár AV 19 wins 10th consecutive Hungarian League

Domestic title number 13 for Sapa Fehérvár. By beating 8-3 Miskolci JJSE in game four of finals, SAPA easily closed the series blanked 4-0 the opponent. This is the tenth consecutive Hungarian title for Székesfehérvár team, equalizing the record set by Ferencvaros from 1971 to 1980.

22 Mar 2012, 19:38 | Krasnodar will have a team next season

The Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Aleksandr Tkachev confirmes that in the near future an hockey team will be activated in Krasnodar
"Soon we will have a team called Kuban In April will begin training and next season will compete in VHL" said Tkachev

21 Mar 2012, 20:56 | Metallurg and Neman to the finals in Belarus

Metallurg Zhlobin beat Shakhter Soligorsk 5-3 and Neman Grodno beat Gomel 1-0 (OT) in game 5 of the semi finals to advance to the Belarus League finals.

21 Mar 2012, 15:33 | Lukashenko comments campiagn against IHWC in Belarus

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko comments on newspaper Russia Today the recent decision of European Parliament to ask at the IIHF to move the 2014 IHWC from Belarus. "This is purely politicized process, it has nothing to do with sports. And if that happens, it will be a blow to the image of the World Ice Hockey Federation. Belarus has earned this right to host championship"

21 Mar 2012, 03:45 | Filip decisive in Romanian League Finals game #1

Slovak Richard Filip shines in first game of Romanian League finals: Brasov defender scores all four goals in his team's 4-3 overtime away victory against defending champion SC Miercurea Ciuc. Game #2 will be played in Brasov next Friday. In bronze medal series Steaua leads 1-0 after destroying Dunarea Galati 10-1

20 Mar 2012, 15:09 | World U18 Championship Div 2B has started

Michael Tugo scored 5 goals when Estonia beat Australia 7-4 in the opener of the World U18 Championship Div 2B in Novi Sad, Serbia.

20 Mar 2012, 01:07 | Dmitri Yushkevich won’t remain at Sibir

Dmitri Yushkevich won't be on Sibir Novosibirsk's bench next season. The coach refused to extend the contract with the club "Sibir board has made me an offer to continue working at the club, but I refused it - said Yushkevich - I have my personal reasons and I don't want to comment"

19 Mar 2012, 19:56 | Tied in the Belarus semis

After todays games, Shakhter-Zhlobin 1-2 and Gomel-Neman 4-2, both Belarusian semi final series are tied 2-2.

19 Mar 2012, 14:45 | Brasov goes to finals

After a thrilling semifinal series Corona Fenestela Brasov wins 5-2 decisive game 5 against Steaua and will play in Romanian League finals against the defending champion HSC Csikszereda.

18 Mar 2012, 21:20 | Canada names U18 coaches

Hockey Canada announced Sunday that Jesse Wallin, head coach and general manager of the WHL's Red Deer Rebels, will be the head coach of Canada's National Men's Under-18 Team for the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship in Czech Republic.

Gordie Dwyer and Todd Gill were named assistant coaches.

18 Mar 2012, 21:07 | CH Jaca is Spanish champion

CH Jaca wins its third consecutive Spanish League title by away beating 4-2 Puigcerda in playoffs game four. Puigcerda forced Jaca to game four winning 4-1 game three Saturday night. This is the eleventh title for Jaca, the sixth in last 10 year

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