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04 Mar 2012, 22:56 | Dab.Docler won Hungarian Cup

Sensational season for Dab.Docler Dunaújváros continues: after been crowned MOL Liga champion, team keeps also Hungarian Cup, winning 5-0, in MOL Liga finals replay, Miskolci JJSE, in front of its fans. This is third consecutive success in National Cup for Dunaújváros club.

03 Mar 2012, 14:06 | Maple Leafs fire coach Ron Wilson

Brian Burke, President and General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced that head coach Ron Wilson has been relieved of his duties. Replacing Wilson is Randy Carlyle, fired last December by the Anaheim Ducks. Assistant Coach Rob Zettler has been reassigned to other duties in the organization. Burke and Carlyle were in charge of Anaheim when the Ducks won the Stanley Cup in 2007.

"This was not an easy decision for me to make," said Burke. "I want to thank Ron for all of his hard work and dedication to our organization over the past four seasons."

03 Mar 2012, 13:11 | Soo Eagles accepted in NAHL

The North American Hockey League (NAHL) has announced that the Soo Eagles, a Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan-based junior hockey team currently playing in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, has been granted a membership into the NAHL effective for the 2012-13 season. The group was granted approval to operate in the Sault Ste. Marie market conditioned upon acquiring and relocating an existing NAHL membership, the Traverse City North Stars. The Eagles will play their home games out of Pullar Stadium, which seats 2,250 spectators for hockey games. This isn't the first time an NAHL team has been in the Sault Ste. Marie area. The Soo Kewadin Indians played in the NAHL from 1995-2005

01 Mar 2012, 12:44 | Sokil Kyiv wins regular season in Ukraine

Sokil Kyiv has won the first Ukrainian Professional League regular season. The long-established team from the capital finished at the top of the standings and will now faced in the playoff semifinals Companion-Naftogaz, coached by former Sokil mentor Alexander Seukand. Current champion Donbas Donets'k and Berkut Kyiv will decide the other finalist. This second semifinal will have Swedish referees as per team requests.

28 Feb 2012, 22:07 | Peter Barinka shines in Progym massacre

Slovak forward Peter Barinka was the star in tonight Romanian League game between Fenestela Brasov and Progym Gheorgheni. Home team destroyed opponent with an unquestionable 22-3 and Barinka noted 9 points: five goals and four assists. also his teammate Attila Borsos left a mark on boxscore with 8 points, two goals and six assists. Brasov continues with a 7-0 perfect record in Romanian League.

28 Feb 2012, 15:53 | New Technical Director at Ajoie

Vincent Lechenne, 46, is the new Technical Director of NLB club Ajoie. The former player signed a two-plus-one years contract and will also coach Junior Elite team

27 Feb 2012, 22:13 | Belarusian Vysshaya Liga quarter finals

Metallurg-2 Zhlobin, HC Gomel-2, Junior Minsk and HC Mogilev-2 all won their away games today to win their quarter final series 3-0 and advance to the semis of the Belarusian second league.

27 Feb 2012, 18:05 | Arizona Sundogs fire long-time coach Marco Pietroniro

The Arizona Sundogs announced today that head coach Marco Pietroniro and assistant Chris Bartolone have been fired. Pietroniro was in his sixth season with the Sundogs, the only coach in franchise history. He won the Ray Miron President's Cup Championship in 2007-08.

"Marco Pietroniro has provided the Sundogs organization with a lot of wonderful memories, and those memories will never be forgotten," said General Manager Chris Presson. "The Sundogs would like to thank him for his effort and contributions in his six years here, and wish him nothing but the best in the future."

The new coach is David Lohrei.

27 Feb 2012, 15:06 | Hungarian League starts today

Few days after the Dab Docler victory in MOL Liga, Hungarian National League starts today: in this season there will be just play-offs. The seeding is based on the MOL Liga regular season standing (including the matches against the Romanian teams). The last two teams (Sapa Fehérvár AV19 2 and Újpesti TE) play a qualification for the 4th semifinal spot, while the first three teams (Dab.Docler, Miskolci JJSE, Ferencvárosi TC) have already secured the semifinal.

27 Feb 2012, 02:45 | Copa del Rey in Vitoria

Spanish Federation announces the city of Vitoria will host Copa del Rey superfinals from March 31 to April the 1st. This is the third time Vitoria host Copa del Rey, after 1979 and 1992

27 Feb 2012, 02:00 | Leagues awards in France

Amazing Dijon Les Ducs campaign (2nd places in regular season behind Rouen and victory on Coupe de France) reflectes on Sport newspaper "L'Equipe" votation for season's MVP: Dijon captain Canadian Martin Gascon,30, and his teammate Anthony Guttig,23, were elected respectively Best Foreign and Best French Player in annual votation among sport medias. Gascon finishes regular season as League Top Scorer. Briançon 21 years-old Spanish goalie Ander Alcaine was elected rookie of the year. Alcaine, arrived in Briançon Diables Rouges from FC Barcelona, preceded Dijon's Nicolas Ritz and Rouen's Anthony Rech

26 Feb 2012, 20:36 | Brunner first in 30 years

As in the previous year (Glen Metropolit) again a Zug player became NLA topscorer - the almost 26 year old Swiss international Damien Brunner. With 24 goals and 36 assists (60 points) in 45 games he kept second placed Fribourg attacker Julien Sprunger (51) on distance by a large margin. By that the attacker is the first Swiss player in 30 (!) years to get this title. The last one to reach this goal was the Arosa player Guido Lindemann during the 1981/82 season. He is the father of Brunner's EV Zug colleague Sven Lindemann and of Langnau's Kim Lindemann.

26 Feb 2012, 19:44 | Gynge scores five goals

Elitserien's top goal scorer Richard Gynge ended an eleven games long streak without scoring with scoring five goals when AIK thrashed Timrå 8-2 in the only game played today. The top point scorer Robert Rosén was also succesful with four assists and now has scored 56 points. The win was an important step for AIK in their hunt for a spot in the playoffs. Boxscore is found here.

25 Feb 2012, 15:02 | Barys Astana release doping suspect Josh Gratton

One day after being suspended for suspected doping, Barys Astana has announced the release of Canadian forward Josh Gratton by mutual agreement. A sample taken on January 24 in Omsk by Russian doping agency RUSADA showed a possible violation of anti-doping rules. A substance of Class S6 was found. In a statement, RUSADA said the substance was not intended to increase athletic performance and it probably comes by accident from some low-quality nutritional supplements, in which not every ingredient was reported on the label. If so, it shouldn't be an intentional violation.

24 Feb 2012, 15:29 | Slovenian National League starts tomorrow

Slovenian Domestic League will start tomorrow with the first round of qualification group. Five teams (Triglav, Bled, Maribor, Slavija and Olimpija) will play a single round robin until March 9th. Then, the best two teams will play against Tilia Olimpija and current champion Acroni Jesenice playoff semifinals. Follow Slovenian League on eurohockey.com !