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16 Feb 2012, 00:10 | Hull Stingrays’ Jereme Tendler provisionally suspended

"Following tests carried out at the Elite Ice Hockey League match between the Coventry Blaze and Hull Stingrays in January by UK Anti-Doping, IHUK can confirm that Jereme Tendler of the Hull Stingrays has been provisionally suspended following an adverse analytical finding. As an investigation is currently underway, no further statement will be made until a final outcome has been confirmed."

15 Feb 2012, 18:03 | Matt Ezzy announces retirement

Newcastle North Stars and Australia goalie Matthew Ezzy announces his retirement due to work's commitments. "I recently finished my training as a commercial pilot, and I'm likely to start my career in the more remote areas of Australia." - said Ezzy - ""I have to get out there and get my career off the ground."

Ezzy, 28, was elected 4 times Best AIHL goalie and 3 times Best Goaltender at IHWC Div. II.
"Hopefully in a couple of years I'll be able to return to Newcasle and play again." completes Ezzy.

15 Feb 2012, 18:02 | Czech Extraliga game postponed due to crash

Today´s Czech Extraliga game between Vítkovice and České Budějovice will start later. The team from České Budějovice was stuck in a traffic jam and has arrived late. Originally scheduled to start at 17:30 CET, the opening faceoff will now take place at approximately 18:15, according to the latest estimations the first face-off could take place at 18:15. The situation occured because of a multi-car crash on the highway near Olomouc. The bus with the team was stuck in the jam and was unable to arrive in Ostrava in time.

15 Feb 2012, 14:44 | Fire at Mogilev Arena

A fire occurred in the locker room of farm team "Mogilev", located on the first floor of Mogilev Arena on February 12. Thanks to the automatic fire alarm fire was discovered at an early stage and didn't spread out of the room damaging four wardrobes with jersey and hockey clothes and the same room. No injuries were reported.

14 Feb 2012, 19:42 | Christian Weber new coach at Klagenfurt

Swiss Christian Weber, until now junior team head coach, was named new KAC Klagenfurt coach. He replaces Manny Viveiros, named Sport Director. Weber also coaches Austria U20 National Team

13 Feb 2012, 19:55 | Mike Comrie announces retirement

After 589 NHL regular season games with the Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Ottawa Senators, New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins, collecting 168 goals and 197 assists, 31-years-old Mike Comrie announces today his retirement, two weeks after his third hip surgery in five years. In a statement released by his agent Comrie says he was no longer able to "manage the rigours of NHL play." He won a IHWC with Canada in 2002 and played one season in Europe with Swedish Färjestad

13 Feb 2012, 13:21 | New record for Nicklas Lidström

In the night Detroit Red Wings, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3, equaled an NHL mark with its 20th straight win at home, captain Nicklas Lidström celebrates another personal record playing his 1,550th game, the most by an NHL player who spent his entire career with one team surpassing previous record, set by Red Wings' Alex Delvecchio, 1549 games with Detroit from 1950-51 season to 1973-74.

12 Feb 2012, 22:46 | Russia triumphs in U16 tournament in Sweden

Winning 4-3 (1-1,2-2,1-0) last game against host Sweden, Russia captured U16 Four Nations Tournament played last weekend in Sundsvall. Russia won 4-3 at shoot-outs against Finland in opening game, then destroyed 8-1 Czech Republic. Sweden finished second, Finland captures bronze with a 2-0 victory over last placed Czech Republic

12 Feb 2012, 18:13 | New arena in Zurich in 2017

The municipality of Zurich has approved the construction of a new arena in the Alstetten area for 2017. An architectural competition will be published in mid-February to build a 12 000-capacity hockey arena for the ZSC Lions and a 3000-capacity volley arena for team Volero Zurich. Each club will invest 44 million Swiss francs and the municipality will put in 149 million. The ZSC Lions currently play at Hallenstadion, a 10 700-capacity arena, originally built in 1939 and completely rebuilt in 2005.

12 Feb 2012, 14:32 | U16 friendlies

The U16 teams of Norway and Denmark played three games in the newly built Idda Arena in Kristiansand. The first game ended with a 4-4 tie. Denmark won game 2 3-2 and today Norway won the third game 10-1.

11 Feb 2012, 15:01 | West Team won MHL Challenge Cup

Beating 4-2 (0-1,2-1,2-0) East Team, West won MHL Vyzova Cup, the League All Star Game, played in a sold out Magnitogorsk Arena in front of 7.700 spectators. Krasnaya Armiya forward Roman Lyubimov was the game MVP scoring two goals

11 Feb 2012, 00:26 | Another game postponed in Serbia

Unlucky season for Serbian domestic hockey continues: league game between Vojvodina and Vitez wasn't played due to lack of electricity in the Novi Sad arena due to rationing of electricity because of the extreme weather conditions in all Vojvodina region. Isn't clear if the game was cancelled or just postponed. At now only two games were played in Serbian League

10 Feb 2012, 23:20 | Kloten Flyers have new GM and majority shareholder

Swiss team Kloten Flyers is making changes on its board: starting next May, 37-year-old Adrian Fetscherin will be the new GM. He currently is the director of sport editorial office at Teleclub. In the 2013-14 season, he will buy a majority stake from current board chairman Jürg Bircher and will be the new majority shareholder.

10 Feb 2012, 21:07 | USHL Expands Schedule for 2012-13

The United States Hockey League today announced that the USHL Board of Directors has approved an increase in the League’s regular season schedule from 60 to 64 games beginning with the 2012-13 season.

Each USHL Member Club will play 32 home games and 32 road games in 2012-13, an increase of two home and two away contests over the 30 home, 30 road game schedule each team is playing this season. The announcement marks the first time the USHL has changed the number of games each team plays in the regular season since it was first designated by USA Hockey as the only Tier 1 junior hockey league in the United States in August 2002

10 Feb 2012, 18:15 | Björn and Salming in Swedish Hall of fame

Before the game against the Czech Republic on Thursday. Lars Björn and Börje Salming was announced as member number 2 and 3 of the Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame