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23 Jan 2012, 00:01 | Iceland wins U20 WJC Div. III in NZ

In Dunedin, New Zealand, the Icelandic U20 junior national team had no problems to win all its four games to get the promotion to Div. IIB. In the decisive game Iceland won 5-1 against China on Sunday when both teams had nine points each. Host New Zealand finished on the third position with six points in front of Bulgaria (3 pts) and Turkey (0 pts).

21 Jan 2012, 11:40 | Serbian League finally starts

Originally scheduled for mid-November and postponed due to lack of agreement between clubs and federation, Serbian League finally started yesterday with Spartak Subotica's 6-4 away victory against Vojvodina Novi Sad. The Serbian League is consisting of four teams, besides Vojvodina and Spartak, Crvena Zvedza Beograd and Vitez Beograd. The winner of the regular season will play a final against Slohokej Partizan Beograd.

21 Jan 2012, 10:20 | Team Fetisov wins the Legends Game

Yesterday, just a day before the 2012 KHL All-Star Game, a special event took place at Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia. A Legends Game between the legends of Russia led by Vyacheslav Fetisov and legends of Latvia captained by Helmuts Balderis took place. The game ended 11:7 in favour of the Russians. Such legends as Vladimir Myshkin, Valery Kamensky, Andrei Kovalenko, Vyacheslav Anisin as well as Aleksandrs Kercs, Olegs Znaroks and Harijs Vitolins were out there proving their never-fading hockey skill.

21 Jan 2012, 00:37 | Levy L’viv has a new coaching staff

Ukranian team Levy L'viv fires head coach Denis Bulgakov and replaces him with 51 years old Vladislav Yershov. Yuri Makrensky will be the assistant coach along with same Bulgakov

20 Jan 2012, 16:44 | Game 1,100 in NHL for Sergei Gonchar

The Ottawa Senators 4-1 victory against the San José Sharks marked NHL game number 1,100 for Russian defenceman Sergei Gonchar. He debuted in the 1994-95 season with the Washington Capitals, playing also for the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins. "The thing is, time is just flying by," Gonchar said. "It seems like just a little while ago I was starting in the NHL, then all of a sudden it's 1,100 games. Time just flies by, season after season." The only Russians to play more NHL games are Alexei Kovalev, Sergei Fedorov and Slava Kozlov.

In the same game, another Senators defenceman, Czech Filip Kuba, celebrated his 100th point in the league.

20 Jan 2012, 11:49 | Radek Martinek is out for rest of season

Columbus Blue Jackets Czech defenseman Radek Martinek will miss the remainder of the season due to post-concussion symptoms. Martinek, 35, suffered a concussion in a game at Detroit on October 21.
"After consulting with our medical team it was determined that it would be in Radek's best interest not to play again this season," said GM Scott Howson "Radek is very disappointed, as are we, that he will not return to the ice this year but his health moving forward is the most important factor in this decision."

20 Jan 2012, 00:08 | Cortina wins Italian National Cup

SG Cortina surprisingly wins Coppa Italia beating Bolzano 4-3 at shoot-outs in Final Four played at Bolzano's Palaonda. In semifinal Cortina won 2-1 in overtime against favorite and Cup holder Val Pusteria
This is 3rd National Cup for Cortina after the victories in 1973-74 and 1974-75

19 Jan 2012, 20:06 | Peter Åslin passed away

Former Swedish national team goalie Peter Åslin passed away on Thursday morning at the age of 49.

19 Jan 2012, 16:31 | Andorra Federation elected new president

The Andorran Ice Sports Federation has elected a new President in Mònica López, the former General Secretary of Andorra's national body for ice hockey and other ice sports.

López succeeds David Palmitjavila. Raquel Puigcernal was named new General Secretary.

19 Jan 2012, 11:41 | 15 games suspension for Dubois

Dunkerque Corsaires (French second division) defender Grégory Dubois received 15 games suspension, 5 of which already served, for assaulting the referee during the match against Reims played last december. Dunkerque announced club will appeal

18 Jan 2012, 22:48 | Alfredsson and Chara named All Star game captains

Ottawa Senators Daniel Alfredsson and Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins were named as captains for the NHL All-Star Game.
Both Alfredsson and Chara are making their sixth All-Star appearance.

18 Jan 2012, 20:56 | Richard Král injuried

JKH Jastrzebie Czech forward Richard Král broke the knee ligament during the match against Podhale after he was hardly charged. He may not be able to play to the end of this season. Richard had played 29 matches, scored 16 goals and served 26 assists.

18 Jan 2012, 11:52 | Kölner Haie get away win in Hannover

In Tuesday's two DEL matches the favourites both won their games. While Eisbären Berlin won 6-5 against last year's finalist Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg, the Kölner Haie won 3-2 away against bottom club Hannover Scorpions.

18 Jan 2012, 11:44 | Biel improves playoff chances

In Tuesday`s only NLA game EHC Biel won away against their neighbours in the standings ZSC Lions with 5-2. Now they are against seven points ahead of Genève-Servette HC.

18 Jan 2012, 09:21 | Stümpel joins HK Nitra

Jozef Stümpel, 39, joined workouts of the Slovak Extraliga team HK Nitra. It is not sure if Stümpel will play for Nitra, he holds offers from several European countries. The 2002 IIHF World Champion with Slovakia announced he will make a final decision until Jan, 31. The last team Stümpel played for is Spartak Moscow (KHL). Stümpel left Spartak on Jan 1, 2012.

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