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18 Dec 2011, 13:41 | Canadiens fire Martin

The Montreal Canadiens fired coach Jacques Martin on Saturday and put assistant Randy Cunneyworth, 50, in charge for the rest of the season. Assistant GM Larry Carriere was appointed as assistant coach.
Cunneyworth is the team's first unilingual English-speaking coach since 1971.

18 Dec 2011, 10:37 | Österreich Cup

Switzerland wins Österreich Cup after beating Belarus in the final. The game ended 4-3 (SO) and Julien Sprunger scored the winner in the shootout.

Slovakia beat Austria 2-1 to finish third.

17 Dec 2011, 22:10 | Germany wins promotion

Germany are promoted to the 2013 World Juniors in Ufa after a 5-3 win against Norway in the decisive game.

Norway had a 3-2 lead with five minutes remaining but the Germans scored three late goals.

17 Dec 2011, 12:53 | New Jersey Devils retired Scott Niedermayer’s number

Fomer defenseman Scott Niedermayer has his number 27 retired Friday, when New Jersey Devils honored him in a ceremony before the game.
Niedermayer played for New Jersey from 1992-2004 before joining the Anaheim Ducks in 2005, amassing 172 goals and 568 assists in 1,263 games and winning three Stanley Cups with the Devils and a fourth in Anaheim in 2007.
Among all NHL players, Niedermayer is the only one to have won a Stanley Cup championship, Olympic gold medal, World Cup, World Championship, World Junior Championship and a Memorial Cup. "It was an honor and a privilege to be a New Jersey Devil all those years," he told during the ceremony. "These are memories I will cherish all my life."

16 Dec 2011, 16:41 | HV71 retires Liv’s jersey #1

January 10, before the game against Timrå IK, HV71 will retire Stefan Liv's jersey #1.

Liv was one of the victims of the Lokomotiv tragedy.

He played 569 Elitserien games for HV71 and 140 games for Team Sweden.

16 Dec 2011, 14:03 | Harry Rogenmoser extends at Rapperswil

Despite last place in NLA, Rapperswil Jona Lakers extended coach Harry Rogenmoser's contract also for next season. Also assistant coach Roland Schmid will continue on Rapperswil bench until end of 2012-13

16 Dec 2011, 13:47 | Krasnodar will enter in VHL

Krasnodar region began to work for creating an hockey team called Kuban, to enter in 2012-13 VHL

"At present we are conducting the selection of coaches and players who can adequately represent the Krasnodar region in the Vysshaya hokkeinaya liga (VHL) season of 2012-2013," - said in a statement the regional administration.

A new ice palace will be opened soon in Krasnodar.

16 Dec 2011, 07:43 | Thursday’s national team results

EIHC: Hungary-Ukraine 2-3, Russia B-France 4-2, Romania-Poland 2-3, Slovenia-Norway 4-1.

EHT: Finland-Russia 0-3, Czech Republic Sweden 1-2.

15 Dec 2011, 23:30 | Pavel Brendl will play Spengler Cup with Davos

HC Davos announced another roster addition for Spengler Cup: Czech forward Pavel Brendl, currently playing for Rapperswil-Jona Lakers. In last weeks Davos confirmed another two loans for tournament: EHC Biel goalie Reto Berra and Red Bulls Salzburg forward Robbie Earl

15 Dec 2011, 17:13 | Mora fires coach

Mora IK of Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan fired tiday their head coach Harald Lückner. Lars Ivarsson is named new head coach.

15 Dec 2011, 14:23 | Federal Hockey League added a new team to replace Vermont Wild

After Vermont Wild folded last month due to financial problems, Federal Hockey League announced that they are in the final stages of negotiations to put a team in Delaware. DPHI (Delaware Pro Hockey Inc.) is working out the final details to house the Federals team starting January 1, 2012.
DPHI will work in conjunction with the FHL to complete all the remaining home games for the seven FHL teams which were scheduled against the Vermont Wild. The December 2nd game at Akwesasne is being rescheduled at this time. The first Federals game will be Friday December 16th in Cape Cod vs. the Bluefins.

14 Dec 2011, 20:36 | Siberian Snipers changes coach

Due to unsatisfactories results Andrei Evstafiev resigned today as head coach of Siberian Snipers, Sibir Novosibirsk young team playing in Molodezhnaya Hockey League. Viktor Laukhin, resigned in october from Ermak Angarsk, is the new head coach

14 Dec 2011, 04:43 | Paul Adey fired by Ajoie

Canadian-British coach Paul Adey was fired by Swiss NLB HC Ajoie after two season following last 2-8 defeat against Olten. Ajoie is currently 7th in NLB. Vincent Léchenne and Marcel Forster were nominated interim coaches

14 Dec 2011, 04:20 | Antti Törmänen confirmed on Bern bench

Finnish coach Antti Törmänen will remain on SC Bern bench until end of season.
He began season as assistant of Larry Huras, replacing him as interim coach in October. Good results persuaded board to confirm Törmänen for remaining season with an option for the next. Renovation will be automatic if team will reach playoffs semifinals

13 Dec 2011, 23:51 | National team game

Germany "Top Team Sotschi" beat Russia (B) 4-3 in a shootout game. Garret Festerling scored the winner.

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