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13 Dec 2011, 13:02 | Tumba first in Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame

Sven Tumba was today the first person to be selected for the newly formed Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame. Tumba was also the first Swede in IIHF's Hall of Fame.

Tumba passed away earlier this year at the age of 80. Read more about him here.

12 Dec 2011, 21:29 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl shines in VHL debut

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl won its first ever game in VHL, where they will play this season due to the board of director's decision. Dmitri Maltsev, Oleg Yashin, Kirill Kapustin, Daniil Erdakov, Alexei Kruchinin lead Yaroslavl to 5-1 win over Neftyanik Almetievsk, who answered with lonely goal by Rustem Shangaraev. Lokomotiv will play once time at home against all West conference teams, and one game away against the East teams. Yaroslavl renounced their rights to guaranteed playoff-spot this season, that's why teams in the West will be sorted in standings by a percentage of winning points, except first two, who will be the division's winners.

12 Dec 2011, 21:14 | Finland names WJC captain

Mikael Granlund will be Finnish captain at the World Juniors in Alberta.

12 Dec 2011, 21:10 | Name change

The Swedish Euro Hockey Tour tournament changes name to Oddset Hockey Game.

12 Dec 2011, 15:57 | Avangard Omsk fires their head coach

KHL club Avangard Omsk has announced the dismissal of the team's current coaching staff, including the head coach Rostislav Cada. Team's management has expressed it's disappointment with the style of play practised by Cada. It is expected that he will be replaced by Finnish specialist Raimo Summanen who has worked with the team throughout the previous two seasons.

Being one of the league's powerhouses, Avangard Omsk is currently positioned third in the Eastern conference with 56 points in 33 games, and is led by such players as Roman Cervenka, Karri Rämö, Martin Skoula and Aleksandr Frolov.

12 Dec 2011, 00:27 | Red Bulls Salzburg signs Turco for Salute Tournament

Red Bulls Salzburg announced the sign of Canadian goalie Marty Turco for next week Red Bulls Salute finals: former Dallas and Chicago goalie will play just the tournament for Austrian team. Recalled Salzburg already signed a short term deal with forwards Akim Aliu from ECHL Colorado Eagles and Tyler Redenbach from Swiss EHC Olten.

Red Bulls Salute Tournament Final Round (European Trophy Finals) will be played in Salzburg and Wien from Friday 16 to Sunday 18. Salzburg will play quarter-final against Czech Pardubice

11 Dec 2011, 21:51 | Game n° 1000 for Andrei Subbotin

Defeat 3-6 against Metallurg Magnitogorsk marked game number 1.000 in Russian League for Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg captain Andrei Subbotin. He scored momentary 2-2 on power play.
Subbotin, 38, debuted in 1988 with Avtomobilist Sverdlovsk (Soviet name for Ekaterinburg), then played for Avangard Omsk, Sibir Novosibirsk and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.

11 Dec 2011, 21:37 | Aleksandr Smirnov becomes Severstal senior coach

Aleksandr Smirnov, 48, is the new Severstal Cherepovets' senior coach. Resigned from Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk in mid-November, Smirnov, coached Severstal in the last two seasons. Dmitri Kvartalnov is head coach of Severstal.

11 Dec 2011, 13:28 | SKA celebrates today 65th anniversary

Before KHL game against Neftekhimik, SKA St. Petersburg celebrates its 65th anniversary with a match between Legends of SKA and Legends of the USSR. On the ice Aleksei Kasatonov, Aleksei Gusarov, Andrei Andreev, Mikhail Kravets, Aleksandr Yakushev and Sergei Gimaev among the others.
Founded in 1946 as LDO Leningrad, SKA is one of the oldest Russian hockey club. Was Soviet champion twice, in 1970-71 and 1986-87 and won fourth Spengler Cup.

09 Dec 2011, 02:00 | Andy Sutton suspended indefinitely

Edmonton Oilers defender Andy Sutton has been suspended indefinitely for his hit on Carolina Hurricanes Alexei Ponikarovsky.
This season Sutton already served a five-game suspension for a head hit on Gabriel Landeskog of the Colorado Avalanche.

09 Dec 2011, 01:49 | Montpellier changes coach

Montpellier Vipers, France 1st Division team, fired head coach Lionel Bilbao and replaced him with former captain, Slovak Marek Michalovic

07 Dec 2011, 20:01 | Hustle and bustle of coaches continues in Karaganda

Sergey Voykin hold on one week in his comeback on Sary Arka bench. On december 6 he left the team and flied to Russia not commenting his second dismissal.
Voykin started season as head coach of Karaganda team, left the job in septemberassuming Sary Arka MHL team Kazakhmys. He was recalled last week to replace resigning Ramil Saifullin. now Sary Arka is looking for another coach

07 Dec 2011, 17:34 | Coach changes in Moscow and Novosibirsk

Two KHL teams decided to fire current head coach: Spartak Moscow replaces Slovak Frantisek Hossa and assistant coach Vadim Epanchintsev with Andrei Sidorenko, assisted by Aleksandr Titov and Dmitri Erofeev.
Also Sibir fired its head coach Andrei Tarasenko, who will remain in the club as senior coach, replacing him with former assistant Dmitri Yushkevich

07 Dec 2011, 17:15 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk game anticipated

Due to Christmas events in the Arena-Metallurg, KHL game Metallurg Magnitogorsk - Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk originally scheduled for January 3 will be played on December 30

07 Dec 2011, 16:02 | Federal Hockey League lost Vermont Wild

The Federal Hockey League has announced that the Vermont Wild has chosen to cease operations immediately. Despite several days of negotiations with multiple investment groups, nothing could be agreed upon to move forward this season.
The Wild, Vermont's first professional ice hockey team originally called the Green Mountain Rock Crushers, played 10 games before folding.
They announced in March of their intentions of joining the FHL

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