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22 Nov 2011, 06:39 | Serbian association gets new president

Aleksandar Milosavljevic was elected new President of the Serbian Ice Hockey Association.

21 Nov 2011, 16:30 | Ravil Yakubov gets into Neftekhimik staff

Former Dynamo Moscow head coach Ravil Yakubov was called by new Neftekhimik Nizekamsk headcoach Vladimir Golubovich as assistant coach. "When Vladimir called, I accepted without hesitation - said Yakubov - In the past year I have had only one offer from a MHL club but my priority always was to work in KHL".

18 Nov 2011, 14:44 | French referee Pierre Dehaen officiates in Sweden

International French referee Pierre Dehaen was invited by Sweden Federation to officiate three matches during the upcoming weekend including one from Elitserien
"It's an amazing opportunity for me - said Dehaen - Swedish referees are among the best in the world. This experience will help me to get ready for next World Championship".
Dehaen will referee the following matches: Västerås IK - Rögle BK (Hockeyallsvenskan) on Friday 18 November,
AIK - Modo (Elitserien) on Saturday 19 and Bofors IK - Leksands IF (Hockeyallsvenskan) on Sunday 20.

17 Nov 2011, 21:52 | Serbian League start postponed

The start of Serbian League, scheduled for tomorrow, was postponed indefinitely because the clubs didn't accept the schedule proposed by the federation.

17 Nov 2011, 13:51 | Neftekhimik changes coach

Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk signed Vladimir Golubovich as new head coach after the resignation of Aleksandr Smirnov.
Vladimir Golubovich, 57, coached Avangard Omsk, Sibir Novosibirsk, Latvian Metalurgs Liepaja and last season Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. He was already on Neftekhimik's bench during 2000-2001 season. Neftekhimik is currently 5th in KHL Kharlamov Division

17 Nov 2011, 13:30 | Storhamar saved from bankruptcy

The Hamar municipality decided to give Storhamar a loan of 3 million Norwegian kronor. That saves the team from bankruptcy. The club has struggled with liquidity and had to ask the community for help. Storhamar had a shortfall of around 400,000 per month. In November, the club only managed to pay out 55 percent of the players' salaries.

16 Nov 2011, 14:02 | Chaos in HK Jesenice

In addition to Patrik Bergström and Henrik Petre, five another players decided to left Slovenian champions: Johan Björk, Marcus Olsson, Lukaš Hvila, Martin Tuma and James Sixsmith are leaving Jesenice due to delays in payment of their services. There are two more non-Slovenian players in the team who decided to stay; Antti Pusa and Michal Fikrt.

16 Nov 2011, 12:55 | The season ends for Noah Clarke

The EHC München (DEL) forward Noah Clarke needs shoulder surgery and is out for the season.

16 Nov 2011, 09:10 | Most hires Jerabek

Bottom side of Czech 1. liga, HC Most, has hired an experienced coach and motivator Vladimir Jerabek as their new head coach. The news comes after lengthy negotiations. Jerabek replaces Kamil Kastak, who got the team promoted from 2. liga last season, but managed just two regular time wins in 16 games so far.

16 Nov 2011, 07:35 | Another two players left HK Acroni Jesenice

It was announced last week already - Patrik Bergström left HK Acroni Jesenice (SLO;EBEL) to continue this season in Sparta Sarpsborg, Norway. No explanation about this (un)expected departure came from Slovenian side. However, HK Acroni Jesenice confirmed that Henrik Petre also won't be a member of team during next months. Petre satisfied coaching staff during his try-out period, but is apparently too expensive for impoverished Slovenian member of EBEL.

15 Nov 2011, 15:36 | Vladimir Migulev leaves Kharkiv

Russian coach Vladimir Migulev resigned from Kharkivs'ki Akuly Kharkiv of Ukranian Professional League for family reasons. The club did not decide yet who will be the new coach.

15 Nov 2011, 15:12 | Two coaches fired in VHL

The bottom teams in VHL Division East changed coaches.
Izhstal Izhevsk fired Kazakh Nikolai Myshagin and assistant Andrei Zubkov recalling former coach Albert Loginov and promoting Sergei Dushkin from farm club as coach assistant. Izhstal is last in East Division with 19 points in 22 games.

After one month Sputnik Nizhny Tagil fired coach Evgeny Mukhin and replaced him with former assistant Aleksei Fetisov who started the season as head coach and become assistant when Mukhin arrived at club in october

14 Nov 2011, 10:48 | EBEL: Young star of October

Patrick Spannring of EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz was voted young star of October in EBEL. The 21-year old forward beat Erik Pance of Olimpija Ljubljana in the voting. This is Spannring's first whole season in EBEL. He scored one goal so far in the season (playing 18 games). Spannring is successor of Anze Ropret (Olimpija Ljubljana) who was voted young star of the month for September.

13 Nov 2011, 20:32 | Slovakia wins Deutschland Cup

For the third time Slovakia wins Deutschland Cup. They earlier won it in 1997 and 2006.

This year they won three straight games: 2-0 against USA, 6-3 against Germany and today 2-1 against Switzerland.

12 Nov 2011, 22:41 | France beats Norway

Yorick Treille scored the winner when France beat Norway 4-3 in overtime tonight.

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