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28 Nov 2011, 16:56 | Hurricanes fire coach Paul Maurice

After having lost 11 of their past 15 games the Carolina Hurricanes have fired coach Paul Maurice. Current AHL's Milwaukee Admirals coach Kirk Muller will be the new head coach.
Maurice was on Hurricanes bench from 2008, when he replaced Peter Laviolette and previously coached Carolina franchise from 1995 to 2003 reaching Stanley Cup finals in 2001-02 season, when the Hurricanes lost to the Detroit Red Wings

28 Nov 2011, 16:19 | Dmitri Yakushin is the new Kharkiv coach

33-year-old Dmitri Yakushin is the new Kharkivs'ki Akuly head coach. A native of Kharkiv, Yakushin closed his active career last season in Belarussian Metallurg Zhlobin. In 1999-2000 season he played two games in NHL with Toronto Maple Leafs.
Yakushin assistant will be former defunct HK Kharkiv coach Aleksandr Kobikov

28 Nov 2011, 15:40 | Capitals named new coach

Washington Capitals fired head coach Bruce Boudreau on Monday after a disappointing league start and a 5-1 loss to the Sabres on Saturday. Former team captain Dale Hunter was named new team's head coach. Hunter, 51, is one of just four players to have their numbers retired by the Washington Capitals. He captained the Capitals from the 1994-95 season until the 1998-99 and was named to the NHL All-Star Team in 1997. He played in 872 games for the Capitals from 1987-99 with 556 points (181 goals, 375 goals). As coach Hunter had spent the past 11 seasons in the Ontario Hockey League as coach of the London Knights.

25 Nov 2011, 15:25 | Ilya Byakin resigns from Avtomobilist

Soviet Hall of Famer Ilya Byakin resigned as Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg head coach. Also Sergei Mylnikov and Aleksandr Bezrodnov left their positions. Interim coach will be former head coach Andrei Martemiyanov, currently serving as one of Byakin's assistants, while the club is looking for a new coach.

25 Nov 2011, 09:16 | 25 out of 26 penalty shots saved

When Lukko beat Blues 5-4 in SM-Liiga yesterday, the game was decided in the 13th round of the shootout when one of the goalies finally was beaten after 12 scoreless rounds. Kris Beech got the winner when he beat Lars Volden in the Blues net. Mika Noronen guarded the net for the winners.

23 Nov 2011, 11:56 | Two Slovak clubs want to play Czech Extraliga

Slovan Bratislava and HC Košice want to join Czech Extraliga. That's the reason why the leading organ of the Czech top-level hockey competition(APK LH) schedules an exceptional meeting with the clubs' directors. Eurohockey.com is trying to contact the head-representatives of APK LH to reach their statement, so stay tuned.

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.