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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.

12 Nov 2011, 18:45 | Polesie Cup, Day 3

Russian B team defeated Slovenia in first game of the day with 3:0 (1:0,0:0,2:0). Danmark destroyed home team (Belarus) later with 8:2 (4:1,3:1,1:0). Russia B won Polesie Cup 2011 with three straight wins. They are followd by Danmark (2 wins in three games) and Slovenia (one win). Belarus is last with all three defeats.

12 Nov 2011, 09:56 | Viktor Fasth ill, sent home from Karjala

Sweden's goalkeeper Viktor Fasth has been sent home from Karjala Tournament after suffering from a high fever during the game. He will be replaced by Johan Gustafsson who already was in Finland with Sweden's U20 team.

12 Nov 2011, 09:18 | First day of Deutschland Cup

On the first day of Deutschland Cup in München Slovakia started by defeating USA 2-0. In the second game the hosts defeated Switzerland 4-2.

11 Nov 2011, 22:53 | Tom Kühnhackl suspended 20 games

The German OHL player Tom Kühnhackl has been suspended 20 games after a check to the head of an opponenet.

11 Nov 2011, 22:12 | Polesie Cup; Gomel, Belarus - second day

Danmark beat Slovenia 3:0 (1:0,1:0,1:0) in first game of the day to secure their first win on tournament. Belarus lost another game; this time it was against against Russia B team - 1:4 (1:0,0:0,0:4). Further reports will follow

11 Nov 2011, 21:26 | Poland beats Romania in EIHC

Poland opened the EIHC tournament on home ice by beating Romania 9-0. As Croatia withdrew from the tournament it will be a three team tournament. Tomorrow Poland will play The Netherlands.

10 Nov 2011, 22:36 | U20 games in Finland

Finland beat Russia 3-1 and Sweden beat Czech Republic 4-2 on the opening day of the U20 tournament in Finland.

10 Nov 2011, 11:26 | Patrik Bergström wants to leave HK Acroni Jesenice

28-year Swedish forward wishes to terminate the contract with Slovenian EBEL side. He plans to play for Sparta Sarpsborg for the rest of the season. There's a demand for Bergström's transfer card already in Jesenice. Outcome is not known yet, potential info is following...

08 Nov 2011, 09:02 | 2011 World Junior A Challenge

The 2011World Junior A Challenge for U18 national teams started yesterday in Langley, BC.

Canada East beat Czech Republic 5-0 and Sweden beat USA 1-0 with a goal scored 6 seconds before the end.

03 Nov 2011, 14:00 | Czech national team retires the jersey numbers of Rachůnek, Marek and Vašíček

From the next season you will never see again a Czech national team player wearing any of the numbers 4, 15 or 63 on the jersey. These numbers were worn by Karel Rachůnek, Jan Marek and Josef Vašíček, men who died in the Yaroslavl plane crash in September 2011. The last chance to see their numbers on the Czech national team jerseys is during this season, when all the Czech players will wear them on the front side of the jersey as a remember of the tragical death of former Czech national team players.

03 Nov 2011, 13:34 | HC LEV prepares a game of the ice hockey legends in Poprad

This Friday, Oct 4, an exhibition game of Russian legends against the team of former Czechoslovakian players will take a place in Poprad, Slovakia. Originally, this game would take place on Sep 10, but in the connection to the Lokomotiv plane crash it was postponed.

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