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03 Sep 2011, 13:34 | 2011 AIHL final teams decided

Melbourne Ice and Newcastle North Stars qualified for tomorrow's AIHL final.

Melbourne beat Adelaide Adrenaline 8-3 in the first semi final and then Newcastle beat Sydney Ice Dogs 5-2.

03 Sep 2011, 13:24 | Avangard wins Stone Flower

Avangard Omsk won the Stone Flower cup in Ekaterinburg after beating Sibir Novosibirsk 5-2 in the final.

Barys Astana beat Metallurg Novokuznetsk 5-2 for the third place and Automobilist finished 5th after beating Amur Khabarovsk 5-1.

02 Sep 2011, 21:58 | Toros has a new manager

The VHL team Toros Neftekamsk hired a new manager for the upcoming season: Valeri Nurgutdinov was appointed as director of the club. Nurgutdinov, 42, was director of the Department of Administrative and Social Welfare of the state company "Bashneft".

02 Sep 2011, 20:20 | U20 games in Podolsk

Today Russia beat Finland 11-4 and Sweden beat Czech Republic 7-2 in a four nations tournament for U20 teams in Podolsk, Russia. Yesterday Sweden beat Finland 5-4 And Russia won 2-1 against the Chechs. The winner in tomorrow's game between Russia and Sweden wins the tournament.

02 Sep 2011, 05:12 | Kazakhstan Cup Awards

Kazakhstan Hockey Federation announced individual awards for Kazakhstan Cup.
Best Goalie was nominated Artem Stoletov from champion Arystan, Best Defender trophy went to veteran Sary Arka Sergei Yakovenko, while his teammate Vyacheslav Tokarev won the title as Best Forward.
Vasili Gorbovoy from debutant HK Astana was the top scorer.

01 Sep 2011, 21:10 | Stephan Lundh is the new coach of Dunaújváros

Hungarian team Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák signed experienced Swedish coach Stephan Lundh to face its first season in Austrian Nationalliga. Lundh - 52 - coached Djurgården, Malmö and Frolunda where he won Elitserien in 2004/2005 along with Coach of the Year Award. He also coached Sweden national team between 1998 and 2000 and Sweden U18, crowning World Champion in 2010

01 Sep 2011, 16:41 | Jon Kynaston new England Head Technical Coach

English Ice Hockey Association announces the appointment of Jon Kynaston into the new role as Head Technical Coach of England. Kynaston will join the recently formed National Teams Committee overseeing the future development of all the England Teams and staff.

Kynaston previously worked at Peterborough Phantoms as Director of Hockey and with Elite League club Hull Stingrays as Head of Community and Commercial Development

01 Sep 2011, 15:38 | Plzen first to European Trophy finals

HC Plzen 1929 is the first club to ensure its participation at Red Bull Salute, the final tournament of this year's European Trophy. Czech team beat Slavia Praha 5-3 in their penultimate group game and currently sits top of East Division. European Trophy continues with another flurry of games today, follow them here on Eurohockey.com.

01 Sep 2011, 07:41 | Rare win for Sweden

When Sweden's women's team beat Canada 6-4 in Finland yesterday it was only the second time that Sweden managed to win against Canada. Kim Marin made 48 saves as Canada outshot Sweden 52-27.

31 Aug 2011, 23:20 | Rio Grande Valley announces affiliation

The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League (CHL) announces the first affiliation in team history.
For the 2011-12 season, the Killer Bees will be affiliated with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL) and San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League (AHL).

31 Aug 2011, 21:43 | End of career for Newcastle top players

Newcastle North Stars imports Peter Cartwright, current season scond top scorer, and defender Robert Starke, along with head coach Don Champagne, have announced that they will be retiring at the end of the 2011 AIHL Finals starting next saturday

31 Aug 2011, 18:55 | Tyutin signs six-years extension with Blue Jackets

The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed top defenseman Fedor Tyutin to a six-year contract extension.
Picked by New York Rangers in the 2001 draft, he landed in Columbus three years ago. He had seven goals and 20 assists in 80 games last season.

29 Aug 2011, 20:37 | Slovak 1.liga

There will be only 13 teams in the Slovak 1.liga for the 2011-12 season. Club Dolny Kubin will not play the upcoming season due to financial problems.. The schedule includes HK Orange U20, the National Junior Team which also plays in Slovak Tipsport Extraliga, playing once against each team. Schedule here.

29 Aug 2011, 18:37 | Vityaz has a new farm club

Vityaz Chekhov signed a new farm team agreement with the VHL club Ryazan. The agreement is valid until April 30.

28 Aug 2011, 21:16 | AIHL semi final draw

The AIHL regular season ended today.

The semi finals pairings will be: Melbourne Ice v Adelaide Adrenaline and Newcastle North Stars v Sydney Ice Dogs.