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03 Aug 2011, 21:33 | Svartvadet injured

Former Atlanta Thrashers forward Per Svartvadet of Modo in Swedish Elitserien will not play any games before Christmas. A stomach disease stops him.

03 Aug 2011, 21:11 | Pre-season update

Spartak Moskva, SKA St. Petersburg, Yunost Minsk, HC Plzen 1929, Kazzinc Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk and Shakhtar Soligorsk all win today.

Follow the pre-season here.

03 Aug 2011, 12:57 | Kazakhstan Cup

The draw of the Kazakhstan Cup that starts August 20 has been held. HK Astana, Arlan, Kazzinc-Torpedo-2, Gornyak and Sary Arka will play in Group A. Groub B will consist of Barys-2, Almaty, Beybarys, Arystan and Ertis Pavlodar.

01 Aug 2011, 20:47 | Pre-season games

Kometa Brno beat SKA St. Petersburg 3-1. Find this and more pre-season games here!

30 Jul 2011, 17:30 | Botany Swarm qualifies for the finals in New Zealand

With a 6-5 win over Dunedin Thunder Botany Swarm have secured a home final in the NZIHL.

Southern Stampede and Canterbury Red Devils are chasing the other final spot in Auckland at the end of August.

Six games remain until the regular season ends August 7.

30 Jul 2011, 13:57 | New arena in Riga

Dinamo Riga plans to build a new arena close to the airport. The new arena may allow up to 15,000 fans and will be ready in 2017.

27 Jul 2011, 08:30 | Another World Champion retires

July, 26, 2011 can be written in the hockey chronicles as a day of two World Champions retirement. Just a few hours after Kris Draper announced his retirement, a similar statement was made by another IIHF World Championship gold medalist. Martin Prusek, 36, a former goaltender of the Ottawa Senators and the Columbus Blue Jackets in NHL accepted an offer from HC Vítkovice Steel to become their goaltender coach.

26 Jul 2011, 18:05 | Hossa to Spartak

The Slovak national team player and former NHL'er Marcel Hossa signed a one-year contract with Spartak Moscow (KHL). Hossa was the leading goal scorer of the KHL 2009/10.

26 Jul 2011, 12:26 | Kris Draper to announce retirement

The fourty-year old legend of the Detroit Red Wings(NHL), forward Kris Draper scheduled a press conference on Tuseday, July 27 at 11.00 a.m. EDT. It is awaited that he will announce his decision to retire from professional hockey.

22 Jul 2011, 01:20 | Rink trouble for Bregenzerwald

EHC Bregenzerwald of the Austrian Nationalliga (2nd league) are without a home rink since their home arena Eisarena Alberschwende will be closed. The muncipilaty has decided to close the outdoor arena. There are plans for a new indoor rink but that can open earliest to the 2012/2013 season. The club hopes they can find a solution so they can still play at the Eisarena Alberschwende for the 2011/2012 season.

20 Jul 2011, 19:44 | Celio new Swiss U20 coach

The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation has announced that Manuele Celio is the new coach of the U20 national team. He has coahed the Swiss team at the last three U18 World Championships.

18 Jul 2011, 00:19 | SKA rebuilds team

The KHL club SKA St. Petersburg today announced that they release several players among them Aleksei Yashin who doesn't get a new contract. According to SKA's website this is done to make the roster younger. The clubs also wants to trade team captain Maksim Sushinsky to another club as he has still has one year left on his contract.

15 Jul 2011, 11:28 | Písek buys a spot in Czech 1.liga

IHC Písek was the worst team in the last season of the Czech 1.liga with a 7-4-1-18 record. The club was relegated from 1.liga, but not for long. The owner of HC Vrchlabí Petr Dědek announced that his team's 1.liga license was for sale. Písek bought it and will return to play in the 1.liga next season. HC Vrchlabí will change their name to HC Stadion and play only in regional competition.

13 Jul 2011, 23:53 | Two young Swedes sign NHL contracts

On his 18th birthday Jonas Brodin (10th overall in 2011 draft) signed with the Minnesota Wild, however he will stay for one more year with his Swedish club Färjestad. The sixth overall pick Mika Zibanejad also signed with his club, the Ottawa Senators. He will attend Ottawa's training camp to try to earn a spot on Ottawa's NHL roster. If he doesn't make the roster he will return to Sweden to play for Djurgården.

12 Jul 2011, 19:37 | Gerber to Sweden

The Swiss goalie Martin Gerber (Oklahoma City Barons/Edmonton Oilers) signed a one-year contract with the newcomer in Swedish Elitserien Växjö Lakers.