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08 Jun 2011, 21:56 | Rod Brind’Amour back in Carolina as assistant coach, Guerin will work with Penguins

Rod Brind'Amour, the captain of Carolina's only Stanley Cup in 2006, was named assistant coach and development coach.
Hurricanes also named former Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins head coach Dave Lewis to their coaching staff as assistant coach and director of defencemen development

Bill Guerin has been hired by the Pittsburgh Penguins as a player development coach. He'll work with players in the minor leagues along with junior and college hockey.

07 Jun 2011, 21:30 | Tellqvist back in Elitserien

Mikael Tellqvist returns to Swedish Elitserien after 10 seasons abroad. He signed a contract with Modo.

Last seaaon the former NHL and national team goalie played for Dinamo Riga in KHL.

05 Jun 2011, 11:12 | New CEO at Khimik Novopolotsk

Sergei Protsko was appointed new CEO of Belarus Open League Khimik Novopolotsk.
Former defunct Dvina Novopolotsk player during the '80s, Protsko headed the Novopolotsk Department of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism and from 2009 he was Executive Director of Naftan football club.

04 Jun 2011, 12:23 | Eremeev awarded by media covering KHL

Barys Astana goalie Vitaly Eremeev, 35, was chosen as best Kazakh player by journalists covering KHL. He preceded two teammates, defender Kevin Dallman and forward Talgat Zhaylauov.
Last year prize went to Metallurg Novokuznetsk forward Dmitri Dudarev

03 Jun 2011, 19:03 | Rulík to take over HC LEV

HC Lev Poprad already knows the name of its very first head coach in the club's history. It will be Radim Rulík, 46, a man who never played ice-hockey with a professional contract, but with may years of coaching experiences. "I hope we will compile a team with chances for playoffs composed mainly from Czech and Slovak players," Rulík said. More info will be available after club's press conference in mid-June.

03 Jun 2011, 18:54 | No additional penalization for Burrows

We informed you earlier that Vancouver player Alex Burrows bit a Boston forward Patrice Bergeron during the first game of 2011 Stanley Cup Finals. NHL's disciplinary council made a verdict that it is impossible to prove Burrows's intent to bite Bergeron and no additional penalization was brought up.

03 Jun 2011, 07:36 | Shanahan new head of NHL’s disciplinary council

Former left-winger of NHL teams New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers, St. Louis Blues and New Jersey Devils, Brendan Shanahan took over the position as head of NHL's disciplinary council after Colinu Campbell. The member of Team Canada U20 '87, that together with the U20 Team Soviet Union was disqualified from the 1987 WJC for a reciprocal team fight that came into the history as the biggest hockey fight ever, will now be the man who will be co-responsible for penalization of similar unsportsmanlike behaviour of present NHL players.

The first case for Shanahan is Burrows's nip on Bergeron from the Stanley Cup Finals game one between Vancouver and Boston.

02 Jun 2011, 13:32 | Burrows hungry for victory. Bit Bergeron

The result of the Stanley cup Finals game one is clear: Vancouver won. Now, after the game is interesting another topic: TV record of NBC channel broadcast shows, that Canucks forward Alexandre Burrows probably bit his opponent Bergeron in the finger. Although Burrows is defending himself, that he didn't bite Bergeron, but Bergeron put the fingers into his mouth, an additional penalization of Burrows is awaited.

01 Jun 2011, 22:20 | Kevin Dineen named new Panthers’ coach

Florida Panthers Executive Vice President and General Manager Dale Tallon announced today that Kevin Dineen has been named the 11th head coach in the club's history. As per club policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.
47 years old Dineen has spent the last six seasons as the head coach of Portland Pirates (AHL)

01 Jun 2011, 14:47 | 2012 KHL All-Star Game in Riga

KHL announced today that the 2011/12 All-Star game will be played January 21 in Riga.

01 Jun 2011, 02:27 | Orli Znojmo will play in EBEL

Austrian elite league continues to expand: Czech 1 Liga team Orli Znojmo was allowed to play in next EBEL. Team signed a contract for three years and will continue to play also in homeland.
'Today we reached a final agreement and signed the contract' - said manager Stanislav Hahn - 'All details will be announced at Thursday's press conference'
'The players are enjoying the new challenge. EBEL is better than the Czech 1 Liga' - said team captain Radek Haman.
EBEL now counts with teams from five countries: Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia and Czech Republic

01 Jun 2011, 01:43 | Henrik and Daniel Sedin are Swedish athletes of the year

Vancouver's Canuck forwards Henrik and Daniel Sedin are the winners of 2011 Victoriastipendiet - Athlete of the Year.
Victoriastipendiet is awarded a Swedish athlete every year since 1979 on Öland 14 July, the birthday of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden.
Only two hockey players received a similar trophy - Stefan Persson in 1980, and Peter Forsberg in 1994.

01 Jun 2011, 01:11 | Colorado Eagles leaves CHL and joins ECHL

The Central Hockey League announced that the Colorado Eagles hockey club have exercised their right to leave the league pursuant to a settlement agreement.
The decision follows previous litigation between the CHL and the Eagles in 2007, which allowed in the constructed settlement agreement, for the team to negate their license agreement following the 2010-11 season.

Colorado has been a member of the Central Hockey League since the 2003-04 season

As a result of the Eagles' decision, all Colorado players are immediately declared unrestricted free agents within the CHL.
The Eagles organization followed with the announcement that they will join an expansion team in Chicago as one of the two newest members of the ECHL.

31 May 2011, 12:13 | Tied in the Calder Cup finals

The AHL finals, Calder Cup, between Houston Aeros and Binghamton Senators are tied at 1. There are three European players in the finals, all of them playing for Binghamton. The goalie Robin Lehner (Sweden) and the forwards Roman Wick (Switzerland) and Kaspars Daugavins (Latvia).

28 May 2011, 12:01 | Bruins join Canucks in Stanley cup finals

Nathan Horton scored the only goal of 7th Eastern Conference final to send Boston Bruins to the Stanley Cup final series against Vancouver Canucks. Bruins won the series against Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3, while Canucks already overcame San Jose Sharks 4-1. The final series starts on 1st June at Vancouver's Rogers Arena.