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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.

27 May 2011, 07:37 | Don Hay to coach Canada in World Juniors

Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Hockey League, announced Friday that Don Hay, head coach of the WHL's Vancouver Giants, will be head coach of Canada's National Junior Team for the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship, scheduled for December 26, 2011 to January 5, 2012 in Calgary and Edmonton, Alta.

26 May 2011, 16:19 | Bykov released

Vyacheslav Bykov has been released from his job as Head Coach of Team Russia. The Assistant Coach Igor Zakharkin also had to go.

26 May 2011, 13:40 | Former NHLer Barry Potomski suddenly dies

Former Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks right winger Barry Potomski died on 24 may in Windsor, after collapsing at a fitness centre, at 38.
Potomski played 68 games in NHL before to retire in 2001 and recently was appointed as assistant coach for the coming season at LaSalle Vipers of Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.

Current Pittsburgh assistant coach Tony Granato, a Potomski former teammate said in a brief statement: "The hockey family is like a brotherhood and when you lose someone that young it stings a lot of people.
I have great memories of him. He was a real nice, solid kid.
He was a fun kid and very respectful of the veteran players. He knew how to be a pro and he wanted to fit in and be a part of it. He knew he was going to be a fringe player because he wasn't overly talented, everything he got was through heart and work ethic."

25 May 2011, 17:24 | Dmitri Isaenko named best Ukranian player

Champion Donbass Donetsk's 23 year old forward Dmitri Isaenko was named Best Ukranian Player by the Ukranian Hockey Federation. In his first season with the Donetsk club, Isaenko scored 12 goals and served 19 assists in 23 games, earning a spot in the national team roster for IHWC Division I played in Ukraine.

21 May 2011, 13:33 | The season just started - in New Zealand

Today were the first games of NZIHL 2011 played in New Zealand. Dunedin Thunder beat West Auckland Admirals 6-1 and Canterbury Red Devils beat Botany Swarn 4-3 in a shooutout game.

20 May 2011, 17:31 | Eduard Zankovets resigns

Eduard Zankovets leaves his job as head coach of the Belarusian national team.

In the World Championship Belarus finsihed in 14th place and avoided relegation but the result was below all expectations.

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