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18 Apr 2011, 19:32 | Nikolai Myshagin will be new Izhstal coach

56 years old Kazakh Nikolai Myshagin sign a contract with Izhstal Izhevsk of Russiand Vysshaya League to coach team next season. After having coached Kazakhstan giants Torpedo Ust Kamenogorsk and Barys Astana, from 2009 Myshagin was coach of Primorye Ussuriysk in Russian Pervaya League

17 Apr 2011, 22:21 | Swiss upsets Finns at Women’s WC

After losing to Canada 0-12 on opening day the Swiss Women's team suprisingly won 2-1 after OT against Finland. Stefanie Marty scored the game winner at 1:50. Other results today USA-Slovakia 5-0, Sweden-Russia 7-1, Kazakhstan-Canada 0-7.

17 Apr 2011, 21:00 | Mlada Boleslav wins battle for Extraliga

Mlada Boleslav won the decisive seventh game of Tipsport extraliga relegation series 4-1 and beat Usti nad Labem 4-3 in the series. Boleslav has won its third relegation series in a row, once again preventing the winner of 1. liga from promotion to the top division.

16 Apr 2011, 06:50 | Gennady Tsygurov new coach of Lada

Fired by Sary Arka Karaganda two weeks ago, Gennady Tsygurov was appointed as new coach of Lada Togliatti. Tsygurov, 69, already worked in Togliatti in 1999-2000 season

15 Apr 2011, 21:50 | Friday’s international friendlies

Denmark beat Belarus in a shoot-out. Slovakia outstanding against Sweden. Czech Republic wins one-goal game against Switzerland.

Game stats here.

15 Apr 2011, 21:06 | Battle for Extraliga goes down to seventh game

The qualification series for a place in next season's Tipsport extraliga will be decided in the last seventh game on Sunday. Mlada Boleslav squandered a 3-1 lead in the series and after today's game, which 1. liga champion Usti nad Labem won 3-2, the series is tied after six games.

15 Apr 2011, 21:01 | Vokoun pulls out of World Championship

Tomas Vokoun, expected to feature as number one goalkeeper for Czech Republic in the upcoming World Championship, has pulled out of national team squad citing personal reasons. Vokoun, who helped Czechs win gold medals at 2010 championship, is out of contract with Florida Panthers and reportedly wants to focus on solving out his NHL future.

14 Apr 2011, 11:13 | The 2011 IIHF World U18 Championship starts today

The 2011 IIHF World U18 Championship in Dresden and Crimmitschau starts today with four games. Follow the tournament here on Eurohockey.com.

13 Apr 2011, 23:05 | 16 USA players named for the World Championship

See the preliminary American roster here.

13 Apr 2011, 22:59 | International games

Sweden beat Slovakia 5-2 and Austria beat Latvia 5-4 (shoot-out).

Game stats here.

13 Apr 2011, 21:49 | Dallas Stars fired Marc Crawford

Dallas Stars failed to qualify for the post-season for the second straight year and General Manager Joe Nieuwendyk announced that head coach Marc Crawford has been removed from his charge, despite having a year left on his contract.

13 Apr 2011, 20:25 | Two foreign coaches left KHL

2011-12 KHL won't count anymore with Vaclav Sykora and Kai Sukkanen.
Czech coach left Ska St. Petersburg and signed a two years contract with KLH Chomutov, along with his assistant on Russian bench Jan Votruba. Sykora is back on his homeland after the title won in 2009-10 with Pardubice when he was elected best coach of the year.
Also Finnish Kai Sukkanen, fired in december by Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, after having won the title last season with TPS, will be on a domestic bench: he signed with Pelicans Lahti replacing Pasi Räsänen, not confirmed after last place in regular season

12 Apr 2011, 21:00 | A historic league title in Czech Rep. for Třinec

HC Oceláři Třinec won its first ever league title in the club's 80-years long history. Today the Dragons won the game 5 against Vítkovice 5-1 and all the series 4-1.

12 Apr 2011, 16:31 | Thoresen suspended 20 games

Vålerenga's Steffen Thoresen has been suspended 20 games by the Norwegian Federation after an ugly cross checking in a playoff game. Five games of the suspension will however only be effective if Thoresen gets another match penalty next season.

11 Apr 2011, 20:02 | Also Minnesota fired coach

After Florida and Ottawa, also Minnesota Wild, failed to qualify for postseason, fired its coach, 44 years old Todd Richards.
Richards, signed in 2009, missed the playoffs in each of his two seasons, while Minnesota has missed the postseason three straight times, the longest streak in the franchise's history.

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