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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.

11 Apr 2011, 18:46 | Daniel Sedin wins Art Ross Trophy

Vancouver Canucks Swedish forward Daniel Sedin is the winner of 2010-11 Art Ross Trophy, the prize awarded by NHL to regular season top scorer: Sedin amassed 104 points (41 goals and 63 assists) in 82 games.
Last season same trophy was captured by his twin brother Henrik. His teammates Roberto Luongo and Cory Schneider earned the William Jennings Trophy as the goaltenders on the club allowing the fewest goals.

11 Apr 2011, 17:38 | Kari Jalonen will coach Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod

Current HIFK Helsinki coach Kari Jalonen will be on the Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod bench for next two years. After being start as assistant at TPS Turku, Jalonen, 51, won three SM-Liiga titles with Karpat Oulu (2005,2007,2008) before to monve to HIFK, currently playing SM-Liiga finals series.
In 2005 Jalonen won "Best finnish coach" award

11 Apr 2011, 03:31 | Donbass Donetsk champion of Ukraine

Beating 3-2 Sokil Kyiv in front of a sell out arena, Donbass Donetsk won 2-0 final series and is crowned Ukranian Champion for the first time. Donbass has a lot of former Sokil players in its roster, having moved to Donetsk before or during the season due the economic difficulties of most traditional Ukranian club. It's the first time a club outside Kyiv won the title. Companion-Neftogaz Kyiv captured bronze medal winning 2-1 series against HK Kharkiv. During the season the newly created ambitious Podil Kyiv withdrew from competition after bankruptcy

11 Apr 2011, 00:24 | Cory Clouston fired by Senators

After Florida Panthers, also Ottawa Senators fired head coach after the team failed to qualify for the playoffs.
Cory Clouston and assistant coaches Greg Carvel and Brad Lauer were fired after Ottawa lost 3-1 to the Boston Bruins in its regular-season final game.
Clouston was Senators' head coach since February 2009.

10 Apr 2011, 21:29 | Sunday’s national team results

Switzerland beat Russia 5-4 in overtime. Italy beat France 4-1. Find game stats here.

10 Apr 2011, 17:53 | Florida Panthers fired Peter DeBoer

With a brief statement, Florida Panthers General Manager Dale Tallon informed team fired head coach Peter DeBoer after three years. "We need to go in a new direction with a fresh approach and philosophy." said Tallon.
Panthers finished last in the Eastern Conference despite last victory over the Washington Capitals

10 Apr 2011, 17:40 | Final time in VHL

Neftyanik Almetievsk beat Dizel Penza 5-1 to win the VHL semi final series 4-3. In the final Neftyanik will play Rubin Tyumen who beat Toros Neftekamsk 4-1 in the other semi final.

10 Apr 2011, 17:21 | University of Minnesota-Duluth 2011 NCAA Champions

The University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs are NCAA Men's Hockey National Champions. Minnesota-Duluth beat Michigan 3-2 in the final. Kyle Schmidt scored the winning goal.