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01 Apr 2011, 06:57 | Val Pusteria earns first match-ball

With an amazing first period Val Pusteria annihilated Asiago and get the first match point in final series. Matt Kelly (2 goals) and Joe Cullen (1 goal and 4 assists) were the stars of the night in final 7-2. Probably Asiago is tired after 7 games with Bolzano and two taut games to recover initial 0-2 gap

01 Apr 2011, 06:19 | Mongolia withdraws from World Champions

Mongolian Hockey Federation secretary Choijiljav Baasandavaa announced they have to withdraw their men's and U18 national teams from the respective Division III tournaments, in Cape Town (South Africa) and Tapei City (Taipei) due to lack of money and of hockey equipment. The games originally scheduled to be played by the Mongolian teams will technically remain in the respective game schedule and all games including Mongolia will end with a 5-0 forfeit for the opposing team.
Mongolia is the third country to withdraw from IHWC after Japan and DPR Korea

31 Mar 2011, 23:47 | Germany beats Austria 7-0

Germany beat Austria 7-0 in the Euro Hockey Challenge, preparing for the World Championship. Adrian Grygiel scored three of the goals. the others were scored by Tobias Wörle, Thomas Oppenheimer, Martin Schymainsky and Kevin Lavallee.

31 Mar 2011, 23:17 | Belgium is relegated to the World U18 Championship Div III

With one day remaining of the World U18 Championship Div II in Ukraine it is already decided that Belgium is relegated to the 2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III. Belgium has lost all four games and even a win against their neighbours from The Netherlands in the last game can't help them from finishing last.

Who will win the promotion? In the last game the hosts from Ukraine will play Lithuania to decide a winner. Follow the tournament here!

31 Mar 2011, 15:29 | USA names U18 roster

USA Hockey today announced the 22-player roster for the 2011 U.S. Men's National Under-18 Team that will compete at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Men's U18 Championship from April 14-24, in Crimmitschau and Dresden, Germany.
View the roster here

31 Mar 2011, 06:29 | Barys-2 is second finalist in Kazakh League

Barys-2 Astana won 3-0 decisive game against champion Sary arka Karaganda and advances to Kazakhstan League finals versus Beybarys Atyrau. Series between Sary Arka and Barys-2 needed eight games to determine winner, after the federation determined to cancel result of game #5, won 3-2 by Barys-2, because Barys-2 alligned a suspended player, Konstantin Pushkarev. Replay was played on march 29 and won 4-3 at shootouts by Barys

31 Mar 2011, 04:53 | Vipiteno won Serie A2

Winning  4-3 game #6 of final series over regular season winner Gherdeina, Vipiteno Broncos is 2010-11 Serie A2 champion. Now Broncos have right to apply for next Serie A. Last summer Vipiteno request was rejected by Italian Federation due lack of rights

30 Mar 2011, 22:54 | HC Košice wins final 1

Košice beat Poprad 3-1 in the first Slovak final.

30 Mar 2011, 21:51 | Sweden beats Latvia

Sweden won comfortable at home to Latvia. The game finished 4-1 after goals by Petrasek, Lander, Zackrisson and Thörnberg for Sweden and Saulietis for Lativa. Both teams are missing some of their top players but will play eachother again on Friday as preparation for the upcoming World Championships.

30 Mar 2011, 19:10 | Asiago ties series

Asiago showed in playoffs final game à4 why is the current champion: playing two great periods and showing a strong mental character won 6-3 over Val Pusteria and tied a series Asiago was loosing 0-2. Once again Henrich brothers and goalie Daniel Bellissimo were the backbone of team. Thursday key game 5 in Brunico

29 Mar 2011, 23:50 | JYP wins Finnish junior championship

JYP's junior team won the Finnish Junior Championship after beating Blues 4-3 in the deciding fifth final game.

HPK won the Finnish women's championship finals against Ilves.

29 Mar 2011, 16:31 | Japan withdraws from three WC’s

Following the disasters in Japan, the Japanese Federation decided to withdraw from the
-World Championship Div. I Group A (in Budapest, Hungary)
-World U18 Championship Div. I Group A (in Riga, Latvia)
-World Women's Championship Div. I (in Ravensburg, Germany)

29 Mar 2011, 07:00 | Czech semi finals will continue tomorrow

Because of HC Oceláři Třinec 6-1 win on its home ice yesterday, the semi final series against HC Slavia Prague has to continue with a sixth game and HC Vítkovice Steel has to wait one more game at least for its final rival on the way to the Czech league title. We will bring you more information about the yesterday's game later.

29 Mar 2011, 04:38 | Anze Kopitar out indefinitely

After playing a club record 330th consecutive game Los Angeles Kings leading scorer Anze Kopitar fractured his right ankle Saturday afternoon against Colorado and he will need corrective surgery on the injury,
Kings coach Terry Murray said Kopitar would need a minimum of six weeks to recover, but after a medical report Kopitar is now listed as being out indefinitely.
The surgery will be performed Wednesday.

29 Mar 2011, 01:47 | Friendlies for MHL teams

HK Riga will play two friendlies agains Spain in Barcelona from 07 to 10 April as part of Spain national team preparation for first ever IHWC Division I in Budapest.

A selection of best MHL players will face Poland on april 09 and 10 at Krynica, where Poland is preparing IHWC Division I in Kyiv

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