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26 Mar 2011, 21:27 | Plzeň into the next season with the same coaches couple

As was expected, Marian Jelínek, 47, signed a one-year contract with the Czech Extraliga club HC Plzeň 1929 where he already spent the last two seasons in the position as the team's head coach. A gold-medalist from the WC 2005 with Czech Republic as an assistant coach stated, that the summer training camp will start in May 2. "We hope we will fetch about five new players for the next season," Jelínek said.

26 Mar 2011, 20:45 | Same teams in next season’s GET ligaen

GET ligaen qualification proved to be succesful for both GET ligaen teams, Manglerud and Stjernen, both comfortably securing their top division status for next season even before the last round due to be played on Sunday. The other participants, Tønsberg and Comet Halden, are left to stay in 1. divisjon for next season, as well.

26 Mar 2011, 20:30 | Usti crushes Chomutov to win Czech 1. liga

The final battle of two strongest teams in Czech 1. liga became a surprisingly one-sided affair. Usti nad Labem swept Chomutov aside in four straight games (2-1, 5-4, 3-2, 4-1) to win the league. Last season, the same pair fought a seven-game series with Chomutov becoming an eventual winner. Usti now advances to the best-of-seven series against Mlada Boleslav for a spot in Extraliga for next season. The series starts on 6th April.

25 Mar 2011, 19:44 | Dopita’s decision: 1.liga or retiring

Still playing legend of Czech ice hockey, Jiří Dopita, announced that it is for 90% certain, that he won't continue his engagement in the Czech Extraliga club HC Kometa Brno - the team where he spent the previous two seasons and where he's a team captain.

Dopita is an owner of the club from Olomouc that is playing in the second highest Czech league - 1.liga and regarding to his words there are just two possibilities for his future: HC Olomouc or retirement.

25 Mar 2011, 07:39 | Banská Bystrica ties the semi finals against Poprad

Banská Bystrica beat Poprad 2-1 to tie the Slovak semi final series 2-2. Jan Sykora scored the game winner in the shootout.

24 Mar 2011, 20:59 | Odessa Jackalopes will move to NAHL

Central Hockey League Odessa Jackalopes announces team will move to NAHL next season after NAHL governors accepted bid and the ownership group finalized the purchase of a team from Owatonna Minnesota last week.
Odessa's departure from the CHL continues a recent exodus as Amarillo and Corpus Christi moved to the NAHL last season.

24 Mar 2011, 20:18 | Ilidza won Bosnian Cup

HK Ilidža 2010, a team that joined Bosnian hockey family during this season and missed qualification for playoffs in BH Liga, won the second edition of Bosnian national cup, named after former Czech coach of HK Bosna Jaroslav Jandourek. After won 6-3 over Alfa Novo Sarajevo in semifinal with an hattrick by promising Dino Čordalija, Ilidza beated 2-1 in the final last season cup winner HK Bosna.

23 Mar 2011, 22:58 | Yunost wins the first final in Belarus

Yunost Minsk won the first of the Belarus Championship finals against Neman Grodno. The game ended 6-1. Find the game stats here.

23 Mar 2011, 17:14 | Mike Williamson named head coach of Canada’s U18 team

Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Hockey League, announced Wednesday that Mike Williamson (Leduc, Alta.), head coach of the WHL's Calgary Hitmen, will be the head coach of Canada's National Men's Under-18 Team for the 2011 IIHF World Under-18 Championship, April 14-24 in Dresden and Crimmitschau, Germany.

23 Mar 2011, 16:04 | Donbass and Companion won semifinals game #1 in Ukraine

Ukranian League played its first game in best-of-three semifinals series: regular season winner Donbass Donetsk won away, hammering HC Kharkiv 1-8, confirming its favouritism for title. In other pair Companion-Naftogaz Kyiv surprisingly won at shoot-outs eternally champion Sokil Kyiv

23 Mar 2011, 09:18 | Václav Sýkora recalled from SKA St. Petersburg

The SKA St. Petersburg Council of President's reacted on the team's underachievement really quick. As the first move after the team's elimination from the KHL quarterfinals they announced the end of Václav Sýkora in the position as head coach and also of Jan Votruba, his assistant.

One day before this action the president of club Alexander Medvedev told, that players are winning the games, coaches are losing, which hinted a possibility of Sýkora's and Votruba's removing from the team. "This is a management's decision, there's nothing to comment. It's the decisions time and I think that they will be constructive and they'll come soon," GM Andrei Tochitsky said.

23 Mar 2011, 08:52 | Jeřábek named new Mladá Boleslav head coach

After Monday's Miloš Holaň removing from the position as head coach of Mladá Boleslav the sport manager Milan Hnilička was looking for a substitution and he has found it really fast.

Vladimír Jeřábek, 52, signed a contract for the rest of this season. He has only one target: To save an Extraliga license for the next season, because the team of Mladá Boleslav is balancing on the edge of relegation to the 1.liga. Last time, Jeřábek was leading HC Kometa Brno in Extraliga, but he resigned after bad results on Jan 5, 2011.

23 Mar 2011, 05:51 | Val Pusteria won finals game 1

In a sold out Solar Arena, Val Pusteria debuts in its first ever playoffs final and confirmes favouritism, despite absences of top scorer Robert Sirianni and captain Thomas Pichler, both injured. Brunico team won 4-1 against defending champion Asiago and leads 1-0 in the series. Next game on thursday in Asiago

22 Mar 2011, 23:10 | Sapa Fehérvár AV19 wins first Hungarian final

Sapa Fehérvár AV19 beat Dab.Docler 2-1 in the first of seven Hungarian finals. Balazs Ladanyi and Istvan Sofron scored for the winners.

22 Mar 2011, 22:33 | Färjestad and Luleå win first semi finals

It was tight games when the first semi final in Sweden was played. Luleå won 4-3 away to Skellefteå after overtime (boxscore). In the other game Färjestad won against the surprise team AIK, AIK's first loss of the playoff (boxscore).

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