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03 Mar 2011, 22:58 | Dukla Trencin still not out of the Slovak playoffs

Dukla Trencin got a shootout win against Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak Extraliga Quarter Finals to get its first win of the series, while Bratislava has 3. Jan Pardavy got the game winner. In the other Slovak Quarter Final series the standings are: Kosice-Nitra 3-1, Poprad-Skalica 2-2 and Ban. Bystrica-Zvolen 2-2.

02 Mar 2011, 20:31 | Michael Grabner named NHL Rookie of the month

Austrian born New York Islanders right wing Michael Grabner is the NHL Rookie of the Month for February.
23 years old accumulated 16 points (10 goals, 6 assists) in february, scoring in six consecutive games.

02 Mar 2011, 15:35 | Season ends for Robert Sirianni

Serie A top scorer and Val Pusteria key player Robert Sirianni is out for remainder of season. During quarter finals game 5 vs Alleghe 28 years old Italo Canadian suffered a rupture of a dorsal vertebra and will be out for at least 3 months.
Val Pusteria will face underdog Valpellice in Semifinals

02 Mar 2011, 11:34 | Favourites have 2-0 in Austria

All the top ranked teams has 2-0 leads in the quarter finals of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. Check out our games or league section for all the results.

02 Mar 2011, 06:43 | Piestany wins Slovak 1.liga

Piestany beat Liptovsky Mikulas 4-0 in the 7th game to win the Slovak 1.liga final series 4-3.

01 Mar 2011, 21:20 | Federal Hockey League announces new team for 2011-12

The Federal Hockey League announces the eighth member of the league, the Green Mountain Rock Crushers as an expansion franchise for the 2011-12 season. The Rock Crushers will play at the Ice Haus Arena at Jay Peak Resort.
The Green Mountain Rock Crushers will be the state's first ever professional hockey team in Vermont. The team begins play in late October 2011 for the sophomore season

01 Mar 2011, 10:40 | Czech 1. liga semifinalists known

Two clear favourites of Czech second division - 1. liga - have succesfully passed the first playoff hurdle. Chomutov beat Hradec Kralove 4-1 while Usti nad Labem came from 1-2 down in the series to down Vrchlabi 4-2. Other semifinalists are Jihlava, beating Znojmo 4-2, and Havlickuv Brod knocking out Olomouc 4-2, as well. Semifinals Usti - H. Brod and Chomutov - Jihlava begin on 5th March.

01 Mar 2011, 06:51 | Set for Mexican LME finals

Last weekend was the Liga Mexicana Élite semi final round played. The final games will be played mid-March between Mayan Astronomers and Teotihuacan Priests.

28 Feb 2011, 02:31 | Barcelona will face Jaca in Spanish final

While Jaca easily walked over Majadahonda scoring 11 goals and advancing to the finals, a real battle occurred in Barcelona between the home team (victorious in first game) and Puigcerdà. On Saturday the visitors snatched an important victory despite support by a very good crowd and a comeback in the last period. A goal by Juan Brabo with less than 2 minutes before the overtime sent Puigcerdà to game 3, on Sunday again in Barcelona due to better placement in regular season. This time blau-grana didn't waste the second home matchball, equalizing twice Puigcerdà´s advantage and closing the question at 57:02 with Ramon Morer. Jaca dominated the season and is the favourite for the title, but Barcelona showed to have tools to face the Pyrenean team.

27 Feb 2011, 23:00 | Tied in Slovak 1.liga finals

The final series of the Slovak 1.liga (2nd level) is tied at 3 after Mikulas 5-2 win against Piestany today.

27 Feb 2011, 22:42 | No surprises in Austria

All the top ranked teams, KAC Klagenfur, Red Bulls Salzburg, Vienna Capitals and VSV Villach won the first quarter final round in the playoff of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. One game went to overtime, Brent Aubin scored the game winner when the Red Bulls defeated Olimpija Ljubljana 5-4.

27 Feb 2011, 14:19 | Anyang Halla wins again

South Korean Anyang Halla won 2-1 today to take a 2-0 lead in the Asia League semi final series against Oji Eagles of Japan. Both Korean goals were scored by Alex Kim.

The other semi final series between the two Japanese teams Nippon Paper Cranes and Tohoku Freeblades is now tied at 1 after Cranes´ 6-2 win today. Daisuke Obara scored 3 goals for the winners.

27 Feb 2011, 01:49 | Premiere for Valpelllice

Valpellice Bulldogs made a real feat in playoffs quarter finals game #5: with a small roster and a coach fired last month from Serie A2, Valpellice advances to the semi finals for the first time ever in its history knocking out super favourite Renon, finalist in the last 3 consecutive seasons. A stellar performance by goalie Kevin Regan and a fighting spirit by Iannone and Nikiforuk made a miracle. More than 500 fans followed the team in Collalbo from Torre Pellice. Now Bulldogs will face another favourite, regular season winner Val Pusteria, closing easily, as expected, its pair versus Alleghe winning 2-1 in game 5. Same path for champion Asiago, knocking out Fassa in five games and now facing Bolzano in an intriguing semi final.

26 Feb 2011, 10:28 | Asia League playoffs start with two surprises

In both today´s semi finals of the Asia League the lower ranked away team won.

Tohoku Freeblades defeated Nippon Paper Cranes 7-3 and the only Korean team of the playoffs, Anyang Halla, beat regular season winners Oji Eagles 4-3.

26 Feb 2011, 01:41 | Bolzano mourns first title’s president

88 year old deputy Alcide Berloffa died friday after an illness. He was the president of HC Bolzano from 1960 to 1964, in charge when Bolzano won its first title in 1963

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