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25 Feb 2011, 23:53 | Lausanne to NLB semis

Lausanne HC was the last team to qualify for the Swiss Nationalliga B semi finals. Today´s 6-2 against HC Ajoie gives a 4-3 series win.

The other quarter final series ended: Chx-de-Fds - Sierre-Anniviers 4-0, EHC Olten - EHC Basel Sharks 4-0 and EHC Visp - SC Langenthal 4-2.

23 Feb 2011, 23:07 | Three teams made it to the Mestis semi finals today

The quarter finals of the Finnish second league Mestis is played February 19-26. Three out of four series were decided today. Only SaPKo-D Team is still alive.SaPKo won 8-1 today but D Team leads the series 2-1.

Jukurit knocked out K-Vantaa, Sport Vaasa beat LeKi and KooKoo got past K-Laser. All in three straight games.

23 Feb 2011, 16:33 | HC Lugano has a new coach

The third coach of the season for HC Lugano: before the start of the playouts the club from Ticino hired 46 year old Canadian Greg Ireland, last season on AHL's San Antonio Rampage bench. Ireland will be assisted by current interim coach Mike McNamara and assistant coach Patrick Fischer.

23 Feb 2011, 13:20 | Kracík is out from the Czech Extraliga playoffs preliminary round

Forward Jarolsav Kracík is playing for Litvínov on a loan from Plzeň. Both teams will be fighting for one quarterfinals spot in a best-of-five series from this evening. In the player loan agreement between Plzeň and Litvínov it is written, that Plzeň's approval is needed for Kracík's start in mutual games, but Plzeň disagree with Kracík's start and he has to stay off the ice.

21 Feb 2011, 17:42 | Jaca hammered Majadahonda, key victory in Puigcerdà for Barcelona

Game #1 in Spanish league playoffs best-of-three semifinals: regular season dominator CH Jaca destroyed SAD Majadahonda and close the question for Final: it's almost impossible for Madrid team to win in Jaca next saturday; despite absences of American James McKenna - suspended - and Igor Zemchenko injured, Jaca is much more stronger then eager Majadahonda and sealed a significative 2-15.
In other pair, much more balanced, a great performance by Ukranian Danylo Didkovsky, helped Barcelona to come back from Pyrenaic village of Puigcerdà with a capital victory and home advantage to close the series

20 Feb 2011, 23:49 | Two couples for the Czech Extraliga quarterfinals are known

Into the Czech playoffs quarterfinals teams from the 1st to 6th place are qualified. The next four teams, from the 7th to 10th places, will play for the remaining two quarterfinals tickets in the 4-wins series (Litvínov v. Plzeň and Slavia P. v. Karlovy Vary).

Regardless of these two series, the fibre of the first two quarterfinal series is already known: Vítkovice(3rd) will play against České Budějovice(6th) and Zlín(4th) against Pardubice(5th).

Třinec(1st) and Liberec(2nd) have to wait for their opponents until the end of playoffs preliminary round .

20 Feb 2011, 23:46 | Big turnover in the Czech Extraliga last round

A game between Vítkovice and Třinec showed the best of this regular season. Vítkovice wins the game 5-4 after a hillarious turnover: the score after 35 minutes of play was 1-4.

After the end of the game, Třinec was honoured the President's trophy for the winner of the regular season, Vítkovice climbed to the 3rd in the final standings.

20 Feb 2011, 08:57 | The last Slovak Extraliga play-off ticket was booked

In the 53rd (of 54) round of Slovak Extraliga it was decided who will be the last play-off ticket holder. It´s the team of HK Nitra, that reached a play-off spot in the game against Martin (7-3). It means the premature end of the season for Martin, because that was a direct fight for the last free play-off spot.

20 Feb 2011, 02:52 | Quarter-finals second game in Italy: only Valpellice equalized

The Quarter-final games #2 came without surprises in Italy. The favourite teams won away except for Renon, defeated in Torre Pellice despite Valpellice playing with a short roster. Once again the amazing crowd carried away the home team. Check complete boxscores on eurohockey.com.

19 Feb 2011, 21:45 | HC Karlovy Vary will play in Czech Extraliga also in the next season

HC Energie Karlovy Vary announced that the management of the club assured passable budget of money also for the next season. As we informed you earlier, the open war between the club and the city hall was held in Karlovy Vary from the start of a year, the club owner Karel Holoubek was disappointed of the decreasing of the city hall's grants for the club. After a few rounds of negotiations both sides came to a deal: The city hall will add another app. 20,500€ to current app. 462,000€; Holoubek will pay app. 88,500€ from own bullet and another app. 88,500€ will the club earn from the new partner - company SLOT Game.

Negotiating of another app. 89,000€ grant is in progress and the club existence is assured for the next season, Holoubek said.

19 Feb 2011, 21:16 | Asia League is still open

Nippon Paper Cranes beat Oji Eagles away 5-3 to close the gap between the teams to one point with one game remaining of the Asia League. The teams wll play each other again tomorrow to decide who will win the Regular season.

Also the third place is uo for grabs. Tohoku Freeblades is currently in third place, only one point ahead of Anyang Halla.

19 Feb 2011, 13:27 | Avangard Omsk is the winner of the KHL regular season

The ice-hockey club from Omsk, Russia, wins for the 17th game in a row (!) in a game against Novgorod (3-1) and assured the gold spot in the final standings of the 2010/11 KHL regular season.

19 Feb 2011, 13:22 | Is there a new owner of the Trashers on the horizon?

The Atlanta native, movie-actor, director and producer in one person, Stephen Rollins, is interested in buying of the Atlanta Trashers NHL license. "I´m cooperating with an investing company and we are thinking about more sport teams. In current economical situation we won´t risk anything but I want to NHL stay still in Atlanta," Rollins said. Experts are questioning his possible buying of the languishing NHL team, because Atlanta needs immediate help of strong investor and fans if the club should stay in the city and Rollins is too observant.

19 Feb 2011, 10:00 | The Czech Etxraliga TOP 10 is closed

After 51 rounds of 52 it is known the list of the play-off qualified teams in Czech Extraliga. The play-off system in the Czech republic is based on the preliminary round, where the teams from 6th to 10th spots are qualified. From 3-wins series two teams will advance to the quarterfinals, where the teams from the 1st to 5th place are waiting.

In the 2011 Czech Extraliga play-offs these teams will play: Třinec, Liberec, Vítkovice, Zlín, České Budějovice, Pardubice, Slavia Prague, Plzeň, Litvínov and Karlovy Vary.

19 Feb 2011, 10:00 | Třinec is the early winner of the President trophy

Although there remains another one round to play in Czech Extraliga, Třinec already reserved the President trophy, a cup for the winner of the Czech Extraliga regular season, for themselves due to interplay of two yesterday's results: Třinec beats the last year's President trophy holder Plzeň(4-0) and the second team in the league standings, Liberec, lost their game in Litvínov(4-3).

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