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21 Dec 2010, 02:23 | Elitserien players suspended

After a fight in last Monday's match between Linköping HC and MODO Hockey, Michael Holmqvist and Anton Hedman have now received their punishments from the Swedish Ice Hockey Association's disciplinary committee. Both get a two-match ban and Hedman is also fined.

18 Dec 2010, 23:22 | Slovenia wins own EIHC tournament

Slovenia won 3-0 against Austria to finish the home tournament (EIHC) with three wins in as many games. Hungary beat Norway 2-1.

In Kyiv Ukraine lost 7-4 to Kazakhstan and Poland beat Romania 3-1.

18 Dec 2010, 00:07 | Elitserien says no thanks to Champions Hockey League

The Elitserien clubs say definitely no to a re-launch of the Champions Hockey League.The International Ice Hockey Federation wants to make another try with the Champions Hockey League with the best European club teams, but at a board meeting on Friday Hockeyligan decided to say thanks but no thanks, to the invitation.

The reason is that the clubs of Elitserien consider IIHF's move to be a direct response to their plans for a multinational European League.

18 Dec 2010, 00:01 | Belarus or Latvia?

With one round remaining of the WJC Div I Latvia and Belarus both have 4 wins. The winner of the game between the two will win the group. Belarus barely beat Great Britain today 2-1. Latvia won 1-0 against Italy and Japan won an important 6-0 win against Ukraine.

17 Dec 2010, 23:59 | Friday’s EIHC results

In Slovenia: Austria-Hungary 3-2 and Slovenia-Norway 5-2.

In Ukraine: Kazakhstan-Romania 2-3 and Ukraine-Poland 3-2.

17 Dec 2010, 23:58 | Denmark promoted

Denmark beat Lithuania 9-1 and secured the group win of the World Juniors Div I. In the other game today Slovenia beat Austria 3-2.

17 Dec 2010, 23:50 | Fourth day of the WJC Div. II

One day remains of the World U20 Championships Div. II.

In Tallinn Belgium beat Netherlands 6-5 (SO), France beat Iceland 9-3 and hosts Estonia lost 4-3 to Spain. France or The Netherlands will win the group.

Poland beat Australia 14-0 and Hungary beat South Korea 8-3 in Miercurea Ciuc. One of them will win the group. The third game of the day was Romania-China 6-3.

16 Dec 2010, 22:12 | EIHC update

In the EIHC tournament in Kyiv, Ukraine the home team beat Romania 8-0. Kazakhstan won 3-1 against Poland.

In Jesenice, Slovenia Norway beat Austria 5-2 and Slovenia defeated Hungary 1-0.

16 Dec 2010, 22:10 | Latvia and Belarus wins again

Latvia and Belarus won their third straight games in the World Juniors Division IA. Latvia beat Japan 2-1 and Belarus beat Italy 4-2. Great Britain are third after a 5-1 victory against Ukraine.

16 Dec 2010, 22:07 | Four team still undefeated in WJC d2

The Division II of the World Juniors continued today with six games. In Group A France and Netherlands have 9 points after 3 games. In the B group Poland and Hungary are still undefeated.

16 Dec 2010, 20:05 | Näslund new GM of MoDo

Last week his jersey number was retired by the Vancouver Canucks, today Markus Näslund was assigned General Manager of his former club MoDo Hockey. MoDo who have had a bad start to the season has signed Näslund until the end of the 2013/2014 season.

15 Dec 2010, 22:07 | Advantage Denmark in Bled

In the WJC Div. I in Bled Denmark beat Slovenia 2-1 and Austria lost a point to Croatia (4-3 OT) so after 3 rounds Denmark is the only team with a perfect record. Lithuania had a surprising 3-0 lead against Kazakhstan but the Kazakhs got back in the game to win 6-4.

14 Dec 2010, 23:30 | Switzerland wins in Grenoble

Switzerland beat France 2-1 in Grenoble.

14 Dec 2010, 22:07 | Great Britain beats Italy

Great Britiain won 2-0 against Italy to take a huge step towards remaining in the 1st Division of the World U20 Championships. Ben Bowns made 45 saves in this important British win. Latvia had no problem to win against Ukraine 9-0. After two periods the score between Belarus and Japan was 1-1 but Belarus got away with a 4-1 win.

Ken Ograjensek scored 4 goals when the home team Slovenia beat Lithuania 10-3 in the only game in the B group today.

14 Dec 2010, 21:59 | No surprises in Tallinn or Miercurea Ciuc

There were only expected winners on the second day of the World U20 Championships Div. II. In Tallinn Estonia beat Iceland 7-1 in a game where Iceland had a surprising 1-0 lead until the 29th minute. The Netherlands beat Spain 3-1. French captain Robin Gaborit scored 3+3 points when France beat Belgium 15-0.

In Miercurea Ciuc Australia defeated China 10-3 and Poland beat South Korea with the same numbers. Hungary defeated the home team Romania 7-0.

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