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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.

14 Dec 2010, 06:54 | Comfortable win for Belarus

Belarus beat Ukraine 7-2 on the opening day of the WJC Div. 1A in front of 5500 fans in Bobruisk Arena. Italy defeated Japan 6-0 after four goals by Mirko Presti. Great Britain was no problem for Latvia who won 6-1.

13 Dec 2010, 23:45 | Another double-digit loss for Croatia

On the second day of the World Juniors 1B in Bled, Croatia lost 12-3 to Denmark. The goalie Kresimir Tomljenovic faced 86 shots. Patrick Russel scored four of the Danish goals. Austria beat Kazakhstan 5-2.

13 Dec 2010, 23:05 | Krivokrasov resigns

Yermak Angarsk coach Sergei Krivokrasov resigned today following unsatisfactory permormances of the team, currently last in the VHL East conference. Krivokrasov didn't exclude to remain as assistant coach or in the staff.

13 Dec 2010, 22:03 | 20-0 win for Hungary

Hungary beat China 20-0 on the first day of the World U20 Championship Div. II B in Romania. South Korea defeated Australia 7-5 after a strong first period. the home team Romania lost 1-8 to Poland.

In the A group in Estonia Icland beat Belgium 5-1 and Netherlands beat Estonia 5-2. France leads the group after an 8-1 win over Spain.

13 Dec 2010, 16:29 | Nabokov leaves SKA

SKA St. Petersburg's star goalie Evgeny Nabokov leaves the team. His 4-years-contract was terminated for family reasons.

12 Dec 2010, 22:42 | Great start for Slovenia

The World Junior Championship Division 1B in Bled, Slovenia started today. Denmark beat Kazakhstan 7-1. Austria defeated Lithuania 5-0 and the host Slovenia got a great start with an 11-3 victory against neighbours Croatia.

12 Dec 2010, 20:21 | New World record

113,411 fans, World record for an ice hockey game, attended the college game between Michigan Wolverines and state rivals Michigan State Spartans in a game at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Wolverines won the game 5-0 in the football stadium.

12 Dec 2010, 16:50 | Shinnik coach suspended

Disciplinary Committee of Belarus Ice Hockey Federation suspended Shinnik Bobruisk head coach Yuri Faikov for 5 matches for insulting the referee during the game against Metallurg Zhlobin on December 7