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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

12 Dec 2010, 11:37 | World Juniors starts today

The WJC Div.1 (B) in Slovenia starts today. Tomorrow starts the A group of the 1st Division in Belarus and the Division 2 groups in Estonia and Romania.

The Elite group starts December 12 and Division 3 that is the last of the U20 World Championships to be played this season begins January 9.

You will get daily reports from all tournaments here.

12 Dec 2010, 00:17 | HC Ceresio has a new coach

Beat Lautenschlager, last season on GCK Lions bench, is the new coach of 1 Lega' club HC Ceresio. He replaced Ruben Fontana who remains in the club as manager. Ceresio is HC Lugano's farm team. After a careeer as player in Kloten and Bienne,  Lautenschlager worked as assistant coach for the U20 national team and head coach for the U18 team. From 2001 to 2003 he coached EHC Basel, winning NLB in 2002, before accepting the GCK offer.

11 Dec 2010, 09:24 | Lehner to World Juniors

Ottawa Senators announced on its website that Robin Lehner, 19, will play the World Junior Championships for Sweden.

Lehner has been on the ice for two NHL games with the Senators and still have not allowed any goals. Otherwise, he has mostly been playing in the Binghamton Senators of the AHL.

09 Dec 2010, 21:59 | Trevisani awarded

Former Italy national team defender Carter Trevisani was elected Federal Hockey League November's player of the month. Trevisani, currently playing for Akwesasne Warriors,  recorded 9 goals and 17 assists in 16 games, helping his team to grab the first place in the newly formed league.

09 Dec 2010, 19:59 | Lada without coach

Alleging family reasons, Nikolai Kazakov resigned as Lada Togliatti coach.

09 Dec 2010, 09:10 | Jere Lehtinen retires

NHL club the Dallas Stars confirmed last night the speculation that the Finnish ice hockey player Jere Lehtinen ends his career.
37-year-old Lehtinen is the only Finn to have won both the Stanley Cup (1999) and the World Championships (1995).
Lehtinen has had problems with injuries for a long time. Last season he had problems with the groin and played only 58 games, scoring four goals and collected 17 points.

09 Dec 2010, 07:24 | Pluss signs new contract

Martin Plüss will remain at SC Bern until 2013. Plüss has scored 129 points (58+71) in 134 games with Bern since he arrived in 2008. He has also represented Team Switzerland 203 times.

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