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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

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.

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