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23 Nov 2010, 03:14 | Nardo Nagtzaam NAHL player of the week

Alexandria Blizzard Dutch forward Nardo Nagtzaam was elected forward of the week in NAHL completing a week to remember with 8 goals and 6 assists in Blizzard's four victory.
"Nardo really picked up his game last weekend and showed why he's one of the best players in the league," said Blizzard assistant coach Jeff Crouse. "He played well in all ends of the rink and we look forward to him continuing to being a leader for our hockey team."

22 Nov 2010, 13:57 | Klagenfurter AC sets new record

Klagenfurt is outstanding in the Austrian Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. On Sunday the team set a new league record with 13 wins in a row when they beat Salzburg 4-3.

22 Nov 2010, 13:27 | Historic hattrick for Meleshko

Forward Dmitri Meleshko becomes the first Dinamo Minsk player to score a hattrick in the KHL during Sunday's victory versus Metallurg Magnitogorsk and only the eleventh in the KHL history.

22 Nov 2010, 10:48 | Owen Nolan remains with the ZSC Lions

Owen Nolan will remain for at least two more months at the ZSC Lions. The first contract, which expired after eight games with the game in Ambri-Piotta was extended.

Nolan still hopes to finish the season in the NHL, so the extension was to 23 January. So far he has done very well in Switzerland with 11 points in 8 games. ZSC won six of those games.

21 Nov 2010, 22:10 | Shootout win in round 21

Straubing Tigers beat EHC München in the 21st round of the shootout in tonight's DEL game. Both teams scored in round 3, 14, 18 and 20 but in round 21 München's Stéphane Julien failed to score while Eric Meloche got the game-winner for Straubing. The score after 60 minutes was 4-4.

21 Nov 2010, 14:58 | Julius Supler Rigan of the year

Dinamo Riga Slovak coach Julius Supler was elected "Rigan of the Year 2010" for his contribution to the development of the Latvian capital.

"Rigan of the Year is a person who carries the name of the city outside Latvia", says Riga mayor Nils Ušakovs. "I believe the choice we made is more than correct due to the work Supler made for our capital. His work is popular and is often mentioned in a positive context. In addition, our team had great campaigns, reaching the playoffs of the Gagarin Cup twice. That is something to be proud of!"

Supler will receive the award at end of November.

21 Nov 2010, 09:32 | Doug Shedden fined for unsportsmanlike comments

After the game between Zug and Davos in Swiss National League on November 16, Zug Head Coach Doug Shedden made unportsmanlike comments about HC Davos and its Head Coach Arno Del Curto. For that he is now fined CHF 900.

21 Nov 2010, 03:29 | Bulgarian Hockey Federation gives ultimatum to Levski

After Levski Sofia forfait in league debut versus CSKA on November 18, the Federation gave the team an ultimatum to fullfill the players' roster before November 23 or team will be withdrawn from the league.

Levski didn't appear in the derby versus CSKA for the 1st round of the Bulgarian league due to impossibility of allign enough players and pay the required fees. CSKA won the game 5:0.

If Levski will be unable to fulfil the conditions, the Federation is thinking to put national junior team as replacement.

Bulgarian League count just 3 teams.

20 Nov 2010, 03:13 | Pelhrimov fired coach

After four defeats in the last five games, Czech 2 Liga team HC Spartak Pelhřimov fired coach Jaroslav Martínek and promoted as new coach the former assistant Martin Meloun. Meloun, 37, finished his active career last year playing for Pelhřimov.

19 Nov 2010, 22:52 | Zaglebie players refuse to play

The players of Polish KH Zaglebie refused to enter the ice for the game against Naprzod tonight. This is because they haven't got their wages in 3-5 months.

19 Nov 2010, 22:01 | JYP outstanding in Finland

JYP beat SaiPa 9-1 tonight and leads the Finnish SM-Liiga by 10 points. The Jyväskylä team has only allowed 27 goals in 23 games.

Second placed HIFK from Helsinki also won today. 4-2 against Pelicans.

Perttu Lindgren of Lukko leads the league in scoring with 12 goals and 22 assists in 23 games.

19 Nov 2010, 10:06 | Frölunda’s GM quits

Kent Norberg, General Manager of Frölunda HC in Elitserien resigned from his job yesterday. Frölunda are last in the standings, six points from a place in the playoffs.

18 Nov 2010, 15:32 | Pisek fires coach Suchánek

IHC Pisek fired coach Rudolf Suchánek after 19 rounds of Czech 1 Division. Suchanek, 48 years old, helped team to win 2 Division last season. Currently Pisek is last in the league. New coach's name is still unknown

18 Nov 2010, 09:41 | Spectators boom in the Swiss National League

The interest for the games of the National League A and B is great again this season. The National League A has been visited by 882,189 spectators in 141 games so far this season. This is the highest average attendance since the 1998-99 season.

The average per game is 6,257 visitors, 157 spectators more than last season. Significant positive numbers have Genève-Servette HC (+474), SCL Tigers (+255), ZSC Lions (+204) and especially EV Zug with the new Bossard Arena (+ 1,856 spectators per game).

17 Nov 2010, 22:48 | Liege will have a new icerink

Works for a new icerink started Monday behind "La Médiacité" complex, in the Longdoz district. The arena will have regular olympic rink size and should open in September 2012.