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06 Oct 2017, 21:59 | Detva fires coach

With just one point after nine rounds of Extraliga, newly promoted HC 07 Detva decided to fire coach Miroslav Chudý, replacing him with current assistant Dušan Kapusta, who will be assisted by Tomáš Chlebničan.
"We are dissatisfied with the results, we cannot replace 25 players, but we had to do something," said the club Chairman Róbert Ľupták.

06 Oct 2017, 14:37 | Two IIHF tournaments moved to a new venue

- iihf.com

Two IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship events got a new venue following approval by the 2017 IIHF Semi-Annual Congress.

The 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III Qualification will take place in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia & Herzegovina that hosted the 1984 Olympic Winter Games, from 25th to 28th February 2018. Earlier the original host United Arab Emirates had withdrawn their application.

The lowest tier in the men's senior World Championship category includes the United Arab Emirates, Bosnia & Herzegovina as well as the two newcomers Kuwait and Turkmenistan.

The 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division I Group A that was previously awarded to France got a new venue within the country. The event will now take place in the French Alps in Vaujany.

Austria, Norway, Denmark, Hungary, France and Slovakia will play at the six-team event from 8th to 14th April. The winner will be promoted to the top division of the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship in Finland, which will be the first to be played with ten teams.

30 Sep 2017, 12:53 | New President for Japan Federation

Japan Hockey Federation announces Akihisa Mizuno as new President, during the last General meetings.

Mizuno, 64, previously worked for various companies in Japan and US and for the World Bank.

Former player Tsutomu Hanzawa was appointed as the new General Secretary.

30 Sep 2017, 12:44 | Games cancelled in Lyon

The Magnus Ligue game between Lyon and Epinal was stopped after first period due a failure of refrigeration machinery. The club announced also the next game versus Strasbourg, scheduled for Sunday, was cancelled assuring ensuring they are doing everything they can to fix the failure as soon as possible

27 Sep 2017, 10:56 | Neman and Gomel are the finalists of Belarus Cup

Despite two defeats in 2nd leg of semifinals, Cup holder Neman Grodno and HK Gomel are the finalists of 2017 Belarus Cup, named after Ruslan Salei.

In a replay of last season Cup and league finals, Neman knocked out rival Yunost Minsk, winning 6-4 in Minsk and loosing 1-2 at home.

An opening goal by Edijs Brahmanis was enough for Gomel to secure the pass for the final, despite the 3-1 defeat against Dinamo Maladzyechna, thanks to the 3-0 victory in the first leg.
The date of final is TBD
HK Gomel won the national Cup 4 times, the lasty in 2013; Neman has two titles, in 2015 and 2017

24 Sep 2017, 11:52 | Round 2 of Spanish League

Positive debut for champion Txuri in the 2nd round of Spanish League. Jaca won a real battle in Puigcerdà at overtime after a total of 271 PIM !
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27 Aug 2017, 15:33 | Belarus Cup semifinals set

After the last game, won by Dinamo Maladzyechna against Yunost Minsk, the semifinals of Belarus Cup are known with the first two teams from each of two groups qualified: HC Dinamo Maladzyechna, winner of Group A, will play with Gomel, while Neman Grodno will face Yunost Minsk. The dates of two legs of semifinals are to be determined

25 Aug 2017, 18:43 | Games of the day: 24 August

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24 Aug 2017, 14:41 | Games of the day: 23 August

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23 Aug 2017, 21:15 | Slovakia beats Czech Republic

Slovakia beat Czech Republic 2-0 in Trinec today. Matej Paulovic scored 1-0 in the first period and Patrik Svitana added an empty net goal towards the end.

23 Aug 2017, 11:18 | Games of the day: 22 August

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22 Aug 2017, 20:25 | Junior Club World Cup quarter finals

The group stage of the JCWC in Yekaterinburg ended today. The quarter finals will be played on Thursday: Avto Yekaterinburg - MODO Hockey, Red Army Moscow - Jokerit, HC Davos - HC Ocelari Trinec and Snow Leopards Astana - HK Riga.

22 Aug 2017, 11:29 | Games of the day: 20-21 August

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Games of the day: 21 August, click here

20 Aug 2017, 19:32 | Germany and Russia U16 winners

U16 National team games have been played this weekend. Germany won a tournament in Kitzbühel with victories over Switzerland Red 7-3, Austria 10-4 and Switzerland White 9-1.

Slovakia and Russia played three games in Ruzinov. Russia wan all three: 6-0, 11-2, and 6-1.

20 Aug 2017, 19:08 | Swiss women win in Albertville

This week Switzerland won the 3-nations tournament with France and South Korea in Albertville.

Results: South Korea - France 1-2, Switzerland - France 2-1 OT, Switzerland - South Korea 2-1 OT, France - South Korea 5-4 OT, France - Switzerland 0-4 and South Korea - Switzerland 2-5.

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