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21 Apr 2016, 13:52 | Beybarys wins Kazakhstan League

It took seven games to determine the 2015-2016 champion of Kazakhstan: by beating 3-1 Arlan at Kokshetau, Beybarys Atyrau wins its third title,all under the lead of Aleksandr Istomin, noting a constant presence among the elite of Kazakh hockey, with 3 titles and two silver medal in last seven years. Another season empty-handed for Arlan, winner of the regular season at the third consecutive silver medal.

Season awards:

Best goalkeeper - Alexei Kuznetsov (Beybarys)
Best defender - Vladislav Kolesnikov (Arlan)
Best forward - Mikhail Rakhmanov (Ertis)

20 Apr 2016, 23:29 | Austria defeats Italy in final World Championship test

Stefan Geier's hattrick led Austria to a 3:2-win in an exhibtion game over Italy. Austria had a strong start, gaining a 2:0 lead in the intitial frame. The Italians though got better in the second and third period, coming close to the tying goal. Goals by Luca Frigo and Alexander Egger, showcasing his skill with an amazing backhand goal, scored for the 'azzurri'. In net Starkbaum and Bernard played a solid game, but the game was highlighted by the national team debut of 35-year-old Frederic Cloutier between the Italian pipes in the second half of the game.

20 Apr 2016, 14:48 | Forward Morges and Star Lausanne merge

Two Swiss clubs from 1 Liga decide to merge: Forward Morges and Star Lausanne decided with the majority of votes to create a new club, called "Star Forward" with the goal to enter in the new Swiss Regio League, operating from 17-18 season. Current Forward coach, French Laurent Perroton, will be on the bench of new club

12 Apr 2016, 16:12 | Olimpija Ljubljana captured Slovenian title

Olimpija Ljubljana win Slovenian League beating 2-0 rival Jesenice in game #5 of finals, bringing title back to the capital after the victory of Jesenice last year. The final series had a particular trend, with four out of five games ended with a shutout for the goalie of winning team: 3-1, 0-1,0-1,3-0 and 2-0.
This is the 15th title for Olimpija; Jesenice won other 10, nine as defunct Acroni Jesenice and one with current name HDD Jesenice. HK Slavija Ljubljana won bronze by beating 1-0 HK Celje

08 Apr 2016, 11:54 | Sergei Pushkov will coach Neman

After two seasons Russian Sergei Pushkov is back on the bench of Neman Grodno where he led the team to title in 2014. Pushkov, 52, coached SKA-Neva St. Petersburg in the last seasons. In 2009 he earned a promotion to Elite Division with Belarus U18

06 Apr 2016, 20:20 | Czechs beat Germany

In one of many friendly games before the World Championship Czech Republic beat Germany 7-2 in Usti nad Laben tonight.

06 Apr 2016, 14:10 | Medvescak continues to dominate in Croatia

Medvescak Zagreb wins the eighth consecutive title of Croatian League, beating 4-3ot and 7-4 eternal silver medalist Mladost Zagreb. It's title number 23 for Medvescak since the indipendence, with just 5 years of fast when gold medal was captured by KHL Zagreb (4 titles) and Mladost

Awards:

Best goalie: Tihomir Filipec (KHL Zagreb)
Top scorer: Tadija Mirić (Mladost Zagreb)
MVP regular season: Tadija Mirić (Mladost Zagreb)
MVP playoffs: Ivan Ružić (Medveščak Zagreb-2)

03 Apr 2016, 00:02 | Morzine remains in Magnus Ligue

By beating 5-4 in promotion\relegation series game #2 Division 1 champion HCA Nice, Morzine-Avoriaz will play in Ligue Magnus also next season, when the elite league of French hockey will be reduced from current 14 to 12 teams. Lyon and 2014 champion Briançon were relegated

01 Apr 2016, 14:06 | Donbas win title in Ukraine

After two seasons the title of champion is back to Donets'k: regular season dominator Donbas - playing home games in the city of Druzhkivka after the bombing of Druzhba arena in Donets'k - swept Generals Kyiv in four games of playoffs finals.
Russian forward Denis Kochetkov was named Ukranian Extra Leauge MVP. Kochetkov became the third Russian to win the award after forward Yuri Koksharov (Donbas - 2012) and goalkeeper Sergei Zavyalov (Companion Kyiv - 2014).

Other awards go to:

Eduard Zakharchenko (Generals Kyiv) - best goalie
Denis Petrukhno (Donbas Donets'k) - best defender
Artem Gnidenko (Generals Kyiv) - best forward

31 Mar 2016, 21:24 | Västervik and Södertälje promoted

Västervik and Södertälje have secured promotion to HockeyAllsvenskan, the Swedish second league. Relegated to HockeyEttan were Asplöven and Sundsvall.

29 Mar 2016, 22:54 | Pan-American tournament dates announced

The third edition of Pan-American tournament will be played, as the previous ones, at Icedome Arena in Mexico City from 06 to 12 June 2016 with a men and women tournament, organized by Mexican Federation.
Chile, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Panamá, Jamaica, USA, Canada, Argentina and México are the countries invited. At moment only Argentina, beside host Mexico, confirmed partecipation.
Last year Colombia surprisingly won the tournament beating Mexico 4-3SO in the final

29 Mar 2016, 14:58 | Merano and Pergine play for the Serie B title

Two-time Italian champion Merano and Pergine have qualified for the final Best-of-Five-series in Italy's second tier league 'Serie B'. Pergine, nicknamed the 'Lynx', was the eight-seeded team coming into the playoffs, sweeping the Aurora Frogs and Appiano Pirates on its way to the finals. The Eagles from Merano finished the regular season on third place, before knocking out HC Fiemme and the Neumarkt Wildgoose.

29 Mar 2016, 14:36 | EBEL: Brian Lebler is back

Brian Lebler, after a season playing for Ingolstadt in DEL, has decided to return to the Black Wings Linz for the 2016/2017 season. The 27-year-old Austrian national team member has spent most of his professional hockey career in Linz, collecting 212 points (122 goals) in 235 games. Lebler was awarded EBEL's MVP in the 2014/2015 season.

28 Mar 2016, 23:22 | Sapa Fehervar win Hungarian Cup

Sapa Fehervar beats 4-1 MOL-Liga champion and Cup holder DVTK Miskolc to win 2015-16 Hungarian Cup in the rematch of last year final. Debreceni takes the bronze after 4-3 OT victory over MAC Budapest

28 Mar 2016, 18:35 | Txuri Urdin win Spanish Copa del Rey

Txuri Urdin win its 9th Copa del Rey, the first trophy since 1999-2000 season, by beating 4-1 national champion CH Jaca in the final played in San Sebastian, a revenge of championship finals played between same two teams and won by Jaca. In the semifinals, Txuri trashed 6-0 Majadahonda while Jaca won laboriously 3-2 FC Barcelona

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