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21 Mar 2016, 13:55 | Partizan continues its domination

A goal by Dimitrije Filipović at 63:02 in the overtime gives Partizan the victory 3-2 in game #4 of playoffs finals against arch-rival of Crvena Zvezda and the title number 13, the 11th consecutive. Partizan won all editions of Serbian League since 2006, when League adopted current name after the separation of Montenegro. Crvena Zvezda forward Pavel Popravka was the top scorer of the league with 32 points (16+16)

20 Mar 2016, 17:21 | Jaca confirm title in Spain

Beating away 6-2 regular season winner Txuri Urdin San Sebastian in decisive game #5 of finals, CH Jaca confirm the title of Spanish Liga Nacional. It's title number 13 for the club, the fifth in last 7 years

20 Mar 2016, 15:47 | Philippe Bozon will coach Bordeaux

Boxers de Bordeaux announce Philippe Bozon will be the head-coach of the team from next season. Former national team player, Bozon coached Lugano and Sierre in Switzerland, France U20 and Epinal in France. With Epinal he reached Magnus Ligue finals last season, lost by Gap

17 Mar 2016, 18:57 | Tom Pokel remains Bolzano’s head coach

For the first time since joining EBEL in the 2013/2014 season, it seems as if Italian club HC Bolzano will have a normal off-season. The Foxes extended the contract with coach Tom Pokel for one season and plan to put together their roster within the next two months.

13 Mar 2016, 16:01 | EBEL semifinals start today

After Red Bull eliminated Klagenfurter AC with a 5-2 win in Game 7, today the semi-finals start in Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. Defendig champion Salzburg will be challenged by Villacher SV. Orli Znojmo vs Black Wings Linz is the other match-up in the race for a spot in the final.

13 Mar 2016, 15:41 | Valpellice forces Game 7 against defending champion

The Valpellice Bulldogs, coached by NHL-legend Tom Barrasso, have come back from a 1-3 deficit in the quarter final series against defending Italian champion Asiago Hockey. Thanks to a 5-2 win on home ice,  Valpellice will face Asiago in Game 7 on Tuesday. Ritten, Pustertal and Sterzing have already qualified for the semifinals, eliminating Cortina, Gherdeina and Fassa respectively.

12 Mar 2016, 08:02 | Kloten Flyers owners already on the jump

As the "Avenir Sports Entertainment" (ASE) communicated in the night of Friday to Saturday, the Canadians have decided to pull out of the ownership as they feel that only a Kloten based ownership can bring back success to the longest serving NLA team. As mentioned in the statement "It has become clear that having outside ownership, such as ASE, is not the proper structure for success in Kloten". ASE has begun searching for a new owner and will take over the responsibilties as the current owner for the time being until a new owner is found.

The Kloten Flyers are expected to generate a loss of 7 to 8 million Swiss Francs this past season after reaching the playoffs for the first time in two years and loosing to HC Davos 0-4 in the quarterfinal series.

You can find the complete statement here

10 Mar 2016, 09:59 | Scottish National League Champions

Kirkcaldy Kestrels held of Paisley Pirates and Edinburgh Capitals to claim their second successive SNL trophy. Things did not look promising early season as they crashed out of the Autumn Cup but a heavy defeat in November gave them a wake up call to remain focussed on the task in hand: that of claiming the title. As their close rivals ran out of games and the Capitals and Pirates played each other the way was clear for the Kestrels to sneak through.

09 Mar 2016, 21:23 | JYP wins women’s title in Finland

At 13:51 of the overtime Tanja Niskanen scored the only goal of game 3 of the Finnish women's finals. That was enough to secure the title for JYP Jyväskylä who won three straight games against HPK without allowing a single goal.

JYP has been outstanding this season. They lost only one point in 28 regular season games and won all six games of the playoffs.

01 Mar 2016, 20:01 | Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc win Romanian Cup

Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc/Csíkszereda win Romanian Cup 2015-16 beating 3-2 Steaua Bucharest in the final played in Brasov. The game was the replay of the original final, scheduled on 20 december 2015 at Gheorghieni ice rink and suspended after second period with score 7-2 for Miercurea Ciuc due to a short circuit. It's the eighth trophy for Sport Club.

29 Feb 2016, 12:34 | Narva PSK win title in Estonia

With three rounds still to play, Narva PSK was already crowned Estonian champion after the 5-1 victory against Viru Sputnik in front of almost 1000 spectators. The title is back to Narva after 15 years, since defunct club Kreenholm/Narva 2000 grabbed the title in 2001

28 Feb 2016, 23:28 | Komarek unleashes the inner Granlund

In Game 2 of the EBEL Quarter Finals, Konstantin Komarek of Red Bull Salzburg helped his team with THIS gorgeous goal (click here to watch the video). In 'Grandlund-fashion' the 23-year-old Austrian scored on Klagenfurter AC to increase the series' lead to two. Also Linz, Dornbirn and Villach are now up 2:0 in their match-ups.

28 Feb 2016, 23:01 | Darius Kasparaitis debuts in Lithuanian League

Hockey legend Darius Kasparaitis, 43, made his seasonal debut tonight with his team Hockey Punks Vilnius in the game against Geležinis vilkas Vilnius for Lithuanian League. Hockey Punks won 10-1 with Kasparaitis scoring one goal and serving three assists. In the last two seasons Kasparaitis played just one game in each season

28 Feb 2016, 00:35 | Serie A playoffs start on Tuesday

In Italy's top league the eight teams have finished the regular season, with Ritten Sport emerging as the top seeded club. Following are the match-ups in the Quarter Finals (Best-of-Seven):

Rittner Buam - SG Cortina

Pustertal Wolves - HC Gherdeina

Asiago Hockey 1935 - Valpellice Bulldogs

Sterzing/Vipiteno Broncos - Fassa Falcons

27 Feb 2016, 23:35 | Slovan and Sochi out from KHL playoffs

Slovan Bratislava and HC Sochi were the two first team eliminated from the KHL playoffs 1/8 finals. Slovan lost the series 0-4 to CSKA Moscow while Sochi also lost 0-4 to Dynamo Moscow. Tomorrow Neftekhimik and Admiral also risk being eliminated.

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