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01 Feb 2016, 12:12 | Serie A: Tyler Weiman is Pustertals new goalkeeper

After Juuso Riksman left HC Pustertal because of personal reasons, the Wolves have now found their new net minder. 31-year-old Tyler Weiman has signed a contract for the remainder of the season.

29 Jan 2016, 23:17 | Indian Army won Indian Championship

Once again Indian Army, the backbone of national team, dominated the National Championship, played at the Karzoo outdoor link in the city of Leh from 09 to 16 January. After having dominated the round robin, the Army won 2-1 traditional rival of Indo Tibetan Border Police and grabbed the gold trashing parent team Ladakh Scouts Regiment 5-1 in the final. A record of eight team took part in the competition. J&K Red won the women competition, beating 4-2 J&K Blue in the final.

Check all results on Indian Championship page

27 Jan 2016, 20:01 | Morzine fires coach Hartogs

HC Morzine-Avoriaz, last place in Magnus Ligue, fired Dutch coach Tommie Hartogs after four seasons. Trio of players Mathieu Jestin, Cyril Papa and Jakub Sindel will coach the team in the last part of regular season and in the playouts serie

26 Jan 2016, 15:39 | MHK Humenné withdrew from Slovakian 1 Liga

After the closure of city ice rink due to damages suffered after a storm, The Slovakian 1 Liga decided to withdraw MHK Humenné, cancelling all the results of the team until now. The decision was taken after the club failed to find another rink to play home games.
"Despite the efforts of the club, MHK Humenné was unable to find other solutions for playing the games of 1 Liga, thus Hockey League Slovakia in accordance with the Competition Rules has determined to withdraw MHK Humenné from the competition"
As consequence, the playouts between the last four teams to determine the relegation were cancelled due the fact Humenne will be automatically relegated

26 Jan 2016, 14:41 | Fischtown Pinguins change coach

Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven fired coach Benoit Doucet, hired at the begin of the season, due to poor results of the team. "The decision was humanly difficult, but necessary - said CEO Hauke ​​Hasselbring. "Benoit was perhaps the wrong time at the wrong place. We thank him for his commitment and wish him all the best for the future"

The new coach is Thomas Popiesch,50, until December on Dresdner Eislöwen bench

22 Jan 2016, 16:05 | EBEL: Pick and Qualifying Round kick off today

In EBEL the first chapter of the regular season has ended and now the teams enter the intermediate stage. Salzburg, Linz, Znojmo, Vienna, Bolzano and Dornbirn fight for a spot in the Champions Hockey Leaue and the right to pick the opponent in the quarter finals. In the Qualifying Round Klagenfurt, Villach, Fehervar, Graz, Innsbruck and Ljubljana battle for the remaining two playoff spots.

15 Jan 2016, 18:20 | Ritten wants to join EBEL

Rittner 'Buam', Italian champion of 2014, has requested to leave Serie A and applied to join Erste Bank Eishockey Liga in the 2016/2017 season. Ritten would be the second Italian team in the Austrian based league, as the Bolzano Foxes already play in this competition. Biggest obstacles for the South Tyroleans to become the league's 13th member are their arena, which only offers space to approximately 2000 spectators, and the geographic proximity to Bolzano.

15 Jan 2016, 18:10 | Tayor Vause is Bolzano’s last roster cut

With the signing of defenceman Branden Bell, the Bolzano Foxes had to make one roster move to fulfill EBEL's point system obligations. It was thought to be a hard chioce, but in the end it was made easy in a unfortunate way. Taylor Vause is out for weeks because of a hand injury and has been removed from the Italian record champion's roster.

14 Jan 2016, 15:11 | Humenné ice rink closed indefinitely after damages

The ice rink of Humenné was closed by Municipality indefinitely after the damages suffered due to bad weather. The roof was damaged by the strong wind that swept Humenné
"We called a structural engineer to decide on the need to shore up the roof structure." said city Mayor Jana Vaľová.
"When it becomes clear what repairs need to be done and what it will cost, we are ready to seek funding without delay. As the building is insured, we immediately reported the insured event"explains Vaľová. "Until then, our hockey players will have to use a different stadium. Although we are immensely sorry for the closure of the stadium, public safety comes first. We Immediately take the steps necessary for the earliest possible reopening of the stadium.
Team will play next home games in Trebisov

13 Jan 2016, 15:22 | Steelers sign Hayes

Sheffield Steelers of the EIHL today swooped for new signing Ryan Hayes, the EIHL top goalscorer with Edinburgh Capitals. This is hot on the heels of the signing of Swedish forward Conny Stromberg. Hayes, who has scored 25 goals, became available and with Colton Fretter of Sheffield struggling through a recurring injury it obviously seemed a prudent move by coach Paul Thompson.

12 Jan 2016, 14:58 | Kuwait Airways Club won Kuwait League

Kuwait Airways Club won the National Ice Hockey title after defeating Sable 10-5 during the final match which was held at the Ice Skating Rink of Kuwait City on January 04

The championship lasted for four weeks with the partecipation of four teams: Touristic Enterprises, Gulf Cables, KAC and Sable.

Now the Kuwait national team will have week a training camp in Sweden to prepare the Gulf championship to be held in Qatar at the end of January.

09 Jan 2016, 20:57 | DEL2 game visited by 31,853 fans

The Sachsen derby Dresdner Eislöwen - Lausitzer Füchse in the German second league, DEL2, was played outdors at the Dresden football stadium in front of 31,853 spectators. The home team won the game 4-3 in overtime.

08 Jan 2016, 15:05 | EBEL: Foxes add NHL-experienced defenceman

Italian EBEL-club HC Bolzano Foxes has signed 32-year-old defenceman Brendan Bell. The blueliner can look back at 102 games in NHL and 530 in AHL, as well as three Spengler Cup appearances for Team Canada.
With this addition, Bolzano will have to release one forward, with Brodie Reid, Alex Foster and Nick Palmieri being the most probable candidates for the roster cut.

07 Jan 2016, 19:27 | EBEL: Hannu Järvenpää to coach the Red Devils

Hungarian club Székesfehérvár AV19, currenty on 9th place in EBEL, has hired Hannu Järvenpää as the new head coach. The 52-year-old from Finland, who has coached in EBEL since the 2009/2010 season, replaces Rob Pallin. Järvenpää is well known in the league as former bench boss of Ljubljana and Villach, where he was fired two months ago.

07 Jan 2016, 16:09 | Sputnik Nizhny Tagil forward passed away

Sputnik Nizhny Tagil forward Sergei Simonov, 24, suddenly passed away. According to preliminary reports, the player was hospitalized after a training session, held the day before. He complained of pain in the region of the spleen. The exact cause of death has not been established but an investigation was opened. Before to arrive at Sputnik, Simonov, a product of Novokuznetsk school, played for Lada and Lipetsk in 2013-2014, Sary-Arka Karaganda 2014-2015 and Kristal Saratov in the first part of current season

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