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26 Dec 2015, 10:26 | Serie A: Johnny Lazo leaves the Broncos

forward Johnny Lazo, in his first season as a pro after graduating from University of Alberta, showed strong abilitites playing for Sterzing/Vipiteno in Serie A. In 22 games he collected 35 points (16 assists and 19 goals), even scoring his first hattrick in his last game in Italy. For personal reasons the 26-year-old has now decided to terminate his contract with the 3rd placed Broncos, who are now looking for a new top line forward.

25 Dec 2015, 19:41 | Coaching news in EBEL

HC Innsbruck, currently ranked 11th in EBEL, fired head coach Christer Olsson. Aisstant coach Pierre Beaulieu will act as interim head coach for the Sharks.

In the meantime, record champion Klagenfurter AC decided to extend the contract with interim coach Alexander Mellitzer. The 35-year-old Austrian will stay bench boss also for the remainder of the current season.

23 Dec 2015, 23:42 | Sebastian Aho injured

Team Sweden U20 defenseman Sebastian Aho was injured during today's game against Canada. He will now miss the World Juniors in Finland. A puck fractured his larynx and he will be out for 4-6 weeks.

22 Dec 2015, 10:25 | Romania Cup final suspended

The final of Romanian Cup between SC Miercurea Ciuc and Steaua Bucharest, played at Gheorgheni arena, was suspended after the second period due to a short circuit to the lighting system which caused the explosion of two reflectors and a fire. The firefighters decided to evacuate the spectators from the rink. Given the impossibility to guarantee the repair in a short time, Federation decided to reschedule the game for a future date to be determined. At the moment of suspension the score was 7-2 in favour of SC Miercurea Ciuc. In the bronze game, Dunarea Galati won 7-6 at overtime against host Progym

20 Dec 2015, 23:07 | Serie A: Kim Collins is the new Wolves’ bench boss

After firing Mario Richer, HC Pustertal hired Kim Collins as the club's new head coach. Collins is a three-time Swiss NLB champion and a deep-playoff-push will definitely be expected in Serie A too.

18 Dec 2015, 13:16 | Serie A: Ulrich Egen is Gherdeina’s new head coach

After releasing Henry Thom from his duties, HC Gherdeina hired Ulrich Egen as the team's new head coach. Gherdeina is currently on last place in Serie A.

17 Dec 2015, 21:37 | Trevor Walsh new coach at Adrenaline

Adelaide Adrenaline announced the appointment of former player Trevor Walsh as new head coach. Canadian-born Walsh, 44, played from 1998 and 2008 for defunct Adelaide Avalanche amassing an impressive 118 goals and 93 assists in 107 games before closing his career at Gold Coast Blue Tongues. He also represented Australia at three World Championships.
"Trevor is well respected by the players and he has a great mind for hockey. He is fierce competitor and I look forward to working with him to bring a championship back to Adelaide" said former coach and Adrenaline Vice President Ryan O'Handley

17 Dec 2015, 11:27 | Serie A: Pustertal fire coach Mario Richer

After losing the final of the Italian Cup on home ice against Valpellice, the Wolves from Val Pusteria have opted to release Mario Richer from his duties as head coach. Pustertal, currently on second place in Serie A, had been coached by Richer since January of 2014.

14 Dec 2015, 13:20 | New Swiss Head Coach

SIHF signed Daniela Diaz as new head coach of the Swiss women's team.

13 Dec 2015, 17:40 | Valpellice wins Coppa Italia

Valpellice Bulldogs surprisingly wins its second Coppa Italia (Italian national cup), after the premiere in 2012-2013, by beating current league leader and trophy holder SV Renon 4-3 in the semifinal and host Val Pusteria 3-1 in the final in front of 1800 spectators. It's the first trophy for Valpellice coach Tom Barrasso. Val Pusteria reached final beating 2-1 Asiago in the other semifinal

12 Dec 2015, 10:15 | Polish Cup 2015 will be assigned in Nowy Targ

After 10 years from the last appearance, the Nowy Targ Arena, with capacity for 3.500 spectators, will host the finals of Polish Cup 2015 on 29-30 December 2015, featuring the best four teams after two rounds of the regular season. The semifinals pairs are:
16:00 Comarch Cracovia - JKH GKS Hawks
19:30 TatrySki Podhale Nowy Targ - GKS Tychy

The final will started on 30 December at 18:30

12 Dec 2015, 09:55 | Japan U20 withdraws

The 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division IB scheduled from 12 to 18 December in Megeve, France lost one team on the eve of first match: Japan announced the cancellation of partecipation and the consequent relegation to Division II Group A

Thus only five teams - Slovenia, Ukraine, Poland, France and Great Britain - will compete in France and none of the teams will be relegated.

10 Dec 2015, 10:28 | New coach at Zauralie

Albert Loginov,45, is the new headcoach of Zauralie Kurgan after the club terminated by mutual consent the contract with Sergei Dushkin, on Zauralie bench since 2013. Loginov worked as assistant coach at Molot Perm in the last two seasons. Alexei Isakov and Vyacheslav Sedov remain as assitants

07 Dec 2015, 22:40 | Swedish WJC squad

Sweden named today the preminary roster for the World Juniors to be played in Helsinki. You can find it here.

04 Dec 2015, 23:55 | Coppa Italia quarter finals kick off on Saturday

On Saturday, 5th of December and Monday, 7th of December, the eight Serie A clubs will compete in the Coppa Italia quarter finals. The winners of the two-game-series will qualify play the Final Four tournament between 12th and 13th of December. Following are the matchups in the first round:

Asiago - Sterzing
Cortina - Pustertal
Gherdeina - Ritten
Valpellice - Fassa

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