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15 Aug 2015, 20:36 | Noora Räty won’t play in NWHL

Finnish star goalie Noora Räty won't play in the new professional women's league NWHL. "Plan is to keep playing with men this season and look how NWHL develops", she says on her Twitter.

14 Aug 2015, 22:41 | Results preseason Friday August 14

There's been two games played today where three Swedish SHL teams and one Finnish team were involved. Here are the results.

Frölunda HC-HV71 0-4 and Luleå HF-Kärpät 0-3.

14 Aug 2015, 15:13 | Laura Rollins new coach of the Norwegian Women’s team

Laura Rollins will be the new coach of the Norwegian women's national team. Rollins, currently Sports director in Stavanger IHK, has coached Norway's U18-girl national team the last 4 seasons. She has also been coach of Stavanger's Ladies' team in Eliteserien. Rollins is originally from Canada, where she has gotten her hockey education, but has also studied hockey at Sports Institute in Vierumäki, Finland.

14 Aug 2015, 14:46 | HIFK names captain

Arttu Luttinen will he new captain of the Finnish Liiga club HIFK. Juuso Puustinen and Daniel Grillfors will wear the "A" jerseys.

14 Aug 2015, 14:42 | Sami Salo retires

The Finnish NHL veteran Sami Salo decided to retired. The 41-year-old defenseman has had troubles with an injured wrist and hasn't played a game since the spring 2014. Salo played 878 NHL games 1998-2014 and represented Finland at four Olympic tournaments.

13 Aug 2015, 23:52 | Results preseason Thursday August 13

Malmö Redhawks-Växjö Lakers 3-0, Djurgårdens IF-Skellefteå AIK 2-1, HPK-Luleå HF 3-1, Huddinge-AIK 0-4, Östersund-Timrå IK 4-3 (SO), Sparta Sarpsborg-BIK Karlskoga 1-6, Västerås-Vita Hästen 1-2 (SO), Björklöven-Asplöven 5-1.

13 Aug 2015, 09:38 | Five games and seven teams up for preseason games

Seven teams from the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan will be up today and try to measure their strenghts.

Sparta Sarpsborg – Karlskoga, Huddinge – AIK, Björklöven – Asplöven, Östersund – Timrå and Västerås – Vita Hästen.

13 Aug 2015, 09:10 | Swedish Preseason games Thursday August 12

There will be three preseason games for the Swedish teams today. Some interesting meetings to keep an eye on.

Djurgårdens IF - Skellefteå AIK, Malmö Redhawks - Växjö Lakers and HPK - Luleå Hockey.

12 Aug 2015, 23:03 | U17: USA and Slovakia wins

USA beat Czech Republic 5-4 and Slovakia got a 3-1 win over Switzerland on the opening day of a U17 tournament in Arosa.

12 Aug 2015, 13:03 | Ivan Baranka to Rögle BK

Rögle BK have signed the Slovakian defender Ivan Baranka. The contract is sealed for one year. Baranka has 107 national games behind him and he has played in KHL and AHL. Baranka is Rögle's eleventh recruit for upcoming season.

12 Aug 2015, 06:49 | Results from Swedish preseason games

Linköping HC vs Skellefteå AIK 6-0, Västerås VIK vs Djurgårdens IF 1-0, IK Pantern vs Malmö Redhawks 0-4. Notable is that Skellefteå AIK lost their second straight game yesterday.

12 Aug 2015, 05:36 | Düsseldorf to miss two players for months due to injuries

For DEL side Düsseldorfer EG the preseason is not going well. Newly signed German forward Christoph Gawlik had an ACL rupture in his right knee during a test match against Swiss club EHC Olten and will be out for at least 6 months which means the 28 year old will miss most of the regular season.

Out for an uncertain period of time is fellow team mate Jakub Ficenec. The 38 year old Czech suffered a knee injury aswell,

11 Aug 2015, 20:41 | Neman Grodno signed Slovakian forward

HC Neman Grodno signed slovakian 33-years old forward Frantisek Skladany. Last year Skladany played 56 games (16g., 15a.) in VHL for Buran Voronezh. In 2008 Skladany performed with Team Slovakia in the World Championship. Skladany will play in Salei Cup against Shakhtar Soligorsk August 15.

11 Aug 2015, 07:48 | Adler Mannheim without Metropolit next 4-6 weeks

DEL top team Adler Mannheim has to play without 41 year old veteran Glen Metropolit during the next 4-6 weeks. The forward suffered a rib fracture and is likely going to miss the group stage of the 2015-16 Champions Hockey League season which is played between 21 August and 5 September 2015.

10 Aug 2015, 23:47 | Swedish preseason games Tuesday 11/8-2015

Three preseason games will be played tomorrow Tuesday 11/8-2015. Four SHL teams are facing some tough and a little easier opponents.

Linköping HC will stand up against Skellefteå AIK, Västerås VIK will take on Djurgårdens IF and IK Pantern will face Malmö Redhawks