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15 Jul 2015, 20:11 | Bobby Butler to MODO Hockey

Former NHL star Bobby Butler have signed with MODO Hockey. The contract is signed to two years. -"We got something interesting going on," MODO's General Manager Per Svartvadet says to modohockey.se

15 Jul 2015, 07:37 | Landshut denied last chance to stay in DEL2

As we reported last week, EV Landshut of Germany's DEL2, didn't comply with the license requirements of the league. Last efforts to get the necessary financial guarantees by its main shareholder Rainer Beck gave the club new hope. Now the league made clear that Landshut missed all the important dates and deadlines to get the licence and is out 100% for the 2015-16 season. If Landshut can start in third-tier Oberliga stays uncertain.

14 Jul 2015, 22:28 | Rögle BK signed two new players

Rögle BK have signed AHL-Forward Alex Aleardi and at the same time Kelsey Tessier. Both contracts is signed to one year.

14 Jul 2015, 09:27 | Graz 99ers sign Danish international

Austrian EBEL side Graz 99ers have made a big signing by bringing Danish national team forward Morten H. Poulsen to Central Europe for the 2015-16 season. Poulsen has played in 118 national team games for Denmark and was last playing for IK Oskarshamn in Sweden's 2nd division HockeyAllsvenskan.

13 Jul 2015, 20:35 | Heilbronner Falken apply to DEL2 license

Relegated Heilbronner Falken apply to the licensing procedure for participation in next DEL2, replacing EV Landshut, unable to grant license. Date for the final decision isn't still known

10 Jul 2015, 11:37 | Donbas returns to play

After one year of hiatus due to the political situation in East Ukraine, HC Donbas submitted application to play in next Ukraine League as confirmed by General Director Alexei Braga. Due to the damages of Druzhba Arena in Donets'k, Donbas will play home games at Altair Arena, in the city of Druzhkivka, 90 km from Donets'k. Another dormant club, 2013-14 silver medallist Bilyỹ Bars Bila Tserkva, expressed interest in rejoining the league next season.

10 Jul 2015, 10:47 | No license for EV Landshut

EV Landshut won't play in next DEL2. The Supervisory Board of DEL2 confirmed the club didn't complied with the license requirements "despite great efforts" and is out from next season. "That is really bad. Bud we have set out guidelines. This must apply to all" said DEL2 CEO René Rudorisch.
Relegated Heilbronner Falken and the finalists of Oberliga playoffs Füchse Duisburg and EV Regensburg are the candidates to replace Landshut

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08 Jul 2015, 17:52 | Viking Tallinn not accepted in Latvian League

The request of Viking Tallinn to play in next Latvian League was rejected as reported by newspaper Delfi. Expelled by Estonian Meistriliga after the regular season for debts belonging to ceased club Viking Sport but that the club had promised to pay.
"We have been negotiating with representatives of the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation for performing in the Latvian League - said Viking representative Anatoli Sizov - A few days ago we received a reply from Riga. Unfortunately, we won't play in the championship of Latvia because our request was denied"
Expelled from Estonia League and rejected by Latvia, Sizov admits the club still doesn't know where to play next season: "The preparation for the new season will start probably in late July Where we are going to play? We are looking for options."

05 Jul 2015, 21:32 | New coach to Dinamo Riga

The Finnish coach Kari Heikkilä will take over the Latvian KHL team Dinamo Riga. Heikkilä has earlier coached four other KHL clubs: Lokomotiv (2008-10), Metallurg Magnitogorsk (2010-11), Dinamo Minsk (2012) and Neftekhimik (2013-14).

05 Jul 2015, 10:34 | Sapporo will host Olympic Pre-Qualification Group J

The Tsukisamu Gymnasium in Sapporo will be the venue for Group J of the Olympic Pre-Qualification for the 2018 Olympic men's ice hockey tournament, scheduled for 11 to 14 February 2016. Japan, Ukraine, Croatia and Romania will battle for a spot in the Final Olympic Qualification held 1-4 September 2016 in three groups.
Built for 1972 Olympics, Tsukisamu has a 5831 capacity and normally hosts Asia League games. Hosted the IHWC Division Ib in 2008 and last March the World Women's Curling Championship

03 Jul 2015, 15:58 | Kristall Saratov and Dizel Penza will play in VHL, Kuban is out

New moviments in VHL: contrary to the allegations made by VHL Managing Director German Skoropupov last week, Dizel Penza will play in next VHL, along with the return of Kristall Saratov, not played in VHL last season for financial reasons. After much uncertainty,it's now official the withdrawal of Kuban Krasnodar: "We all believed until the last second that will be able to solve the financial issues and to play in VHL, but the economic situation in the country and in the region, not allowed to do it." said Kuban CEO Viktor Babenko

30 Jun 2015, 16:13 | KHL schedule announced

The KHL schedule for 2015-16 can now be found in our games database.

29 Jun 2015, 15:30 | HS Rīga ’98 will play in Latvian Virsiliga

Latvian 1 Liga finalist HS Rīga '98 will play next season in Virsliga, lead by coaches Leonids Beresnevs and Andrejs Ignatovičs. The roster will be composed mostly by 1997 and 1998 born players

27 Jun 2015, 08:08 | New Manchester Storm replaces Stingrays

- eliteleague.co.uk release

Ice hockey's Manchester Storm are back and when the puck drops in September, they will be playing in the top flight of British ice hockey - the Elite Ice Hockey League.

The Storm will be owned and operated by The Ice Rink Company Ltd, spearheaded by Mark Johnson, and will play out of Silverblades Ice Rink Altrincham.

The rebirth of the Storm keeps the EIHL at 10 strong teams for the upcoming campaign, as Manchester effectively replace Hull Stingrays in all competitions.

The Elite Ice Hockey League approached the new bosses of the Storm a week ago when it emerged that new circumstances meant that the participation of the Hull Stingrays in season 2015-16 was in jeopardy.

Earlier today it was confirmed that Hull would not be taking part in the upcoming campaign.

Manchester Storm were represented at an EIHL board meeting today and were unanimously welcomed into the league.

Mark Johnson, director of the Storm, said: "These are exciting times for ice hockey in the Manchester area and when we were approached by the EIHL to join the league, we pulled out all the stops to make it happen.

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