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04 Jun 2015, 12:24 | Arystan won’t play next season

It's now official: Arystan Temirtau won't play in next Kazakhstan League as confirmed by executive secretary of Federation Gleb Karataev: "we have no team in Temirtau next season, the budget of Karaganda region can not finance three cities with three clubs and three junior teams. I am confident that the economic situation is temporary, soon everything will return back on track again and we will see an hockey team from Temirtau."

After the folding of Arystan, initially Sary Arka expressed the intention to transfer its farm team to Temirtau but the plan remained on paper.

04 Jun 2015, 12:13 | Benoit Doucet is the new coach in Bremerhaven

DEL2 silver medalist Fischtown Bremerhaven announced the hiring of 52-year-old Canadian, with German passport, Benoit Doucet as new headcoach. After a successful career as player in DEL and with Germany national team, this will be the first experence as coach

03 Jun 2015, 17:30 | Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg at Spengler Cup

KHL team Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg will make its debut to next Spengler Cup as fifth team invited besides HC Davos, HC Lugano, Team Canada and Adler Mannheim

01 Jun 2015, 08:58 | Oshawa wins Memorial Cup

Oshawa Generals won Memorial Cup last night after beating Kelowna Rockets 2-1 in the final. Oshawa had one European player on the roster: Tobias Lindberg of Sweden who lead the team in scoring with three goals and two assists.

The German forward of Kelowna Rockets, Leon Draisaitl, was the Memorial Cup top scorer with four goals and three assists.

30 May 2015, 20:42 | Johansson left HV71

Head coach Andreas Johansson left Swedish HV71 on Friday. The announcement came after a series of news reports about internal problems in the club. Both the managers Johan Davidsson and Johan Hult and many players have been reported to be unhappy with Johansson's leadership which finally made him to leave the club. HV71 is currently looking for a new head coach.

30 May 2015, 09:54 | Belarus U18 will play in MHL

According to Belarus Federation site, U18 national team will play in MHL next season. RCOP Raubichi coaching duo Sergey Belov and assistant Alexander Orlenko will lead the team. A training camp to select the roster will be held in Minsk from 18 to 23 June

29 May 2015, 09:44 | Tretiak: KHL clubs are not interested in Champions League

Vladislav Tretiak, head of Hockey Russia, told that Russian clubs are not interested in playing in the Champions League.

"KHL clubs are not very interested in this competition. They have five Austrian teams there, three Finnish teams... Logically, our clubs are not eager to play them. They were ready to play in final stages, but CL's officials were against it.

This tournament is not very popular. Of course, participation of KHL club would help with it. But if we do participate, we won't have time for national team." - Tretiak said in his interview to Soviet Sport newspaper.

27 May 2015, 11:50 | Lugano will play Spengler Cup

HC Lugano is the 4th team to partecipate at 89th edition of Spengler Cup besides HC Davos, Team Canada and Adler Mannheim

27 May 2015, 11:36 | HC Kremenchuk applies to partecipate in Continental Cup

Ukraine silver medalist HC Kremenchuk applied to partecipate in next Continental Cup hosting one group in its arena. Kremenchuk won the regular season of Ukraine League, losing finals against ATEK Kyiv. The draw for 2015-16 Continental Cup will take place on June 20. Recall last season Ukraine representative Companion Kyiv withdrawn from competition due to the political situation

26 May 2015, 10:56 | Hungary Federation President resigned

After five years and two terms, Hungary Ice Hockey President Miklós Németh resigned. Federation has 60 days to find a new boss
"You have to step aside when you are on top" commented Nemeth

26 May 2015, 10:34 | Almaty will host Asian Cup 2016

The city of Almaty, Kazakhstan, will host the traditional Asian Cup in August 2016. U20 teams of Kazakhstan, Japan, South Korea and a club from Russian MHL have confirmed their participation. China and North Korea have not yet decided to participate

22 May 2015, 16:19 | Atlant Moscow Oblast won’t play in next KHL season

As reported by website Chempionat.ru KHL President Dmitri Chernyshenko has officially confirmed that Atlant Moscow Oblast will not participate in the next season of KHL due to financial problems. "Because of the financial problems Atlant won't be on ice next season. We' ll see what will happen next"- said mr. Chernyshenko. Junior teams, including Mytischi Atlantes of the MHL, continue to operate regularly

21 May 2015, 23:33 | KHL All-Star Team

The KHL All-Star Team was announced today:

Goalie: Anders Nilsson, Ak Bars Kazan
Defensemen: Maxim Chudinov, SKA St. Petersburg, Nikita Zaitsev, CSKA Moskva
Forwards: Artemy Panarin, SKA St. Petersburg, Alexander Radulov, CSKA Moskva, Steve Moses, Jokerit

21 May 2015, 12:11 | Vladimir Ruzicka signed for ten years with Chomutov

Czech Republic national team headcoch Vladimir Ruzicka signed a ten years contract with Extraliga newly promoted Chomutov Pirates putting an end to the rumours about his sign with Avangard Omsk. Former coach Břetislav Kopřiva and Jan Stastny will be the assistants. Until now Ruzicka coached only Slavia Praha and Czech National Team

21 May 2015, 10:45 | End of season awards in Hungary

The Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation announced their end of season awards for the 2014-15 season.

Gábor Ocskay Award - Best Forward: Dániel Kóger (Fehérvár AV19)

Vedres Cup - Best Goalie: Miklós Rajna (Fehérvár AV19)

Miklós Cup - Most technical players: István Bartalis (Fehérvár AV19)

Kósa Cup - Rookie of the Year: Balázs Sebők (Hokki, Finland)

Leveles Cup - Best youth player: Máté Gáspár (EHC Linz, Austria)

Miklós Séra Award - Best youth coach: Tyler Dietrich (Fehérvár AV19)

Male player of the year: Zoltán Hetényi (Fehérvár AV19)

Female player of the year: Anikó Németh (KMH Budapest)

Inline player of the year: Zoltán Revák (Ferencváros)

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