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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 Recall last season Ukraine representative Companion Kyiv withdrawn from competition due to the political situation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)

20 May 2015, 18:48 | Medvedev goes to Philadelphia

Ak Bars Kazan d-man Evgeny Medvedev terminated his contract with KHL side in order to sign with Philadelphia Flyers. Medvedev, 32 years old, won two Gagarin Cups in the KHL. He was a UFA in the NHL.

19 May 2015, 18:32 | KHL trade union against Barys Astana

The head of KHL players' trade union, Andrey Kovalenko, said that union will insist on excluding Barys Astana from next KHL season. Players and staff of Kazakh received their last salaries in January, and only 80% of it. If debt is not closed until May 30, trade union will be insisting on stopping Astana participation in the tournament.

18 May 2015, 19:10 | CSKA Moscow applies to allign a team in VHL

CSKA Moscow should enter a team in next VHL, based in Chekhov and called Zvezda (star).
VHL Managing Director Nikolai Karpovich and Head of the Department of the competition Dmitry Ichetovkina and Head of Communications Sergey Mozhayeva inspected the Palace of Sports "Vityaz" for compliance with the requirements of VHL regulations.

"Today we have almost all the necessary documents, including financial guarantees. Inspection has shown that this arena will be one of the best in the league, perhaps the most comfortable. I hope that Zvedza take root in this arena." said Deputy Managing Director of the VHL Nikolai Karpovich.
The official decision about the participation of the club will be taken at the general meeting of the League, next May 28

16 May 2015, 16:48 | Sjögren wins Peter Forsberg Trophy

Mattias Sjögren has been awarded with the Peter Forsberg Trophy as the best Swedish forward in SHL. Sjögren who was also one of the best players in Team Sweden at the WC won the award with the following motivation. "A strong, physical and creative player. Very loyal with the team and with a strong will to win. Had an enourmous development and took many steps forward the last season".

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