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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".

16 May 2015, 10:27 | Turkmenistan approved as IIHF associate member

The IIHF Congress admitted Turkmenistan as associate member, the 74th country to enter in the hockey family, the third Central Asia country after Kazakhstan (1992) and Kyrgyzstan (2011).
Turkmenistan has currently three rinks including the 10.000 seats Winter Sports Palace in Ashgabat and launched the first domestic league last season, won by Galkan. The 2014-15 edition is underway

15 May 2015, 16:25 | World Championships 2019 and 2020 assigned

The 2015 IIHF Annual Congress assigned the organization of World Championship 2019 to Slovakia, in the cities of Bratislava and Kosice, and 2020 to Switzerland, venues will be Zurich and Lausanne. Both countries were the only applicants.
World championship will be back in Switzerland after the last edition in 2009 when Bern and Zurich-Kloten hosted the competition. Slovakia organized the 2011 World Championship in 2011 in the same venues

12 May 2015, 11:23 | Medveščak confirms to continue with KHL for 2015-16

Ranko Vucinic, Communication Director of Medveščak Zagreb, confirms the organization will play KHL also in the 2015-16 season. "We never had any doubts about Medveščak`s participation in the KHL," Vucinic says.

11 May 2015, 12:30 | Adler Mannheim third team to participate at Spengler Cup

According to the Spengler Cup media announcement, the Adler Mannheim of the German DEL will be the third team (HC Davos and Team Canada are the other two) to participate at this years Spengler Cup edition. It will be the 8th time the Germans participate at the New Years tournament. In 2012 they reached the final after beating an NHL-packed team Canada 5-2 but fell short to Swiss Hockey Club Fribourg-Gottéron in the final. Mannheim feel honoured to represent the DEL in the highly regarded Club tournament. Further participants will be announced.

10 May 2015, 22:54 | Axel Holmström Swedish Junior of the Year

Axel Holmström of Skellefteå AIK in SHL was named Swedish Junior of the Year 2014/2015. He set a new league record in playoff points when he was noted for 18 points during the SHL playoffs.

07 May 2015, 16:05 | Hadamczik becomes new head coach of Brno

Czech coach Alois Hadamczik, 62, takes over a Czech Extraliga club of Kometa Brno. So far, Hadamczik earned seven Extraliga medals with three organizations - Vítkovice, Třinec and Sparta. His last appearance in club hockey is five years old already, when he was in charge of Vítkovice between 2008 and 2010. After then, Hadamczik was the head coach of the national team of Czech Republic (2010-14).

30 Apr 2015, 11:47 | Swiss former player Duri Camichel died in a car accident

Former EV Zug captain Duri Camichel, 33, died in a car accident while travellling in South America, along with fitness coach Harry Andereggen. Retired in 2014 after 15 season and 693 games in NLA, almost with EV Zug, Camichel played also at World Championship 2007 with Switzerland.
"We are very sad and shocked. On behalf of Swiss Ice Hockey I extend my condolences to the families" said in a brief note Swiss Ice Hockey CEO Florian Kohler

28 Apr 2015, 14:44 | Awards in Belarus

After the end of Extraliga, Federation, through the votes of captains and coaches, determined the winners of seasonal awards.

Best goalkeeper - Maxim Malyutin (Shakhtar Soligorsk)
Best defender - Andrei Korshunov (Neman Grodno)
Best Forward - Victor Andruschenko (Shakhtar Soligorsk)
Top scorer - Jakub Cerny (Yunost Minsk)
Best young player - Christian Henkel (Yunost Minsk)
Best referee - Maksim Sidorenko
Best arena - Chizhovka Arena Minsk

Special prize for his great contribution to the development of hockey in Belarus was awarded the Governor of Minsk region Semyon Shapiro.

the winner of best coach prize will be determined after the end of the World Championship in Czech Republic

28 Apr 2015, 13:17 | Kazakhstan League awards determined

Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation announces the seasonal awards for 2014-2015

Kazakhstan League Best Goaltender: Anton Todykov (Gornyak Rudny)
Kazakhstan League Best Defender: Aleksei Shorokhov (Arlan Kokshetau)
Kazakhstan League Best Forward: Ivan Kiselyov (HK Astana)

27 Apr 2015, 09:23 | New name, coach and team for Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk

Next season Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk will allign a team in MHL, as announced by Governor of East Kazakhstan region Daniyal Akhmetov. In the same press conference was also announced that team will be back at original name Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, even if company Kazzinc will continue to support the club. Finally was announced former assistant coach Alexei Fetisov as new headcoach

25 Apr 2015, 15:02 | Ukraine relegated

In the first game of the last day of the Div. IA Championships in Cracow, Ukraine was defeated by the team of Japan with the score 3:1. This means that Ukraine is relegated to division IB.

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