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25 Mar 2015, 13:30 | Voracek to play WC

According to Vladimir Ruzicka, head coach of the Czech national team, Jakub Voracek, one of the top scorers in the NHL, will join the team for the upcoming World Championship reports the World Championship Facebook page.

24 Mar 2015, 16:06 | SA Akureyri wins title in Iceland

By beating arch rival and regular season winner SR Reykjavik 4-1 in the final series and 7-0 in the decisive game, SA Akureyri wins the title of Icelandic League for the third consecutive year, confirming its domination on domestic hockey with 5 titles in last 6 years. As last season, SA American forward Ben DiMarco was the top scorer with 49 points (33+16) in 24 games.

24 Mar 2015, 15:19 | Tohoku Free Blades wins championship

Tohoku Free Blades of Japan beat Anyang Halla of South Korea for the third consecutive game to win the Asia League title.

22 Mar 2015, 22:12 | Delovaja Rus confirms title in Lithuania

Russian team Delovaja Rus Kaliningrad confirms the title of Lithuanian league won last year by beating 5-2 in the final, played in Elektrenai, Kauno Baltų ainių from Kaunas. Delovaja dominated regular season, losing one game at overtime and two by forfait. Player/coach Pavel Fominych is the top scorer with 68 points (36+32) in 21 games.
Juodupės LRK from the small town of Juodupė - 2000 inhabitants - won the bronze medal, the first ever title for the club - beating 7-2 Elektrėnų Lokiai-Poseidonas.

Individual awards:

Best goalie: Lukas Jakšys (Kauno Baltų)
Best Defender: Artūras Katulis (Juodupes)
Best forward: Konstantin Isaev (Delovaja Rus)
MVP: Jurij Aleksejev (Delovaja Rus)

20 Mar 2015, 18:29 | Turkish U18 team promoted

The Turkish under-18 team beat Hong Kong 9-1 and the home team New Zealand 5-4 to win promotion from Division III Group B, the lowest level of IIHF's U18 World Championships.

19 Mar 2015, 16:48 | Junior Minsk won Belarus Second division

By beating 4-1 regular season champion Metallurg Zhlobin-2 in the final series, Junior Minsk keeps the title of Belarus Second Division. It's the third championship in last four years and the fifth total for Yunost Minsk farm club. Khimik-SKA-2 Novopolotsk forward Vitali Raparovich finished as top scorer with 70 points (29+41) in 28 games played.

19 Mar 2015, 15:05 | Kirill Dvurechensky appointed interim coach at Sary Arka

Sary Arka General Manager Kirill Dvurechensky will replace as interim headcoach current coach Leonīds Tambijevs. Due to health problems Tambijevs must undergo medical examinations. Sary Arka is currently playing VHL playoffs quarter finals against Ermak Angarsk

19 Mar 2015, 11:47 | Honken Trophy to Lassinantti

Luleå's goalie Joel Lassinantti, 22, has been awarded Honken Trophy as the best goalie in Swedish ice hockey 2014/15.

15 Mar 2015, 23:52 | Medvescak dominates again in Croatia

Medvescak Zagreb won the seventh consecutive title in Croatia, beating 3-0 in the final series (7-2 ; 6-5 and 10-3) Mladost Zagreb. As usual Medvescak competed in regular season with reserve team, but played playoffs with various players from KHL team.

Awards:
League MVP: Ivan Janković (KHL Zagreb)
Best Goalie: Ivan Štimac Rojtinić (Mladost Zagreb)
Best Forward: Tadija Mirić (Mladost Zagreb)

15 Mar 2015, 18:46 | Partizan win 19th title in Serbia

By beating HK Beostar 6-8 and 7-3 in two-games final series, Partizan Beograd won the 2014-2015 edition of Serbian League, continuing to dominate domestic hockey scene: it's title number 19, the 10th consecutive, for Partizan. Beostar Ukrainian forward Dmitri Gnitko was the top scorer of the league with 37 points (19+18) in 12 games of regular season

07 Mar 2015, 22:27 | Gomel and Yunost set a record

It needs 6 overtimes for a total of 165 minutes to determine the winner of Semifinals game #1 in Belarus Extraliga playoffs between Gomel and Yunost Minsk, a new record for the country and one of longest hockey game in a professional league. With score of 1-1 after regular time, Vitaly Kiryushchenkov rocks the boat at 165:11 to give Yunost 1-0 advantage in the series. Yunost goalie Aleksandr Borodulya recorded a 108-shots stopped

04 Mar 2015, 13:18 | Anders Jespersen to coach Sydney Ice Dogs

New experience for the wandering goalie: Danish Anders Jespersen is the new headcoach of Sydney Ice Dogs of Australian Icehockey League, replacing Andrew Petrie, moved to Newcastle North Stars last September. Jespersen start the season as Oman National team headcoach, before to move in Serbia, where worked as goalies' coach at Crvena Zvezda

01 Mar 2015, 12:25 | Caen relegated

After five seasons in Ligue Magnus, Caen was relegated in 1 Division after being sweeped 4-0 by Lyon in playouts series. Caen lost 5-7 at home game #4 of the serie

26 Feb 2015, 14:48 | HC Yverdon ask relegation

Saved by winning the playouts series against HC Moutier, Swiss 1 Liga HC Yverdon announces club asked the voluntary relegation to 2.Liga for next season.
"The current conditions, both sporting and financial, set by Swiss Federation are no longer bearable for the majority of clubs in amateur leagues. This decision, carefully considered, is certainly difficult, but especially responsible" said the club

26 Feb 2015, 11:51 | Kevin DeVergilio received 8-games suspension

After the tumultuous game #2 of playoffs quarterfinals between Appiano and Asiago, the Disciplinary Committee of Italian Federation fined Asiago forward Kevin DeVergilio with eight games-suspension for hitting intentionally an opponent with the stick, seriously wounding him. For other fights Appiano's Marc Olivier Vallerand received three games suspension and Matteo Tessari (Asiago) and Michael Messner (Appiano) one game.

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