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06 Feb 2015, 13:41 | GEC Ritter Nordhorn in financial troubles

With a short statement GEC Ritter Nordhorn announced the club won't partecipate in Oberliga nord playoffs because of financial insolvency and must thus conclude the season after the regular season. According to Federation rules, a club can't partecipate in the playoffs, as long as a bankruptcy application has been made and the decision is still pending, as in the Ritter case.
"With great sadness we have to announce that at present is not possible for GEC to play in the post-season.
We have tried to provide an explanation of the current situation, to reach the "clemency" in DEB. Unfortunately, there is no way to "break" the rule so for our team is not possible to play the pre-playoffs." said the note

06 Feb 2015, 12:44 | Bolzano Foxes fired coach

Mario Simioni is no longer the coach of Bolzano Foxes after the current EBEL champion missed the top six and will play the Qualification round.
"The dismissal of coach Simioni, who did not meet the expectations of the club in carrying out its tasks, it is a necessary consequence that comes for the good of HC Bolzano, and the players" says sports director and CEO Dieter Knoll.
The new coach will be appointed in next days, rumours are about a return of former coach Adolf insam

06 Feb 2015, 12:30 | Kazakhstan Hockey Federation awarded

Kazakhstan Icehockey Federation was awarded with a diploma for its contribution to the development of sport in Kazakhstan during a cerimony at the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
"We are very pleased to receive this recognition. I would like to share it with all hockey community of the country" commented General Secretary Gleb Karataev

01 Feb 2015, 10:18 | West beat East in MHL Challenge Cup

The West team snatched the victory 3-2 (0:1, 2:0, 0:1, 0:0, 1:0) at the shootouts from the East in the MHL Challenge Cup League,played in Cherepovets. Decisive penalty was scored by Kamil Shiafotdinov (Atlanty). Game MVP were: West captain Roman Manukhov and Alexander Akmaldinov.
After this victory West has four Challenge Cup won, East just two

31 Jan 2015, 17:00 | Yugra fired coach

Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk announced head coach Dmitry Yushkevich and assistants Anatoly Semyonov and Andrei Emelin were suspended from work due to unsatisfactory results of the team. General Manager Andrei Potaichuk was named interim coach. His assistants will be Dmitri Gogolev and Rudolf Pejchar

30 Jan 2015, 16:46 | Three games suspension for Frolo

Tomáš Frolo, a Litvínov defender, has been suspended for the next three Czech Extraliga games. The penalty comes from the Extraliga Disciplinary Committee after Frolo's intentional elbow-hit to the face of the Třinec forward Michal Růžička. Directly during the game on Jan 27 Frolo received a game misconduct penalty from the on-ice referee, which in combination with another previous major penalty, meant an one game stop. The Disciplinary Committee decided to add two more games suspension on top of that.

30 Jan 2015, 14:33 | Petropavlovsk will participate in Kazakhstan league

Next season the city of Petropavlovsk will allign a team in the Kazakhstan League, according to North Kazakhstan region Governor Erik Sultanov: "This year we will complete the construction of the Palace of Sports: A team from the city will play in the Premier League and I'm sure it will be good. Petropavlovsk and North Kazakhstan has always been a leader, we need to regain the title." said Mr. Sultanov

30 Jan 2015, 11:39 | Sergei Zvyagin named new goalies coach at Metallurg

Former goalie Sergei Zvyagin is the new goaltenders coach of Metallurg Magnitogorsk. He replaced Swedish Tomas Bjuhr, whose contract was terminated by mutual consent. After retiring Zvyagin worked as goalies coach at Barys Astana

29 Jan 2015, 14:54 | HK Brest changes coach

For the second time, HK Brest remained without coach: Ukranian Dmitri Yakushin terminates contract by mutual consent of the parties. Assistant coach Alexander Ivanenko will be headcoach until end of season

27 Jan 2015, 13:43 | Rouen won Coupe de France

Ninth final for Dragons Rouen and fifth victory of Coupe de France: by winning Amiens - played its first final - 5-3 in Marseille in front of 3500 spectators, Rouen won its first trophy in the season. Julien Desrosiers was awarded as MVP of the game

26 Jan 2015, 11:37 | Renon/Ritten won Coppa Italia

In a beautiful atmosphere, in front of 3.600 spectators in Milan, SV Renon keep Coppa Italia won last season by beating Milano Rossoblu 4-2. It's the third national cup for current Italian champion. Renon won 3-2 at overtime against Val Pusteria in the semifinal, while Milano Rossoblu earns a spot in the final winning 6-2 against Valpellice

25 Jan 2015, 17:29 | Nove Zamky changes coach

Nove Zamky head coach Slavomir Chlebec resigned from his post citing health reasons. Club named player Lubomir Hurtaj new headcoach with Peter Udvardy as assistant.

"We decided to entrust the team to Ľubomir Hurtaj who knows exactly what the team needs in order to prepare for the playoffs. Lubomir has the full support of the management, the entire executive team and the players themselves. We believe it was the right decision and Lubo meet the expectations" said the club

24 Jan 2015, 22:12 | Toros fired coach

After six defeats in last seven games, Toros Neftekamsk announces the dismissal of coaching staff, headcoach Ruslan Suleymanov and assistant Nikolai Zavarukhin. The coaching duo of MHL-B team Batyr will replace them: Konstantin Polozov as headcoach and Pavel Lazarev as assitant.
Toros is currently 10th in the standing, 26 points behind leader Sary Arka

22 Jan 2015, 13:04 | Euro Ice Hockey Challenge: Romania replaces Kazakhstan

Romania national team will replace the national team of Kazakhstan on the Polish stage of Euro Ice Hockey Challenge (EIHC), scheduled in Torun, Poland, from 05 to 08 February.
Kazakhstan withdrew its participation due to financial problems and injured players. Poland, Hungary and Ukraine are the other participant

22 Jan 2015, 11:28 | Oremus and Šimíček are new coaches of Košice

On last Monday, Jan 19, Slovak Extraliga club Košice removed Anton Tomko and Pavel Zůbek from the positions as the team coaches. From now on, the new men on the player's bench are Pavel Oremus and Roman Šimíček, who recently lead together the Czech club Vítkovice. Oremus and Šimíček come to the Košice Steelers while being the first, but after 5 losses in the last 7 games.