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10 Jan 2022, 14:36 | Kyrgyzstan won Eurasian Championship

With a perfect record, Kyrgyzstan won the first edition of Eurasian Championship, a U20 tournament played in Istanbul and organized by Turkish Federation to replace the World Championship cancelled by IIHF due to Covid-19

All the gamesheets and stats avaiable here

29 Dec 2021, 20:19 | Lööf suspended

Sweden's Leo Lööf is suspended for one game at the World Juniors for a violation of IIHF Official Playing Rule 48 (Illegal Check to the Head or Neck) and Rule 41 (Boarding) in the game against Slovakia.

29 Dec 2021, 18:18 | Team Czechia placed in quarantine

A Czech player has tested positive so the Czech U20 team will be unable to play the 29 December preliminary game against Finland at the World juniors.

29 Dec 2021, 00:13 | Canadian forward suspended at the World Juniors

The IIHF Disciplinary Panel has issued a one-game suspension to Canada's Justin Sourdif, for a violation of IIHF Playing Rule 48 - Illegal Check to the Head or Neck.

28 Dec 2021, 19:36 | Team USA placed in quarantine

Two players of Team USA at the World Juniors tested positive and the team is placed in quarantine. Today's game against Switzerland is canceled. The result will be recorded as a 1-0 win for Switzerland.

Whether tomorrow's game against Sweden can be played or not is not yet known.

26 Dec 2021, 22:36 | No team relegated from World Juniors

The IIHF Council has voted that no team will be relegated from the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship.

The 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship will be played with 11 teams with the aim of going back to 10 teams for the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship.

23 Dec 2021, 22:18 | Pre-WJC game cancelled

Today's pre-tournament game between Czechia and Switzerland has been cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols, reports Hockey Canada.

20 Dec 2021, 20:24 | Bjarki Jóhannesson and Kristín Ingadóttir are the 2021 Icelandic Player of the Year

Bjarki Jóhannesson has been chosen ice hockey player of the year 2021 by the board of the Icelandic Hockey Association.

Bjarki has played with Skautafélag Reykjavíkur all his career and is the captain of the team. According to the motivation of the award: "He is the backbone of all SR games, takes an active part in all training and is a role model for many young players"

Bjarki has been a member of the Icelandic national team for many years, first in 2011 with the U18 national team and then in the U20 national team and now in recent years he has been a permanent member of the A national team

Kristín Ingadóttir (Fjolnir) won the award as women Player of the Year

20 Dec 2021, 15:38 | U16 tournament cancelled

The 4-nation tournament for U16 teams to be played in Imatra and Lappeenranta in Finland  in the last week of December has been cancelled due to Corona.

Participating teams would have been Finland, Switzerland, Slovakia and Germany.

18 Dec 2021, 23:37 | Russia wins U17 tournament

Russia beat Czech Republic, Slovakia and USA to win the 4-nation tournament for U17 teams in Piestany.

Results: Czech Republic - Russia 0-3, Slovakia - USA 2-5, USA - Czech Republic 4-1, Slovakia - Russia 2-5, Russia - USA 3-0 and Slovakia - Czech Republic 4-6.

18 Dec 2021, 15:12 | Hungary vs. France cancelled

The EIHC Christmas Cup game between Hungary and France scheduled to be played in Pytom, Poland today has been cancelled after one Hungarian player tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.

17 Dec 2021, 23:13 | Finland wins EYOF

Finland won the European Youth Olympics Festival tournament. They beat Russia 4-3 in the final game. The Finnish goals were scored by Kasper Lundell, Otto Hokkanen, Aaron Hakala, and Jere Lassila. Topias Leinonen in the net made 32 saves.

15 Dec 2021, 23:17 | Slovakia beat Latvia

In Lonza Arena Visp Slovakia beat Latvia 6-2 in the 3-nation tournament that also include Switzerland.

12 Dec 2021, 21:53 | Opening day in Tallinn

France, Ukraine and Slovenia got clear wins on the opening day of the World U20 Championship Division 1B in Tondiraba Icehall in Tallinn, Estonia.

France beat Poland 6-2, Ukraine beat Estonia 7-2 and Slovenia beat Japan 7-3.

04 Dec 2021, 15:57 | Continental Cup Superfinals held in Aalborg

The International Ice Hockey Federation announced the Continental Cup Superfinals will be held in Aalborg, Denmark from 7 to 9 January 2022.

Matches will be held at the "Gigantium" arena, one of the largest indoor arena in the country, with a capacity of 5,000 spectators

Host Aalborg Pirates will face Saryarka Karaganda (Kazakhstan), Cracovia Krakow (Poland) and HC Gomel (Belarus)

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