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18 Jan 2015, 18:10 | Barcelona win Copa del Rey

FC Barcelona won for the fifth time, the first since 1996-97, Spanish Copa del Rey by beating 6-2 in the final arch-rival CG Puigcerdà at Jaca. In the semifinals, played on Saturday, Barcelona won 7-6 at overtime Txuri Urdin, while Puigcerdà won 5-3 hosts Jaca. Its the first trophy for Barcelona coach Danylo Didkovsky

18 Jan 2015, 13:57 | Karlovy Vary interrupts its appearance in MHL

Due to financial troubles, the only Czech participant the Energie Karlovy Vary interrupts its appearance in  MHL. The nearest planned games of Energie in Belarus are thus cancelled. In a statement published on the club's website the organization hoped some solution for the situation outcomes of the planned meeting with MHL's management which will take place on next Monday in Prague.

17 Jan 2015, 15:31 | Arystan Temirtau cancel games

Due to financial difficulties of the team, Arystan Temirtau cancelled the games against Beybarys Atyrau, scheduled for 18 and 19 January for Kazakhstan League

12 Jan 2015, 21:11 | Wild up and down game in Czech Extraliga goes for Třinec

Two recent games of Hradec Králové were postponed due to flu epidemy. One of the two  in Třinec had its substitutional term today. During a wild game full of goals Třinec grabbed a quick 2-goals lead in the 1st and 2nd period, but Hradec tied it up twice. As two goals lead appearently was not big enough, in start of the third period Třinec better scored four-times to make it 8-5. Also this time Mountfield was looking for the equalizer, but weren't able to score more than twice. Thus final score of the game which brought 4 powerplay and 2 shorthanded goals was 8-6

11 Jan 2015, 22:44 | France up, Japan down

The French Under-18 girls are promoted to the 2016 World Women's U18 Championship after they won Division 1 undefeated this week.

Japan is relegated from the Elite Division after losing two relegation games against Switzerland.

06 Jan 2015, 09:10 | Groups for WJC Helsinki 2016

The 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship will be played from 25th December 2015 to 5th January 2016 in Helsinki, Finland

Group A
Canada
Sweden
USA
Denmark
Switzerland

Group B
Russia
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Finland
Belarus

03 Jan 2015, 02:51 | Jim Vandermeer suspended 6 games

The disciplinary committee of Swiss Ice Hockey Federation ruled a six-game suspension for Kloten Flyers defender Jim Vandermeer for the charge against the head of Mathieu Tschantré during the match of December 22, 2014 between HC Biel and Kloten. In addition, a fine of CHF 1,500 was imposed on the Canadian defender.

02 Jan 2015, 06:13 | Swiss Yannick Rathgeb suspended two games

The IIHF Disciplinary Panel has suspended Swiss defenceman and team captain Yannick Rathgeb for the next two games of the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championshipas a result of a violation that occurred at 32:02 of the game between Switzerland and Sweden, when Rathgeb delivered a hit on Swedish forward Anton Blidh. This mean Rathgeb will miss the relegation series Switzerland will play against Germany.Rathgeb would be eligible to return if the relegation round series goes to three games.

01 Jan 2015, 05:10 | Quarter-finals set at WJC

After the end of preliminary round, all quarter-finals pairs are now set:

02 January 13:00 United States vs Russia @ Montreal
02 January 15:00 Sweden vs Finland@ Toronto
02 January 17:00 Czech Republic vs Slovakia @ Montreal
02 January 20:00 Canada vs Denmark @ Toronto

Germany and Switzerland will play a relegation series best of three in Toronto, on day 02 and 03 January (05 if necessary)

31 Dec 2014, 05:55 | Buran changes coach

Buran Voronezh announces coach Viktor Bogatyrev resigned from his charge. Club promotes junior team Rossosh coach Sergei Kary. New coach of Rossosh will be mr. Kary assistant Oleg Rudakov. Kary already coached Buran from 2006 to 2010

31 Dec 2014, 03:47 | Grenoble won Coupe de la Ligue

In front of 2500 spectators in Meribel, Grenoble won its fourth Coupe de la Ligue winning 3-2 against traditional rival Rouen, equalizing club from Normandy in Ligue Cup won.
"My players have made sacrifices, blocked shots and worked hard in the defensive zone. They deserved the win" said Canadian Grenoble coach Richard Martel

29 Dec 2014, 20:39 | Anatoli Golyshev suspended one game

The IIHF Disciplinary Panel has handed down a one-game suspension to Russian forward Anatoli Golyshev for his hit on Switzerland's Phil Baltisberger during the preliminary round game Russia won 7-0 yesterday. Swiss defender was removed from the ice but already yesterday the hypothesis of a concussion has been ruled out. Baltisberger joined this morning his teammates. If his condition permits,he will test on the ice tomorrow morning.

29 Dec 2014, 02:23 | Cernak suspended

Slovak defenceman Erik Cernak will be suspended one game at the World Junior Championship due to a check against the head and neck area of Finland's Mikko Rantanen.

28 Dec 2014, 04:44 | Bulgaria withdraws from the U20 Ice Hockey World Championship

The Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation has informed IIHF that U20 team won't travel to Dunedin, New Zealand to compete at the 2015 Under-20 Ice Hockey World Championship - Division III.

This means that the tournament will have 5 teams instead of 6. The number of games will be reduced from 15 to 10. New Zealand, China, Mexico, South Africa and Turkey are the participants

The tournament will now start a day later on Tuesday January 20th, 2015.

25 Dec 2014, 20:15 | Arlan Kokshetau fined

The Kazakh Federation has fined Arlan Kokshetau 250,000 tenge due to the comments made by head coach Surenkin following their 22.12 match with Gornyak Rudny. Kokshetau won the match 2:1 but Surenkin was still unhappy with the officials.

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