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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.

23 Dec 2014, 10:57 | Marco Maurer plays Spengler Cup with Jokerit

HC Lugano announced defender Marco Maurer will play Spengler Cup on loan to Jokerit Helsinki. Maurer played Spengler also in 2012 edition with Adler Mannheim (on loan from Rapperswil, his club at that time)

22 Dec 2014, 12:25 | Pre-WJC games

Four pre-competition games with the U20 national teams preparing for the World Juniors in Toronto and Montreal were played last night. Canada-Sweden 5-2, Slovakia-Switzerland 3-2, Germany-USA 2-5 and Finland-Russia 3-2(PS).

The World Juniors start on Friday. Follow it with Eurohockey.com at http://eurohockey.com/league/878-wjc.html.

21 Dec 2014, 23:09 | Corona Brasov wins Romania Cup

With a comeback from 0-2 after first period, Corona Brasov won 2015 edition of Romania Cup, beating 3-2 arch rival SC Miercurea Ciuc in front of 2000 fans at home rink. In september Miercurea Ciuc won 2014 edition, beating 2-1 Brasov at overtime

20 Dec 2014, 11:33 | Dmitri Yakushin new coach at Brest

Brest finally found a replacement for coach Aleksandr Gavrilenok, fired in mid-november: it's Ukranian Dmitri Yakushin, two seasons ago on Dynamo Kharkiv bench

19 Dec 2014, 22:02 | Croatia promoted

The Croatian U20 team beat Spain 3-2 in the last game of the World Juniors Division 2B to win promotion.

19 Dec 2014, 13:00 | Sean Simpson takes over as new coach of Kloten Flyers

As communicated in a press release by the Flyers organisation, Felix Hollenstein and assistant Kimmo Rintanen (Fin) have been releaved of their positions and replaced by Sean Simpson and his long time assistant Colin Muller. Both signed long year contracts. In addition, Simpson will take over the position of the Team Manager while André Rötheli who had the position will move to the Elite A Junior Team as Head Coach after Marco Bayer ends his stint at the end of the season. The mediocre results from the start of the season have haunted the coaching duo since and speculations had been ongoing in the last few weeks.

16 Dec 2014, 08:01 | No Burakovsky at WJC

The Swedish forward André Burakovsky won't play for Sweden at the upcoming World Juniors since his club Washington Capitals won't let him leave the team to play the tournament.

15 Dec 2014, 20:09 | Roman Sykora leaves Piestany

Coach Roman Sykora resigned from his charge at SHK 37 Piestany due to the recent poor results of the team. "I feel responsible for this bad momentum and I want to give the players a boost" said Sykora. His successor is still unknown

15 Dec 2014, 18:07 | Sigurdarson and Sveinsdóttir named 2014 Iceland Players of the Year

Bjorn Robert Sigurdarson of Aberdeen Wings (NAHL) and Skautafélag Akureyri forward Linda Sveinsdóttir were named 2014 Iceland Players of the Year.
Sigurdason, 20, had a positive first season in US, scoring 13 goals (with 25 assists) in 54 games, playing for Iceland national team in U18 and U20 World Championships.
Linda Sveinsdóttir, 24, played in three World Championships and won 7 titles with SA Akureyri
"She is a great example for all Icelandic women and girls" reports the official motivation

15 Dec 2014, 11:47 | Fredrik Pettersson and Linus Klasen declined national team call

Fredrik Pettersson and Linus Klasen won't partecipate at Channel One Cup in Sochi with Sweden from 18 to 21 December, despite the call from coach Pär Mårts. Their club HC Lugano asked players to remain in Switzerland to focus on 22-23 December NLA round.
"I'm sad about this situation but I will not force the hand, it is their right to refuse the call" said Mårts at TT Nyhetsbyrån