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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

15 Dec 2014, 00:26 | U20 World Juniors Div1A started

The U20 World Championship Division I Group A started today in Asiago. The winners on the opening day were Belarus, Latvia and Norway.

14 Dec 2014, 11:52 | Six goals, one scorer

Delovaja Rus Kaliningrad forward Artem Nekerov scored all six goals of his team in the 6-5 victory against Lokiai-Poseidonas Elektrenai in the Lithuanian League. Nekerov also missed a penalty shot at 26:40. Delovaja Rus is currently third in the standing but with several games less than other teams

14 Dec 2014, 09:56 | British juniors promoted

Great Britain won the U20 World Championship Division IIA in Tallinn, Estonia to promote to Division IB. The British team that was lead by the top line Bobby Chamberlain-Lewis Hook-Jordan Cownie won all five games.

12 Dec 2014, 19:35 | Jesse Joensuu transferred from Edmonton Oilers to SC Bern

According to the official twitter channel of the Edmonton Oilers (@edmontonoilers) Jesse Joensuu has been transferred to SC Bern of the Swiss National League A with immediate effect. The 27 year old Finland native should replace injured Chuck Kobasew. Joensuu played 124 NHL games with the Oilers organisation and should have an lively effect with his stature (193cm, 95kg).

12 Dec 2014, 19:22 | Damien Brunner signs with HC Lugano of Swiss NLA

According to various media outlets Damien Brunner of the New Jersey Devils has signed a contract with Swiss Team HC Lugano of the National League A throughout the 2018/2019 season after mutually terminating the 2.5 Million USD contract that left him with one more year.

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