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10 Dec 2014, 12:37 | Heikki Leime to coach Olten

EHC Olten announced Finnish Heikki Leime as new head coach. Leime, 52, on French Amiens Gothiques bench last season, replaced Scott Beattie, fired on 21 November after six consecutive defeats. Interim coach Dino Stecher will remain as assistant coach

09 Dec 2014, 18:02 | Heilbronner Falken fire Pavlovs

The Heilbronner Falken have fired head coach Igors Pavlovs today after the club has slipped down into last in DEL2, winning just one match in their last 12 while dropping 8 straight. Club manager Attila Eren said he personnally regrets the decisions but the athletic and mental downward spiral of the club made this step necessary. Gerd Wittmann will act as the clubs interim head coach.

09 Dec 2014, 18:00 | Arystan Temirtau given forfeits

Arystan Temirtau had two matches against Arlan Kokshetau postponed while the club sorted out their financial situation. The club in the end was saved however they refused to show up for the matches against Arlan and now the Federation has ruled 5:0 technical victories to Arlan.

08 Dec 2014, 09:17 | European Women´s Champions Cup second round

The three groups of the second round of the European Women´s Champions Cup were played this past weekend. HC SKIF Nizhny Novgorod, HC Lugano, Linköpings HC and Espoo Blues qualified for the Final Tournament that will be played February 20-22.

02 Dec 2014, 23:31 | Rouen and Grenoble reached Coupe de la Ligue final

Dragons Rouen and Grenoble Brûleurs de Loups qualified for Coupe de la Ligue final, held in Meribel next 30 Dicember. Since the creation of the competition in 2007, teams wil battle for the third time to win the trophy: in 2007 Grenoble won 2-1, in 2010 Rouen won 6-4.
In the semifinals Rouen lost first game 2-1 but crashed 6-0 Gap in 2nd leg, while Grenoble won 3-1 at Epinal and lost 4-5 in return match against Epinal advancing for goal difference

02 Dec 2014, 19:11 | MHL game postponed

Today's MHL game Yugra Mammoths - Kuznetsk Bears has been postponed because 14 of the Bears players are sick. A new date for the game is not yet decided.

01 Dec 2014, 00:07 | Change of coach in Bardejov

"The inadequate results of the team, especially the four games lost on home ice this season, are the reason for termination of cooperation" said HC 46 Bardejov manager Andrej Gmitter announcing the firing of coach Branislav Kohutiar
Miroslav Ihnačák, recently resigned from Corona Brasov, was announced as new headcoach. He signed until end of season

24 Nov 2014, 18:52 | Two hockey legends pass away

Today sad news arrived about the death of two coaching legends.

This morning it was announced that former longtime head coach of the Soviet national team and CSKA Moscow, Viktor Tikhonov, passed away in a hospital in Moscow early Monday after a long illness. Tikhonov led the Soviet Union to Olympic Gold in 1984, 1988 and 1992, to 8 World Championships between 1978 and 1990 and a Canada Cup win. With CSKA Moscow he won 13 Soviet league titles and 13 European championships between 1977-1990. He is a member of both the IIHF Hall of Fame and the Russian Hall of Fame.

Later today the NHL informed about the death of Canadian Pat Quinn who had died on Sunday at age 71 after a long illness in Vancouver. The former long time NHL player had his biggest success behind the bench as head coach of the gold winning 2002 Olympic team of Canada. He also won the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, and the U18 and U20 gold medals at World Championships with his native country.

23 Nov 2014, 18:43 | Straubing and head coach Wilson part ways

On Saturday German club Straubing Tigers, last in the DEL standings with a large deficit towards the pre-playoff spots, decided to fire their head coach Rob Wilson. The 46 year old born Canadian who represented Great Britain on the international level only arrived this summer in Germany after four years in Italy, winning the Italian championship with Renon in 2014 as the highlight. Straubing had only won 3 of their first 21 regular season games.

19 Nov 2014, 13:04 | Five clubs interested in promotion in NLB

Five clubs of NLB have submitted the application to play in the NLA in case of on promotion this season: HC La Chaux-de-Fonds, HC Visp SC Langnau Tigers, HC Olten and SC Langenthal Olten.

These clubs will play the promotion/relegation series against last club of NLA as winner of NLB

18 Nov 2014, 11:15 | Schwenninger Wild Wings fire coach Mair

After two and a half years Stefan Mair was fired from his post of headcoach at Schwenninger Wild Wings
"It was a really difficult decision, because we have learned to appreciate the work of Stefan Mair in the last almost two and a half years. He has always worked very meticulous and committed, but the last series of eight defeats in a row have matured our decision to set a new impulse to "shake" the team" said in a short statement the Manager Thomas Burger.

Arrived in 2012/13 season, Italian Stefan Mair led Schwenningen to Bundesliga (now DEL2) finals, earning the promotion to German elite league last season.

Sports manager Alexander Hunter and assistant coach Dave Chambers will coach the team until a new coach will be find

18 Nov 2014, 10:46 | Crvena Zvedza - Partizan game declared invalid

The Serbian League match Crvena Zvezda - Partizan played on October 26th was declared friendly, both by teams and Competition Director, since it was played at the very begining of the season with Crvena Zvezda had only couple of days on the ice back then. The stats and the 3 points earned by Partizan, that won the game 82, were cancelled since the it was never registered by the Competition Director.

17 Nov 2014, 21:54 | Ludek Bukac new coach at Egna

Egna/Neumarkt announces Czech Ludek Bukac, 47, as new headcoach, replacing fired Mike Flanagan. Bukac, recently lead Czech Republic at WJC U18, is back in Egna where he coached team for a couple of seasons at the begin of the century.

17 Nov 2014, 14:28 | HK Brest fired coach

Due to the poor performances of the team - 13 points after 23 rounds - Aleksandr Gavrilenok was fired as head coach of HK Brest removed from his position. Assistant coach Aleksandr Ivanenko was named interim coach

16 Nov 2014, 22:33 | Former Hungarian international Attila Rajz passed away during a game

Hungarian hockey mourns the sudden death of former international Attila Rajz, passed away while was playing a game of OB-III, an amateur league in Hungary. Raiz, 38, retired from professional hockey in 2010 after almost 300 games in Hungarian League/MOL Liga with Alba Volan Székesfehérvár and Ferencvaros and two titles (2007-08 and 2008-09). He played also 43 games for Hungary.
According to jegkorongblog.hu Rajz played the first period and was in the locker room, because he felt bad. Then sat on the team bench, where they became ill shortly before the end of the match. Despite every attempt, doctors were not able to save his life

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