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27 Sep 2014, 17:43 | KAC fire coach four games into the season

Austrian powerhouse Klagenfurter AC fired head coach Martin Stloukal and assistant coach Gerald Ressmann just four games into the new season. The record title holder in Austrian history lost three of their opening four games, conceding a 0-9 loss to Linz at home in their last game on Thursday. That was KACs biggest loss in club history.

22 Sep 2014, 18:15 | Schedule for Spengler Cup 2014 unveiled

The 88th edition of the Spengler Cup will open with the Genève Servette agains the KHL Team Salavat Yulaef Ufa. The evening game will show case two fan favourites: HC Davos will face Team Canada. Here are the two groups and all the games:

Group Torriani: Genève Servette, Salavat Yulaef Ufa, Jokerit Helsinki

Group Cattini: HC Davos, Team Canada, Medvescak Zagreb

Friday, 26.12.2014:

G 1: Genéve Servette-Salavat Yulaef Ufa / G 2: HC Davos-Team Canada

Saturday, 27.12.2014:

G 3: Jokerit Helsinki-Looser Game 1 / G 4: Medvescak Zagreb- Looser Game 2

Sunday, 28.12.2014:

G 5: Winner Game 1-Jokerit Helsinki / G 6: Winner Game 2-Medvescak Zagreb

Monday, 29.12.2014:

G 7: 2. Group Torriani-3. Group Cattini / G 8: 2. Group Cattini-3. Group Torriani

Tuesday, 30.12.2014:

G 9: 1. Group Cattini-Winner Game 7 / G 10: 1. Group Torriani-Winner Game 8

Wednesday, 31.12.2014:

G 11: Winner Game 9-Winner Game 10

22 Sep 2014, 17:46 | Rod Hinks passed away

Former player Rod Hinks passed away last Thursday at 41 due to a suspected heart attack at his residence.Drafted to the New York Islanders in 1993, Hinks played most of his professional career in Europe, skating in Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary and Great Britain. He won a title in Austria with Villach in 2001-2002 season

20 Sep 2014, 12:16 | Val Pusteria won Supercoppa

A goal by Canadian Philip Devos at 59:45 gives Val Pusteria Wolves the first trophy of the season in Italy. Wolves won Supercoppa at Collalbo Arena beating 4-3 national champion SV Renon

19 Sep 2014, 17:51 | Dunarea Galati fired coach Rauhanen

The moving of Finnish coach Kari Rauhanen from MOL vice champion Corona Brasov to Dunarea Galati of Romanian League was the shocking transfer of the summer for Romanian hockey. After three months and only two official games played in Romanian Cup (one victory one loss), Dunarea announced Rauhanen was fired without further comments

18 Sep 2014, 11:58 | World Championship to Poland

IIHF announced today that Krakow, Poland will host the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Division I Group A World Championship.
Ukraine was originally supposed to host the championship but withdrew due to the political situation in the country.

15 Sep 2014, 11:17 | SC Miercurea Ciuc won Romania Cup

A goal by Ede Mihaly in the overtime gives 2-1 victory and the Romanian Cup to SC Miercurea Ciuc in the final played in Galati against Corona Brasov

15 Sep 2014, 11:05 | Neman replaces coach

Belarus champion Neman Grodno sacked Latvian coach Aigars Cipruss due to the poor start in Extraliga and replaces him with Russian Vasili Spiridonov, 63, until 2013 on Metallurg Zhlobin bench with whom he won the league in 2011-2012 season. Cipruss arrived in Grodno last June and won Belarus Cup some weeks ago

13 Sep 2014, 15:57 | NLB game cancelled

The NLB game between HC Red Ice Martigny and the SC Langenthal today Saturday is postponed.
At least twelve of the Martigny players suffer from food poisoning.

13 Sep 2014, 13:26 | Riley Emmerson received 10-games ban

The Elite League's Department of Player Safety has handed Edinburgh Capitals Riley Emmerson a 10-match ban and fined the club £1,000 because of the injury sustained by Belfast Giants Kevin Phillips as a result of a Emmerson boarding check during the Capitals home game on Sunday 7th September 2014.
Edinburgh have been fined £1,000 for failure to supply the matchnight footage required

13 Sep 2014, 13:10 | Only three teams apply to participate in Ukraine League

An official letter from Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, reported by Sport.ua, says that three hockey teams - HC Kremenchug, Generals Kyiv and Vityaz Kharkov - confirmed the intention to participate in the championship.
Federation will consider the creation of a league at least with one team more.

13 Sep 2014, 13:00 | Arlan fire coach

Kazakhstan vice-champion and national cup finalist Arlan Kokshetau sacked Slovakian coach Vladimir Klinga after a bad start in Kazakhstan League (1-3 record after 4 games), even if Arlan won last game 14-1 against Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk. Andrei Psarev was named interim coach

11 Sep 2014, 23:19 | Rain of goals in Romanian Cup

Romanian Cup, started yesterday in Galati, saw big scores in first games. Sportul Studentesc Bucharest lost 0-30 and 1-22 against Corona Brasov and Steaua Bucharest, while home team Dunarea Galati won 16-0 against Progym. Dunarea signed Austrian stars Andre Lakos and Oliver Setzinger for the competition but lost first game 2-7 against SC Miercurea Ciuc. Follow Romanian Cup on eurohockey.com

11 Sep 2014, 23:02 | MHL reaches 5,000

Today was the 5,000th game of KHL's junior league MHL played. MHK Spartak Moscow beat Dinamo St. Petersburg 4-3 in a shootout game in this historic event.

MHL started in 2009 and is now in its sixth season.

11 Sep 2014, 21:17 | Igor Chibirev to coach Ukraine U20

Ukraine Federation announced the appointment of Igor Chibiriev as head coach of U20 national team, with Andrei Sryubko as assistant. Chibiriev, 46, worked as assistant coach at Molodaya Gvardia Donetsk, while Sryubko held a similar position at Dmitrov.
"The most important thing is that we have a common vision of what needs to be done to achieve a result" said Igor Chibiriev. Ukraine U20 will compete in WJC U20 Division IB in Dunaujvaros, Hungary, next December against Poland, Kazakhstan, France, Japan and Hungary.

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