Glorious success
Down but never out. A game of two halves sees Great Britain's under-18 national team finish top at the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division II Group A in the Estonian capital of...
View ArticleLatvia returns to U18 elite
Latvia made an immediate return to the top division after winning the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group A on home ice at Arena Riga. The Baltic nation wrapped up the title...
View ArticleBlashill coach, Kane captain
USA Hockey has named the coaching staff led by Jeff Blashill for the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Denmark. Patrick Kane will serve as captain for Team USA. Jeff Blashill, who recently...
View ArticleGolden coach returns
Hockey Canada announced the Team Canada coaching staff for the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, 4-20 May in Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark. Bill Peters (Carolina, NHL) has been named head...
View ArticleIt’s Play True Day
The 10th April is the Play True Day – a day devoted to clean sport and the fight against doping. A day to raise awareness for the mission among athletes, coaches and spectators. The World Anti-Doping...
View ArticleBasic instinct
For the third time in history, GKS Tychy have been crowned Polish champions. A nearly perfect regular and post season was completed with a 2-1 overtime win over GKS Katowice. GKS Tychy been ever...
View ArticleA first for Mongolia
For the first time ever, Mongolia has won an IIHF tournament! The men’s national team won a tight three-team race for first at the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Challenge Cup of Asia with a 4-1 record, beating...
View ArticleNeman repeats in Belarus
Neman Grodno successfully defended its Belarusian Extraliga title, overcoming Yunost Minsk 4-2 in the grand final. The victory, a repeat of last season’s triumph, moves Neman onto seven President’s Cup...
View ArticleBack to basics for Swiss
As the Swiss national team prepares for the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, forward Reto Suri shared his thoughts on what needs to be done. In the team’s first couple of pre-tournament games,...
View ArticleBerdi Sabri dies
In Indonesia, one of the newest IIHF member countries, he was considered the father of Indonesian ice hockey. On 9 April, at the age of just 42, Indonesia Ice Hockey Federation (FHEI) President Berdi...
View ArticleNew coach for Russia
Surprise news from Moscow: The Ice Hockey Federation of Russia has appointed Ilya Vorobyov as new head coach of the men’s national team instead of Oleg Znarok. Vorobyov was named “interim head coach”...
View ArticleGasparics dreams big
These are good times for Hungary’s Fanni Gasparics, but the coming weekend will make or break her season. Hungary is in a special place right now, sitting in a three-way tie for first place at the 2018...
View ArticleCanada’s first selection
Hockey Canada confirmed its initial 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship roster. The first 18 players named to compete with Team Canada. The initial roster was confirmed following the close of the...
View Article10 NHLers for Sweden
The Swedish Ice Hockey Association announced that 10 NHL players have committed to join the national team for the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. With host Denmark having selected Herning as...
View ArticleIce Times
In the latest issue of Ice Times we look back at the major news stories from the men’ and women’s Winter Olympic Games ice hockey tournaments. We also have the latest results from the Men’s U18 and...
View ArticleMagnitogorsk’s main man
The world knows Yevgeni Malkin as a three-time Stanley Cup champion and two-time World Champion. But the 31-year-old Russian ace hasn’t lost sight of his roots. In April, Malkin’s birthplace of...
View ArticleFrance moves up
Home ice suited France well in Vaujany this weekend as the French women claimed first place in the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division I Group A to earn promotion to the 2019...
View ArticleDeRocco delights!
Linda DeRocco scored the only goal of the game midway through the second period and Giulia Mazzocchi stopped all 21 shots to give Italy a 1-0 win over China on the final day of the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey...
View ArticleAsiago wins thriller
Scripts are written for Hollywood blockbusters all the time, but even many of the best couldn’t capture the drama experienced in this spring’s Alps Hockey League championship series! Asiago Hockey was...
View ArticleDraisaitl, Seidenberg come
The German Ice Hockey Association confirmed that Edmonton Oilers star Leon Draisaitl will join the men’s national team that prepares for the World Championship. Draisaitl is on his way to Berlin where...
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