Hungry for more
After helping Timra IK earn promotion from Allsvenskan to the Swedish Hockey League for next season, Jacob Olofsson is looking forward to playing in the top tier of Swedish hockey. His play this season...
View ArticleContinental Cup set
The structure, participants, groups and dates for the 2018/2019 IIHF Continental Cup season have been set on Friday at the Continental Cup meeting with the clubs in the Hungarian capital of Budapest....
View ArticleThe Next Pettersson?
Dominik Bokk is expected to be a late first round pick at this week’s NHL Draft in Dallas, but the German forward has barely scratched the surface when it comes to his potential, according to his...
View ArticleDahlin goes first as expected
There wasn’t much drama initially, as Rasmus Dahlin was selected by the Buffalo Sabres with the number-one overall choice at the 2018 NHL Draft Friday night, but there were a number of surprises after...
View ArticleLots of Day 2 action
The second day of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft kicked off with Buffalo selecting U.S. National Team Development Program defenceman Mattias Samuelsson with the first pick of the second round (32nd overall)...
View ArticleOgorodnikov passes away
Russian forward Sergei Ogorodnikov passed away at the age of 32 years, it was reported by "Sport-Express" on Sunday night and confirmed by his club today. He reportedly died in a water scooter...
View ArticleYour last chance!
The IIHF Hall of Fame jerseys, each signed by one of the legends inducted such as Daniel Alfredsson, Rob Blake or Chris Chelios, were put on auction for charity. Today around 19:00 CET (1pm ET) the...
View ArticleBrodeur leads HHOF class of ‘18
Martin Brodeur, the greatest goalie of the modern era and holder of virtually every major goaltending record, leads the group of new inductees announced by the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto this...
View ArticlePartnership for Progress
During the recent IIHF Annual Congress, a new development initiative was presented to the world: Partnership for Progress. While in many other programs and projects the IIHF develops ice hockey around...
View ArticleEhlers to coach Denmark
After five years with Swedish coach Janne Karlsson, the Danish Ice Hockey Union has decided to go with a new head coach for the men’s national team. For the first time since Per Holten Moller...
View ArticleLehtinen jersey can be yours
Many signed jerseys from the IIHF Hall of Fame jersey auction for charity found their new, lucky owners. Due to illegal activities of one bidder on eBay, the auction for the Finnish jersey of Jere...
View ArticleFormer player to lead BIHA
After one year in office, Semyon Shapiro resigned as President of the Belarusian Ice Hockey Association. Former national team player Gennadi Savilov was elected as his successor. The Belarusian Ice...
View ArticleLeafs lure Tavares home
John Tavares, one of the best players in the world today, has left the New York Islanders to sign with his hometown Maple Leafs. The seven year, $77 million deal gives the team an enormous leap in its...
View ArticleNew Rule Book is here
Many may not have noticed it since it’s summer in the northern hemisphere but at least formally the 2018/2019 ice hockey season has started on 1st July. And this brings with it a new IIHF Rule Book...
View ArticleGlobal Officiating Summit held
The IIHF held its annual Referee-In-Chief Seminar on Frankfurt, Germany over the weekend, bringing in officials from around the hockey world together for a series of discussions about enforcing the...
View ArticleGold hunt with Hunter
Former assistant coach Tim Hunter has been named head coach of Canada’s U20 national team that will play the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship on home ice. Tim Hunter (Moose Jaw, WHL) will be part of...
View ArticleWomen’s hockey summit
Talk about a timely subject. During the last IIHF Congress a Women’s Ice Hockey Workshop was held for the first time. It’s been an exciting year for women’s hockey with the unprecedented global...
View ArticleNHL’s next Euro head coach?
With the title of “How Swedes Develop World-Class Defencemen,” it may have seemed like Rikard Gronborg was spilling some state secrets to the rest of the world, but that just follows his philosophy of...
View ArticleWomen’s camp opens
The 2018 IIHF Women’s High-Performance Camp opened on Saturday evening at the Sport Institute of Finland in Vierumaki. For one week some of the top female U18 ice hockey players and staff will receive...
View ArticleKuwaiti women enter stage
The 2018 IIHF Women’s High-Performance Camp does not only include top junior players working on becoming world-class players but also development programs for countries that are not that far yet. Among...
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