Yunost makes it three!
For the third time after 2007 and 2011 Belarusian club Yunost Minsk won the IIHF Continental Cup after beating Nomad Astana 5-2 in the deciding game. Yunost got the winners’ plate back after seven...
View ArticleJapan WW18 back on top
The Japanese women’s under-18 team capped a dominant week in Asiago, Italy, by defeating Slovakia tonight by a 3-0 score. The win gives Japan a perfect 5-0 record at the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18...
View ArticleCzechs nominate 25
Josef Jandac and his coaching staff announced the three goaltenders, eight defencemen and 14 forwards to will represent the Czech Republic at the 2018 Olympics. As expected the Czechs will heavily rely...
View ArticleThe Tre Kronor Mix
Swedish national coach Rikard Gronborg has presented his roster for the Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament on Tuesday. The Swedes announced three goaltenders, eight defencemen and 12 forwards who will...
View ArticleSpain moves up
Spain won promotion to next season’s U20 World Championship Division II Group A one year after missing out on home ice. The Spanish team won the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II...
View ArticleVaxjo, JYP win CHL semis
The Champions Hockey League semi-finals concluded on Tuesday night with JYP Jyvaskyla and the Vaxjo Lakers emerging victorious over Czech opponents Ocelari Trinec and Bili Tygri Liberec, respectively....
View ArticleSmile Japan’s here
The 23 players of the Japanese women’s national team are named for the 2018 Olympics across the sea in Korea. The team nicknamed “Smile Japan” is a close-knit group. Of the 23 players on the roster, 21...
View ArticleHost names roster
The Korean men’s ice hockey team for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games on home ice has been announced. For the first time ever Korea will play on the Olympic stage with men’s and women’s ice hockey teams....
View ArticleSlovenia’s selection
The 25-man roster of the Slovenian national team for the 2018 Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament is set. Slovenia was like four years earlier the lowest-seeded team to earn qualification to the...
View ArticleGo west, young man
When Canada chose DJ Otzi’s “Hey Baby” as its 2018 World Junior goal song, not everyone embraced it at first. Yet when they won gold, it became a favourite. With the tournament returning to Western...
View ArticleTogether on the ice
For the first time in Olympic history, a combined ice hockey team of South and North Korean players will compete in the Winter Games.
View ArticleFirst Israeli in KHL
Eliezer Sherbatov became the first ice hockey player from Israel, who played and scored in KHL. It’s a dream come true, but his great story wasn't always about hockey. “It all begins in Israel when my...
View ArticleJim Johannson, 1964-2018
Jim Johannson, longtime general manager and executive at USA Hockey, passed away in his sleep last night. He was 53.Johannson had recently selected the U.S. World Junior team for the 2018 U20 in...
View Article“Creativity and quick legs”
Slovakia announced its roster for the 2018 Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament. The biggest surprise: Only one of the KHL players made it. “We have plenty of creative players there. We wanted to mix it...
View ArticleSwiss name 48 players
On Monday the Swiss rosters of the men’s and women’s Olympic ice hockey teams have been named and include 48 athletes going to Korea. Men’s national team coach Patrick Fischer will take three...
View ArticleFinnish squads selected
Finland has named the men’s and women’s Olympic rosters for the upcoming PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Korea. The list of players includes 13 previous Olympic medallists – nine on the...
View ArticleSingle games available soon
The interest in the upcoming 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Denmark has already proved to be significant More than 200,000 tickets have already been sold just under four months before the...
View ArticleGermany nominates 25
Germany is the 10th nation to nominate its roster for the 2018 Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament. 25 players have been named on Tuesday. After the German Ice Hockey Association had shortlisted 30...
View ArticleBold moves
When the U.S. announced its Olympic women’s hockey roster on New Year’s Day and Alex Carpenter and Megan Bozek weren’t included, there was widespread surprise. Naturally, turnover from one Olympics to...
View ArticleThree Thoresens
Norwegian men’s national team head coach Petter Thoresen has announced the roster for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games with a premiere. For the first time head coach Petter Thoresen, a four-time Olympian...
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