The Olympic Athletes of Russia
The Ice Hockey Federation of Russia has on Thursday announced the 25-man roster for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. After the International Olympic Committee has suspended the Russian Olympic Committee...
View ArticleCrossing 38°N
Normally the border is strictly closed and heavily guarded but today a delegation of North Korean hockey players and officials crossed the border to the south. The 2018 Olympic Winter Games will be...
View ArticleSweden adds two
Sweden has finalized its men’s national team for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. The Swedes had earlier announced a preliminary 23-man roster with two forwards to be added last week. Head coach Rickard...
View ArticleRussian women nominated
After the men’s team, the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia has also announced the 23-player women’s roster for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. After the International Olympic Committee has suspended the...
View ArticleEarly promotion for Israel
SOFIA – Two days before the end of the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III the winner was determined. In the first game of the fourth competition day Israel beat closest rival...
View ArticleLiiga goes on export
Finland’s Liiga breaks new ground across the Gulf of Finland as HPK Hameenlinna gets the better of the Pelicans Lahti in Estonia's capital of Tallinn. A crowd of 5,003 inside Tallinn's Tondiraba Ice...
View ArticleU20 Division III concludes
The silver and bronze medals were up for grabs on Sunday at the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia after Israel had secured the top spot and...
View ArticleUnified Korean Team
The 35-player roster for the unified Korean women’s ice hockey team at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games has been named. Athletes from the north and south of the Korean peninsula will walk under the...
View ArticleGetting the call right
The IIHF has introduced its guidelines for the use of coach’s challenges during the Men’s and Women’s Olympic ice hockey tournaments. There are two situations possible for issuing the Coach’s...
View ArticleUnique Olympic experience
Michael Swift was pondering his hockey-playing options during the summer of 2011 when a call from his cousin Bryan Young changed his career path. Swift had just completed his three-year entry-level...
View ArticleKorean Hockey Magic
Korea has a tradition of producing cars and electronics, but the Asian nation also has a fine hockey tradition that dates back nearly 90 years. Leading up to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in...
View ArticleThe Roman spring of Chris Lee
If you’re going to judge a player just by his age, Chris Lee would have no business competing for a spot on Canada’s Olympic team. But the truth is that the last 12 months of his career, at age 37,...
View ArticleKorean Hockey Magic
Today, Jim Paek is the head coach of the Korean national team at age 50. But in the early 1990s, he made history on the ice with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Leading up to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in...
View ArticleSingle games on sale now
The ticket sale for single games has started on 2nd February, which is especially good news for the many fans abroad. The interest in the upcoming 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Denmark has...
View ArticleBirner’s passion grows stronger
Michal Birner of the Czech Republic has done it all. Almost. U18 World Championship? Check (2004). World Juniors? Check (2006). World Championship? Check (2016, 2017). World Cup of Hockey? Yep (2016)....
View ArticleKorean Hockey Magic
Will Richard Park guide Korea to unexpected success in 2018? Now a national team assistant coach, he got one of the greatest goals in Minnesota Wild history. Leading up to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games...
View ArticleKorean Hockey Magic
This Finn was as famous for his mouth and his antics as he was for playing on Wayne Gretzky’s line. Who would have guessed Esa Tikkanen would end up in Korea? Leading up to the 2018 Olympic Winter...
View ArticleJagr and Nedved still got it
In a Czech second-division game that simultaneously marked the return Jaromir Jagr to his home country and Petr Nedved’s farewell game in his hometown, Jagr’s Rytiri Kladno defeated Nedved’s HC Benatky...
View ArticleKorean Hockey Magic
For years, Japan dominated Asian hockey, both in domestic pro play and internationally. But then a nifty forward named Dong Hwan Song put Korea on the map. Leading up to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games...
View ArticleDutch Delight
The Netherlands u18 women’s national team took first place in the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship Division I Group B Qualification after winning all four games in Mexico City. The...
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