Nur-Sultan will host the Qazaqstan Hockey Open 2021

The Ice Hockey Federation of Slovakia has sent documents to the IIHF for the IHWC 2021

The Ice Hockey Federation of Slovakia has sent to the IIHF headquarters the documentation for the holding of the 2021 World Championship in cooperation with Latvia.

"We sent last Friday to the IIHF headquarters the necessary documentation, including the budget plan, which is necessary for making a decision to hold a part of the 2021 World Cup meetings in Bratislava. We are awaiting the decision of the IIHF Council" said the press secretary of the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation Peter Janosek

(25 Jan 2021)

Andrei Spiridonov set a milestone in Kazakh league

For the first time in the history of the championship of Kazakhstan, which has been played since 1957, a player has surpassed the mark of 200 goals. It happened on January 6, 2021 in the game between HK Almaty and Gornyak Rudny

Forward and captain of the HK Almaty Andrei Spiridonov opened the score and reached the milestone of 200 goals.

In the following game, on January 7, Spiridonov also reached 600 games in the national championship

Spiridonov scored his first goalon October 23, 2002 when he played for defunct Enbek against another ceased team, Esil Petropavlovsk.

(11 Jan 2021)

SHL coach fired

Linköping of the Swedish SHL fires head coach Bert Robertsson. Daniel Eriksson and Johan Åkerman will be new head coaches.

(05 Jan 2021)

Krutil suspended

Czech defenceman Michael Krutil got a one-game suspension at the World Juniors for a violation of IIHF Official Rule 160-Slew-Footing. He will miss the last game of the Round Robin against Austria.

(31 Dec 2020)

AHL to start February 5

A statement from thePresident and Chief Executive Officer of the AHL, Scott Howson: "The American Hockey League Board of Governors has approved the structural framework for an AHL season that will begin on February 5, 2021."

"Details are still being worked out, but this step allows our teams and their National Hockey League partners to better determine their plans for the coming season. We look forward to dropping the puck on Feb. 5."

(30 Dec 2020)

Slovak captain injured

Slovakia will play today's game against Finland at the World Junior Championship without captain Samuel Kňažko and forward Dominik Sojka. Both have minor injuries.

(30 Dec 2020)

Wimmer receives two-game suspension

Austrian defenseman Philipp Wimmer has been suspended for two games at the World Juniors in Edmonton. He will miss the games against Sweden today and Russia tomorrow after an illegal check against USA's Patrick Moynihan.

(28 Dec 2020)

Braden Schneider suspended

Canada's Braden Schneider has been suspended for one game at the World Juniors in Edmonton. He checked the head of Gemany's Jan-Luca Schumacher in yesterday's game. Schneider will miss today's game against Slovakia.

(27 Dec 2020)