Nordic Trophy Tournament Collapses

Today, the six Finnish teams announced that they will pull from the Nordic Trophy tournament. Will this spell an end to the plans for a Nordic league?

CHL: IIHF Pulls the Plug; European Hockey Clubs Consider Legal Action

The IIHF has announced that the European Hockey Champions League will be called off next season. While the IIHF vows that the tournament will resume in 2010-11, the participating European hockey clubs are considering legal action...
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IHWC 2009: Russia golden again and firmly on top of the world

More than a gold medal was on the line when Russia and Canada faced off the for the 2009 World Championship title on Sunday. In recent years, the two arch-rivals have firmly established themselves as the two hockey superpowers in the world. ...
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IHWC 2009: Quarterfinal 4: Sweden ousts Czech Republic

As the 2009 IIHF World Championship entered the decisive stage, Tre Kronor raised to the occassion and beat Czech Republic 3-1 after an impressive tactical performance....
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IHWC 2009: Quarterfinal 3: Canada overcomes hard-fighting Latvians

Canada proceeded to the semifinals for the 7th time straight after defeating a hard-fighting Latvian team 4-2....
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Q&A with Borna Rendulic

Borna Rendulic is one of the brightest youngsters from Croatia. A 1992-born forward, he started his career in Zagreb prior moving to Finland to skate for S-Kiekko Seinäjoki in the 2007-08 season. In the 2008-09 he moved to Ässät Pori, where he played in the Junior-B league, posting 26 points in 36 matches. But he was busy with the national team, too, as he played in three world championships; Under 18 (division II), Under 20 (division II) and senior (division I). In this interview with internationalhockey.net correspondent Alessandro Seren Rosso, Borna talked about his early career, about life and hockey in Finland and about his future....
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EBEL Expands to Croatia

In the 2009/10 season, the Erste Bank Liga (EBEL) expands to Croatia with the inclusion of KHL Medveščak...
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KHL in shape for sophomore season

The 2009-10 KHL season will face some further changes as the KHL Board of Governors just announced the next year's formula through its official web site that can reached at www.khl.ru....
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Ice Hockey has a place in Australian rinks

For many Australians, it would seem that ice hockey has just crawled out from under a rock. But after 101 years of being played in Australia, the sport would beg to differ....
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STANLEY CUP FINALS REVIEW: PITTSBURGH WINS THE CUP

Pittsburgh won the 2009 Stanley Cup in a dramatic game 7; the only game of the series to have been won by the away team. Maxime Talbot was the unlikely hero of the night, scoring both Pittsburgh goals while Evgeni Malkin was the Conn Smythe recipient....
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KHL News Update

It's early June, and the KHL teams are in full swing preparing for the 2009-10 season. Here's an update on the KHL clubs' team building. ...
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KHL to Introduce Conferences NHL-Style

The KHL continues to evolve. When the Board of Governors of the KHL meet next week, they will dicuss the introduction of a Western and Eastern Conference. If implemented, the KHL will take another step in the direction of the way the NHL is organized....
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