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UQTR Patriotes will be playing the Summer Cup in Cergy on Aug 24-26, facing Amiens Gothiques, Angers Ducs (both Ligue Magnus) and Cergy-Pontoise Jokers (Division 1)
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The Czech NA website states the series is replaced by a 4 Nation tournament in Norway while the French NA website mentions a tournament in Pribam, CZE with Czech Republic, Norway and Russia.
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The Women's EHT is expanding from 4 to 6 teams with Switzerland and Czech Republic joining Finland, Sweden, Russia and Germany. Each team will play 2 out of 3 tournaments between August and December....

Same scenario in Denmark where the champion gets a CHL spot as well... Sure Herning was the playoffs finalist and Rungsted finished only third but that was the pick the Danish NA went with so why...

So Rungsted was indeed the chosen representative for Denmark this year but the IIHF opposed that move as the team didn't win the Metal Cup...
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Great to see the tournament back this year with new teams... Though it would be a bummer if Morocco can't make it... With the event being in Fussen, it would be great if Liechtenstein could make the...

Dates for Group E were confirmed today. It will be from Thu. 15th to Sat. 17th November.

https://twitter.com/IIHFHockey/status/1014445099567190017

First, glad to see Korea still in the loop with two tournaments on the calendar. Same for Japan...

However I am wondering about Great Britain... I know Team GB is not the most active when it...

2nd international break, 5-11 november 2018:

in Hungary: Italy, Korea, Kazakhstan, Hungary

in Belarus: Slovenia, Latvia, Belarus, France

in Poland: Austria, Denmark, Norway, Poland

in...

First a look at the missing countries... Denmark is not represented for the first time since 2010. Aalborg Pirates having won both the league and cup titles, this made either Herning Blue Fox...

First round, 28-30 Septembe 2018:

Group A in Sofia, Bulgaria: Irbis-Skate Sofia (BUL), Zeytinburnu Istanbul (TUR), Vikingar Akureyri (ISL), HC Bat Yam (ISR).

Second round, 19-21 October 2017:
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Highlights

Sweden vs Russia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4SeJfxQr8U

Full game videos
Group A
USA vs Canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmkeGZw1UVY
Sweden vs Russia

The US beat Canada 6-2 to finish at the top of the group and forcing Canada to go through the quarter-final round. This result is one of the widest losses Canada has suffered in the history of this...

Highlights

Canada vs Russia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqvjXINKppc
Russia vs USA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH423Endryg

Full game videos
Group A
Canada vs Russia (I always love...

Russia loses to USA 5-3. Too many penalties and efficient American power play in the opening period gave the impression it was going to be a long game for the hosts but they did put their act...

This tourney is starting on hot wheels with host Russia beating Canada 3:2. It must be the first time either Canada or the US lose a game to a european team at that level. USA and Sweden complete the...

The Swiss are safe now even if they get trashed in their last two games. For Belarus to avoid the relegation playoff, they need to take 3 pts against the Czechs on Sat. and hope the Czechs will take...

Kyrgyzstan beats India 13:2 and Malaysia goes for a clean sweep in this tourney with a 7:2 win over UAE. Congrats to the hosts. It's the first time a Malaysian team takes gold in an IIHF event. I...

Malaysia won their game with Kyrgyzstan 6:1 and takes a serious option for gold. Bermuratov played in it so all Kyrgyzstan roster was eventually eligible. Kyrgyzstan still has a small hope to win the...

and more local coverage with an interview of Malaysian goalie Shahrul Ilyas Abdul Shukor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZvZAMv1XYM

TheStar.tv video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie9JvizXFzU

Some amateur videos from some of the games
India vs UAE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEhssZTPl3o

Malaysia vs Philippines...

Kyrgyzstan beats Philippines 12:4 in their first game before following with 10:2 win over UAE. In that second game, Tagaev, Tilekmatov and Kylychbek Uulu played so I guess they were finally deemed...

The U20 event began today in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Five teams are participating: India, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Philippines and UAE. UAE opened the tornament with a 6:0 win over India followed by...

As one could have expected, Yunost Minsk and its 9,614-seat Chizhovka Arena were chosen for hosting the finals on 12th-14th January. It's the second time Belarus' capital host the event after 2011,...

There is already a precedent when in 2014 the FISG forced INL teams to move back in Serie A. It lasted two years before they let the surviving teams go into the AlpsHL.

I do feel for the...

Yunost Minsk, Sheffield Steelers, Nomad Astana and Ritten Sport make it to the finals. Strong showing from HK Kurbads and DVTK Jegesmedvék. Big disappointement from Grenoble

Kasparaitis wore the Lithuanian NT jersey for the first time this weekend during the Baltic Challenge Cup in Klaipeda, gearing up for the WC Division IB tournament in Kaunas next April.
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More articles from Martin Merk about the state of the sport in the participating countries.

Portugal...

Argentina wished to participate this year but wasn't able to put a team together for it. Greece, Brasil and Armenia are considering joining in as well in the future.
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Goalscorers:

Game 2
France: Paul Joubert (x2), Enzo Baravaglio (x2), Paulin Mainot, Arthur Zavani, Dylan Fabre
Denmark: Philip Schultz, Rasmus Simonsen, Christoffer Frænell, Sebastian Sørensen
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Goalscorers for France were Dylan Fabre (x2), Samuel Rousseau and Jules Gallet.

Here is one
Eleuterijus Bačinskas

https://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/register/BacinskasEleuterijus.htm

LUX wins over RSA 3-1 and tops Group B. I'm really impressed by that team. I know they do usually content for medal but this year they have a serious go for promotion. Still I expect BUL to win it at...

Russia Olympic - France 0:1 OT (0:0, 0:0, 0:0, 0:1)
0:1 - 62.38 Damien Fleury (unassisted)
PIM: 2x2 - 5x2 SOG: 19-13 Att: 1652

http://stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=3092888

HKG suprisingly beat TPE 5-2 and makes it to the semi-finals. If UAE had some hopes to make it to the 5th/6th placement game, it's probably now over.

Sure, one or the other, it's up to them. I just think WC participation should be the main goal and the CCoA is here as a stage on the way and not an excuse for filling up your trophy case. This year...

With the Ligue Magnus' final over, players from Gap and mainly Rouen are now joining in ahead of the double-header with Russia in Chelyabinsk on Thursday and Saturday.

Goaltenders
Florian Hardy -...

It looks like it's gonna be a really ugly tournament for UAE. They should seriously drop the CCoA so they can have a full roster available for WC. :c165:

France - Switzerland 3-2 OT (0:1, 2:0, 0:1, 1:0)
0:1 - 16.44 Damien Riat (Almond, Herzog) PP1
1:1 - 26.39 Teddy Trabichet (Ville, T. Da Costa)
2:1 - 32.37 Damien Fleury (Valier, S. Da Costa)
2:2...

France - Switzerland (1:1, 2:3, 0:0)
0:1 - 00.36 Pius Suter (Praplan)
1:1 - 15.52 Laurent Meunier (S. Da Costa, Hecquefeuille) PP2
1:2 - 20.19 Vincent Praplan (Romy)
2:2 - 25.25 Valentin...

Bosnia won't be coming to Sofia. There will be no change to the schedule as all BIH games will be recorded as 5-0 forfeit win to the opposite teams.
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Here is the French roster for the first camp ahead of two games with Switzerland in Amiens on Saturday and in Cergy on Sunday.

Goaltenders
Florian Hardy - Dornbirner EC (EBEL)
Ronan Quemener -...

66 years ago, Paris hosted the 29th IIHF Worlds. Here is a newsreel about the Canada-Sweden game decisive for the title.
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And it seems they will have their own feeder league from the next season onwards...

http://www.theidhl.com/home

Two minutes of play and already 2-0 for Kazakhstan. It's gonna be a long game for the Japenese

Rk|Club|GP|W|OTW|OTL|L|GS:GA|PTS
1 |Gap |44|28|4|3|9|179:98|95 |
2 |Grenoble |44|25|9|3|7|157:104 |90 |
3 |Rouen |44|26|6|0|12|162:110 |90 |
4 |Bordeaux |44|25|4|3|12|145:101|86|
5 |Lyon...

Congrats to the Japanese women for winning that first gold medal after earning 5 silvers in as many tournaments since 1996. If we needed a proof of the increasing gap between them and former Worlds'...

While it's nice to see Thailand taking a win over Mongolia, they can say thanks to "foreigners" Aarola (2+1) and Kindborn (1+2) for it. the Swede contributes for 30% of the team's SOG while the Finn...

And once again the IIHF promote naturalizing players with Anton Peronmaa and maybe Olexi Voitsekhivsky and Oleg Zadoyenko for Turkey
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Zeytinburnu became the first Turkish side to win a Continental Cup Group. Not really surprising considering Partizan and Irbis provided weaker opposition compared to previous seasons. Yet these two...