Finns defy freezing cold, 70,000 attend two outdoors games
Fans and teams withstand the cold for the Finland-Russia outdoor game at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Photo: Marko Hannula / FIHA
HELSINKI – Tens of thousands of Finnish hockey fans defied the cold for the national team’s first outdoor game at the Olympic Stadium since 1941, but the lions lost, 2-0 to Russia.
IIHF’s prime assembly goes to Asia for the first time
The Japanese capital of Tokyo will be the first Asian city for an IIHF Congress.
TOKYO – For the first time in its 104-year-old history an IIHF Congress will be held in Asia. The IIHF and its Japanese member are picking up speed in the planning for the General Congress next September in Tokyo, Japan.
Ted Nolan looking forward to premiere with Latvian national team
Ted Nolan followed the Latvian juniors at the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship in Calgary’s Saddledome. Photo: Martin Merk
If somebody knows how to maximize efforts with little means, it’s Ted Nolan. Having grown up in a First Nations community, he will find a new underdog challenge as Latvia’s national team coach.
The Bolshoi Ice Palace (right) and the smaller Shaiba Arena (left) in Sochi will be opened later this year. Both will be used for ice hockey in Sochi 2014 as well as for the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship. Photo: Mikhail Mokrushin / RIA Novosti
ZURICH – The International Ice Hockey Federation has received entry applications from 33 nations for the Ice Hockey Tournaments at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The top ranked will get a direct entry, while the others will have to qualify.
PRAGUE – Tickets for the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship in Brno and Znojmo, Czech Republic, are now on sale online and can be printed at home.
IIHF.com writer becomes CEO of nonprofit program in New York
NEW YORK – Veteran IIHF.com writer John Sanful is the new Executive Director of Ice Hockey in Harlem, a member of the NHL’s Hockey Is For Everyone Network. After half a year on his new job he talks about experiences and challenges.
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