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.
IIHF.com writer becomes CEO of nonprofit program in New York
Kids in Harlem listen to the instructions from their coach. John Sanful (insert picture) has been Ice Hockey Harlem's CEO since August. Photo: Ice Hockey Harlem
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.
Dynamo Moscow winger Mikhail Anisin doubles as singing star
Mikhail Anisin scored points not only on the ice, but also as a singer during the KHL All-Star weekend in Riga. Photo: Denis Gibbons
Smallish forward Mikhail Anisin of Dynamo Moscow does not only score points as a winger, but also as a singer inspired by Pavarotti during the KHL’s recent All-Star weekend.
But national team days are behind, says Sandis Ozolins
Sandis Ozolins last played for the Latvian national team in 2006, but returned to play hockey for Dinamo Riga in 2009. Photo: Jani Rajamäki / Europhoto
RIGA – Like Father Time, Sandis Ozolins keeps marching on in a hockey world dominated by players little more than half his age. Recently he captained one of the teams at the KHL All-Star Game on home ice in Riga.
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.
COLORADO SPRINGS, USA – USA Hockey announced that single-game tickets to the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship in Burlington will go on sale on Friday, Feb. 3.
RIGA – The Latvian Hockey Federation (LHF) has named Leonids Tambijevs coach of the U18 national team. The 41-year-old represented Latvia in 208 games as a player.
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