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.
Hardy Nilsson and his assistant Mikael Johansson (in the background) got the boot by Djurgården Stockholm. Photo: hockeyligan.se / sportfoto.olsin.se
STOCKHOLM – Djurgården Stockholm fired its coach in the middle of the season for just the second time since 1975. This time it hit former Swedish national coach Hardy Nilsson.
Candidacy presented in Paris; co-hosting to be evaluated by IIHF
13,362 fans saw the French Cup Final at the Paris-Bercy arena on Sunday. Photo: Martin Merk
PARIS – Under the slogan “tous ensemble pour 2017” (all together for 2017) France and Germany presented their joint bid for the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. Denmark and Latvia are the other candidates.
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.
Montreal - the city of hockey's "firsts" and "mosts"
MONTREAL – There are many cities around the world which proclaim themselves as “Hockey Capital” or even “Cradle of Hockey”. There is, however, only one city that can rightfully claim all such epithets. Join us on a Tour de Montréal.
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