Liga Nacional

Bipolo Vitoria wins first title in Spain

By beating 7-6 CG Puigcerdà in playoffs finals game #3, Bipolo Vitoria closed the series 3-0 and wins Spanish League for the first time. Puigcerdà Slovak forward Jan Simko, suspended in third game, was the season top scorer
Bipolo also won regular season and will play against Txuri Urdin for Copa del Rey semifinals on March 23 while Puigcerdà will face former champion CH Jaca

(03 Mar 2013)

Vitoria and Puigcerdà battle for title in Spain

Regular season winner Bipolo Vitoria and CG Puigcerdà are the finalists for Spanish League. Both teams needed just two games to advance to final: Vitoria eliminated Txuri Urdin San Sebastian, while Puigcerdà knocked off reigning champion CH Jaca.

Finals are best-of-five and will start on February 16

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(03 Feb 2013)

Sergei Zemchenko resigned from Bipolo Gasteiz

Ukranian coach Sergei Zemchenko resigned from his charge at Bipolo Vitoria/Gasteiz for personal reasons. Contract was terminated by mutual agreement. Bipolo is currently first in Spanish league with a perfect record. The club didn't explain the reason of resignation. Ibon Portularrumbe will be the new coach

(21 Nov 2012)

Txuri Urdin fired coach for lack of money

In a deep economic crisis, Spanish club Txuri Urdin decided to fire French coach Jean-Michel Lutaud to save on the budget and replace him with former player Alain Iturralde, currently working in junior teams. Club will also release some imports in next days

(28 Oct 2012)

Bill Wilkinson moves to Australia

Canadian coach Bill Wilkinson, 65, has accepted a coaching job with the Melbourne Mustangs of the AIHL in Australia. Wilkinson has been coaching C.H. Jaca in Spain in last three season winning three consecutive championships.

(26 Apr 2012)

CH Jaca is Spanish champion

CH Jaca wins its third consecutive Spanish League title by away beating 4-2 Puigcerda in playoffs game four. Puigcerda forced Jaca to game four winning 4-1 game three Saturday night. This is the eleventh title for Jaca, the sixth in last 10 year

(18 Mar 2012)

Jaca won regular season in Spain

Champion CH Jaca finishes regular season at the top of standing with 50 points in 19 games and just three defeats. Puigcerdà, silver medal FC Barcelona and Txuri Urdin are the other teams qualified for playoffs. Escor-Bakh and Majadahonda are out. Playoffs will start on February 25 with semifinals game #1 (best of three): Jaca - Txuri Urdin and Puigcerdà - Barcelona. In the same day Escor-Bakh and Majadahonda will play Copa del Rey first round against Majadahonda B and Boadilla, finished second and first in II Division. Jaca Canadian forward Maxim Martineau finishes as top scorer with 55 points (22 goals, 33 assits)

(19 Feb 2012)

CH Jaca lost for the first time

After 18 rounds of Liga Nacional, champion CH Jaca lost saturday its first game. Txuri Urdin from San Sebastian was the first team to earn points from Jaca, winning 4-1 at Pabellon de Hielo in Jaca. American forward Adrian Sosa was the man of the match scoring an hattrick. CG Puigcerdà won the game between runner ups clashing FC Barcelona 8-0.

(29 Jan 2012)