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17 Sep 2020, 21:23 | Kazakhstan League start postponed indefinitely

Due to the outbreak of coronavirus among the players of Barys Nur-Sultan the start of the championship of Kazakhstan has been postponed indefinitely. All clubs have been ordered to cancel all their trips.

This decision was made by the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
After the announcement of the new start date, an updated championship calendar will be presented.

17 Sep 2020, 16:08 | Coronavirus outbreak in Barys Nur-Sultan

The KHL regular championship match between Barys and Dinamo Riga, scheduled for September 18, will be postponed due to the outbreak of coronavirus in the Kazakh team.
The team was quarantined, and the KHL postponed six matches involving the team to a later date.

The press secretary of the club Yevgeny Akmanov told all the team members are asymptomatic, therefore, during the quarantine, everyone was sent home, but at the same time are under constant supervision of the medical headquarters.

The club hopes that everyone will soon get better, the team will continue to play in the KHL and this situation will not happen again, and the postponed matches, in agreement with the rivals, will be able to be held at a later date.

Relocation of the club to Russia is not currently being discussed, although it was considered before the start of the season.

14 Sep 2020, 13:07 | Arlan was saved and will compete in next Kazakhstan League

A couple of weeks ago, the club announced the dismantle of the team due to financial difficulties, but some days after the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of Akmola region made an official statement on the situation around Arlan.

"On September 4, a competition for the provision of services for the participation of a hockey team in republican and international competitions on behalf of the Akmola region ended. The winner of the competition was the ChU" Sports and Hockey Club "Astana-Baiterek". As a result of the competition, there was a saving of money.
At the same time, we would like to inform you that the hockey team will take part in the championship of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the name "Arlan". This condition is spelled out in the technical documentation of the competition."

07 Sep 2020, 19:35 | UPDATE: playoffs suspended in Ukraine

The Ukrainian Hockey League informs that the semi-final and final play-off series of the 2019/20 season has been suspended for at least two weeks due to the detection of COVID-19 in 19 Donbass hockey players and 2 players of Bilyỹ Bars Bila Tserkva. Also, tests for coronavirus were passed by Dnipro and Kremenchuk. Previously the League rescheduled the date for September 9-10

After retesting the playoff semi-finalist teams, the League will decide on the dates for the playoffs continuation

07 Sep 2020, 12:05 | Covid-19 stopped the semifinal series of the Ukrainian Hockey League

The playoff series of the Ukrainian Hockey League championship has been suspended due to the possible detection of COVID-19 in some hockey players after game #2 of the semifinals. between Donbas Donets'k and Dnipro Kherson and HC Kremenchuk and Bily Bars Bila Tserkva

All players have already been tested for coronavirus before the start of the playoff semi-finals in order to protect all participants in the process before the restart of the championship.

Players of all teams participating in the playoff semi-finals were retested and the new dates for the games are September 9 and 10

04 Sep 2020, 11:01 | South Africa withdraws U20 team

The South African Ice Hockey Federation has withdrawn its men's U20 national team from the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III scheduled to take place in January in Mexico City due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The tournament will be played with five teams.

04 Sep 2020, 10:41 | The Court sentenced the hockey players Dinamo Maladzyechna involved in a match fixing

On September 4, the Moscow District Court of Minsk sentenced hockey players Alexander Syrei, Sergei Sheleg, Nikita Ustinenko and Alexey Ivano , who were accused of unlawfully influencing the course of the Belarus Extraliga match Dynamo Molodechno - Mogilev (5: 6) in November 2019, as well as in the distribution of pornography.

The court sentenced Syrei and Sheleg to two years' imprisonment with a two-year probationary period and a suspended sentence. In addition, both hockey players were fined 2700 Belarusian rubles (euro 860)

Ivanov was fined 13,500 rubles (euro 4315)

In relation to Ustinenko, the criminal proceedings were terminated in accordance with the law "On amnesty in connection with the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."

03 Sep 2020, 14:20 | Dinamo Minsk - Jokerit not to be played today

The KHL game between Dinamo Minsk of Belarus and Jokerit of Finland will not be played today.
Players of the Finnish team had received death threats so they decided not to travel to Belarus.

02 Sep 2020, 22:04 | KHL season started

Ak Bars Kazan won the opening game of the 2020-21 KHL season against CSKA Moscow. Dmitri Voronkov scored the winning 3-2 goal early in the overtime period.

31 Aug 2020, 13:17 | Dinamo Minsk won Belarus Cup

For the third time in history, Dinamo Minsk won the Belarus Cup, named after Ruslan Salei, by beating 3-0 in the final, played in Gomel, cup holder and national champion Yunost Minsk. In the semifinal, Dinamo trashed 4-0 host Gomel, while Yunost prevailed at shootouts against Dinamo Maladzyechna. These teams reached the final four by winnig their qualification groups, while Dinamo Minsk and Yunost earned a bye and enter in the competition in the final four.
In the bronze medal final, Dinamo Maladzyechna left no chance for Gomel, with a 5-1 victory.
It's the first trophy for Dinamo Minsk since 2009, when the club won the Spengler Cup

19 Aug 2020, 21:11 | Buran withdraw from Dizel Cup and tournament was stopped and cancelled

Hockey team Buran announced that was forced to withdraw from the Dizel Cup tournament held in Penza.

Due to the fact that the team went to this competition in a truncated composition, and due to the numerous injuries to the players received in the matches held at the tournament, today the team does not have enough minimum number of hockey players to apply for the match.

Dizel Penza decided to end the tournament ahead of schedule.

17 Aug 2020, 22:44 | New arena name for HV71

The home arena of the Swedish SHL team HV71 changes name from Kinnarps arena to Husqvarna Garden.

16 Aug 2020, 22:43 | HK Astana withdrew from Kazakh League

"Thanks to our fans, players, management. We hope to see you again" In a short official statement HK Astana announced the club won't partecipate in the next Kazakh League. Estabilished in 2011, in the past five years, the capital's team has been played mainly by young hockey players, many of whom are pupils of the local school.

15 Aug 2020, 22:28 | Torpedo-Gorky leaves VHL

Hockey club Torpedo-Gorky Nizhny Novgorod made a decision not taking part in the VHL season 2020-2021 due to the difficult financial situation in the club caused by significant unplanned spending on the fight against coronavirus infection.

13 Aug 2020, 12:45 | New Zealand Season stalled

The shortened New Zealand season was due to begin yesterday (13th August) but due to alocalised lockdown this will not be possible as the game was due to be played at th Paradise Arena in Auckland. The following statement was issued: FOLLOWING A STATEMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT THE GAME WITH BOTANY SWARM HAS BEEN POSTPONED.

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