HELSINKI, FINLAND – Team Finland have today announced the contract extensions to it’s coaching staff. Head coach Jukka Jalonen and assistant coaches, Petri Matikainen and Pasi Nurminen also receive contract extensions. The coaching trio’s contracts were due to expire after … Continue reading
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SM-Liiga: 2011-2012 Gearing Up
FINLAND – The Finnish hockey summer wouldn’t be a hockey summer if there wasn’t any speculation over one man and his future. Other than that, the summer has been a time of great anticipation for the Finns, particularly because the … Continue reading
Munich pre-season starts.
MUNICH, GERMANY – The shooting star of the EHC, Martin Buchwieser, was delighted when he was invited to the Toronto Maple Leafs prospects camp. Over the summer, EHC invited young ice hockey players from southern Bavaria to a one-week … Continue reading
München startet in die Saisonvorbereitung
MUNICH, GERMANY – Der Shootingstar des EHC, Martin Buchwieser, freute sich ungemein über die Einladung der Toronto Maple Leafs zum diesjährigen Trainings- und Perspektivencamps. Und das Gleiche, nur im weitaus kleineren Rahmen, veranstaltete auch der EHC München. Er lud junge Eishockeyspieler aus … Continue reading
No summer without theatre in Germany
MUNICH – It could have been so easy. Berlin won the championship of the DEL in April after a well-deserved best-of-five final win against Wolfsburg. Afterwards the national team did a fantastic job at the IIHF World Cup beating Russia … Continue reading
Germany 2.0
GERMANY – It’s a story anyone familiar with the hockey world has heard before. We came, we saw, and then… the team was kicked out of the league and we were sent packing back to the United States with our tails between our legs. But … Continue reading