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News/Blog Ukraine had to withstand a late third-period comeback but picked up their first points of the tournament with a 3-2 victory over Japan. There was another impressive crowd in the rink, boosted again by a number of local schoolchidren. Ukraine had a 2-0 first-period lead thanks to goals from Vitali Lyalka and Juri Petrangovsky, while Lyalka netted his second in the second period for 3-0. Japan pulled a goal back at 55:46 through Jun Hashimoto and Kazuki Kawamura scored at 59:40 to set up a tense finish. With the netminder pulled, Japan did have a shot on goal to level but Ukraine hung on to go fourth in the Division 1B table. In the day's second game, Italy beat the second seeds Kazakhstan 4-3 in a topsey-turvey game. Kazakhstan led 1-0 through Yuri Sergienko and Oliver Schenk levelled for Italy. Giovanni Morini put Italy ahead but Sergienko's second made it 2-2. Schenk's second and and Andreas Alber's strike put Italy 4-2 ahead, while Dmitri Fisenko closed the gap but the Italians hung on for a massive win. Jordan Cownie and Ross Venus scored in the shootout and Adam Goss saved two France efforts as GB thrilled a packed Dumfries Ice Bowl. GB took the lead when Venus fed Liam Stewart, who fired top shelf blocker side at 2:13. But France hit back 36 seconds later - a loose puck in front of the net was not cleared and Jordann Perret scored on the backhand. But Pete Russell's side continued to impress in the first period and after Ollie Betteridge won the puck on the wall, he finished low in the slot from a feed from 15-year-old Sam Duggan - his first World Championship point. France scored the only goal of the second period as Pierre Crinon's stretch pass created a two-on-one break and Perret fed Julien Laplace at the back door. The third period was full of drama. France took the lead for the first time at 51:28 through Guillaume Leclerc, but Venus levelled 36 seconds later with a top-shelf finish. Liam Morris stole the puck and neatly finished to put GB ahead at 57:37, before a a sweet move close in on netminder Goss saw Perret level only 33 seconds later. Overtime was scoreless but GB held the nerve in the shootout to stun France. Head coach, Pete Russell, said: "I am so proud of the boys right now. Share: http://nationalteamsoficehockey.greenrope.com/index.html/Recap_of_day_three_IIHF_Under_20_World_Championship_Division_1B_By_icehockeyuk_12_13_2013/Blog193 A day after International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel stood firm about keeping Dec. 31 as the deadline to submit an Olympic hockey roster, the deadline has changed. After appeals from some top European countries - namely Russia, Sweden, Finland and Czech - over the past 24 hours, the National Hockey League, NHL Players' Association and the IIHF agreed to move the date to Jan. 7. The new date gives countries a little extra time to take injuries into account, like Canada with Steven Stamkos's broken tibia. The Sochi Olympics run from Feb. 7-23 and the preliminary round of the hockey competition begins Feb. 12. Share: http://nationalteamsoficehockey.greenrope.com/index.html/Deadline_to_submit_Olympic_hockey_rosters_moved_to_January_By_Canadian_Press_11_27_2013/Blog183 With Ted Nolan, head coach of the Latvian men's hockey team, coming back to North America to also coach the Buffalo Sabres, the national team has finally been getting a bit of exposure. But other than Nolan's ringing endorsement and a couple of players' names, what do we really know about hockey in Latvia? Let's take a deep dive to learn more. Latvia is a small easter European country with a population of about 2 million inhabitants. Although the nation has had success in The Players Currently, Zemgus Girgensons is the only Latvian in the NHL, incidentally being coached by Nolan in Buffalo. In total, there have been 31 Latvian players taken in the NHL Draft, with 18 of them playing at least one game in the league. There are no Latvian players in the Hockey Hall of Fame, but three have been inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame: goaltender Artūrs Irbe, defenseman Sandis Ozolins and forward Helmuts Balderis. Although Latvia has never made it past the quarterfinals in any major event, they have had wins against USA, Sweden, Russia and Belarus to boast about. They've also managed to qualify for the last four Winter Olympics, including the upcoming games in Sochi. The video features some of Latvia's top on ice moments. With Ted Nolan, head coach of the Latvian men's hockey team, coming back to North America to also coach the Buffalo Sabres, the national team has finally been getting a bit of exposure. But other than Nolan's ringing endorsement and a couple of players' names, what do we really know about hockey in Latvia? Let's take a deep dive to learn more. Latvia is a small easter European country with a population of about 2 million inhabitants. Although the nation has had success in With Ted Nolan, head coach of the Latvian men's hockey team, coming back to North America to also coach the Buffalo Sabres, the national team has finally been getting a bit of exposure. But other than Nolan's ringing endorsement and a couple of players' names, what do we really know about hockey in Latvia? Let's take a deep dive to learn more. Latvia is a small easter European country with a population of about 2 million inhabitants. Although the nation has had success in Share: http://nationalteamsoficehockey.greenrope.com/index.html/The_History_of_Latvian_Hockey_By_Joseph_Vito_Deluca_The_hockey_writers_11_23_2013/Blog182 Opposing the inexperienced Ankara team on Jan. 9, 1988, at Kurtluge Park was a team of players from Istanbul, mostly international businessmen who grew up playing the sport out of the country. The teams played 3-on-3 with unattended, miniature nets in what would become the first Turkish hockey game. Despite relying on scrunched-up newspaper and magazines for padding and having never played in an organized game, Ankara was victorious, led by Jackson native Glenn Brown. "We just needed to get some attention to what we were doing and to showcase these guys," Brown said. "The people in Ankara were very proud and, as they say, winning solves everything. We got some positive attention and press and that enabled us to get sponsorship, and it started to blossom from there." What blossomed wasn't just the talent of Ankara's players, but the development of a game once considered "non-traditional" in Turkey. In 2012, Turkey's national team finished first at the International Ice Hockey Federation Division III world championship – the country's first gold medal in an IIHF event. After the win, Turkey was promoted to Division II. "I knew kind of what I had a vision for as far as what (hockey) could be," Brown said. "If someone said it was my job, I probably would have failed. But, it was my passion, so I could look outside the box and take more hits." Laying a foundation Brown grew up in Jackson, picking up hockey at 12 years old. He started in net, but was eventually moved to center and went on to play at Parkside High School. There, he helped the Eagles capture three high school city championships before graduating in 1978. Out of school, Brown enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and spent a year at Sheppard AFB technical school in Texas before transferring to Wright Patterson AFB in Ohio. There, he played hockey between classes and working in the base hospital's emergency room. In 1983, he was assigned to Ankara, Turkey, where hockey was nonexistent. Still, the technical sergeant spent mornings and evenings skating and running drills at Kurtluge Park. A handful of local teens took notice, and eventually Brown began teaching them the sport he loves. "Soccer is their national sport, so they played it from when they learned to walk," Brown said. "I knew once we were able to get a facility, once we had ice, I knew things would blow up because they had all the skills in terms of reads, groups and systems from soccer – it was a perfect translation onto the rink." When he left Turkey and traveled to the Netherlands in 1984, the original six players kept practicing. They even slept at the park on occasion, dedicated to improving and impressing their teacher. Brown requested an assignment and returned in Turkey in 1987 to find the original six still hard at work, playing with warn-down sticks, some held together with nails. Building on the foundation Recognizing the dedication of his pupils, Brown continued establishing the sport. He worked with Bora Beshasy, the director of the Turkish Ski Federation, who attended that first game in 1988. "When we won, (Beshasy) was ecstatic," Brown said. "He was hugging the players and they were all jumping up and down." With Beshasy on board, the first Olympic-size hockey complex was built in 1989. Known today as Ankara Ice Palace, the complex became home to the nation's various festivities, including the second Turkish hockey game – a rematch between Ankara and Istanbul. "I reached out to them for a rematch and we were organized at that point," Brown said. "We had equipment and sponsors … and we picked up more players by then. I think we had 12 players, including a goalie who used a first baseman's mitt." Ankara won again. Soon after, Brown was named director of hockey development. He presented his goals to the Turkish Education Minister and members of the international diplomatic community. By 1990, ice hockey was subordinated to the Turkish Ski Federation and, two years later, Turkey participated in the men's world games. Four of the original six players were members of the first national team. Brown played and coached the Turkish European Cup team in 1994 and went on to coach the national Turkish team. Because of his efforts in developing ice hockey in Turkey, Brown was invited to coach the best European super league players against the Turkish national team in the 2008 All-Star hockey game. Brown's team won. What it all means now A documentary about Brown's contributions to the game was shot in 2007-08 and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer but was put on hold due to a courtroom battle over the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, Brown said. "It's a waiting game … but we've moved on," Brown said. "It was called 'The Glenn Brown Story.' If it does something great, or if it doesn't, we'll move on." Today, Brown lives in North Carolina and remains in contact with his friends from Turkey. This fall, he made a trip back to Jackson to speak to a youth hockey team, coached by Ken Gibbs. "Glenn Brown played hockey in Jackson for the association when it first opened," Gibbs said. "He became such a big deal in Europe and in the game of hockey that when Glenn retired from the Air Force (in 1998), Gordie Howe showed up to his retirement. There's a statue that recognizes him as the father of hockey in Turkey." As Gibbs reminisced of his days playing with Brown and hearing of his adventures overseas, his 11- and 12-year-old players got the chance to hear from the unsung contributor to international ice hockey. "He told the kids, 'You don't have to be a pro or the best player, but your love of the game can take you far,'" Gibbs said. A photo of the original seven Turkish hockey players taken in 1989. The back row from left to right: Fahri Pasli, Gultekin Olayak, Kahn, Reha Akin, Glenn Brown. The front row from left to right: Tuncay Ozbek, Cuneyt Kozan. (Courtesy of Glenn Brown) The 1994 Turkish European Cup team after playing Israel in a qualifying game. Glenn Brown played and coached the Turkish team. (Courtesy of Glenn Brown) Share: http://nationalteamsoficehockey.greenrope.com/index.html/Turkey_s_father_of_ice_hockey_grew_up_loving_the_game_in_Jackson_Michigan_By_Justin_Hicks_mlive_com_11_21_2013/Blog181 That's right. I am a coach and player in HK Vitez second straight season. Unlike last season, when HK Vitez competed in IIHF Continental Cup tournament, this season team competes in Serbian league only, total of 8 teams are competing this season, with 7 participating teams from Serbia and one team from Hungary. Each season is a new challenge and this year we started bad, losing the first two games, so in the following period we need to overcome the problems if we want to fight for first place in the championship which is still our goal. Croatia has a team in KHL but if we look deeply into that matter, we can see that except foreign players there are no Croats playing there. They also have issues when it comes to domestic championship and player development. Talking about Slovenia, they have always been #1 in this region when it comes to hockey. We can say that they are closer to Alpine counties so natural thing is to focus themselves to winter sports. What was you best memory of playing for the Serbia national team? I played several WC and OQ starting with U18 and U20 team. Looking back, there is no doubt in my answer to this question. Best memory is winning WC Div 2 in Novi Sad 2009, beating team Estonia in gold medal game. In same time it was my last WC as a member of National team, so it was quite a farewell for me. Bogdan Jankovic with Serbia Share: http://nationalteamsoficehockey.greenrope.com/index.html/Interview_with_Bogan_Jankovic_By_Nationalteamsoficehockey_11_20_2013/Blog180 Playing an Olympics on big ice overseas comes with very real concerns, but the most frequently noted concerns may be overblown. Additionally, this argument that the 2014 edition of Team USA is going to falter in Sochi because that's what American teams have done in the Olympics before is a bit outdated. Brian Costa of the Wall Street Journal recently penned a piece on why U.S. fans should temper their expectations and why the past has Team USA's brass thinking hard about how to build this next team. It's a good story with plenty of solid sources offering their thoughts on the matter, but I couldn't help but feel there was something missing. The premise of Costa's piece can be somewhat nutshelled with this selection: But here's a cold fact ahead of the Sochi Games in February: Team USA fares miserably outside North America. Not since 1972 has the U.S. won a medal in an overseas Olympics. In the 2006 Torino Games, the Americans finished eighth, unable to beat even Latvia. In the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan, the U.S. tied for fifth—then gained off-the-ice ignominy when some American players vandalized their rooms at the athletes' village, causing more than $1,000 in damage. The culprits were never identified. This record of overseas failure leaves U.S. hockey officials pondering a question as they assemble their roster for the Sochi Games. "What do we need to change to win there?" Team USA general manager David Poile said. Again, no disagreement here and I found a lot of what the piece had to say interesting. However, there are a few reasons comparisons of the potential 2014 outfit to those in 1998 and 2006 are inapt. Costa is right in that those particular Olympic teams have fared miserably overseas, but a good number of the players within Team USA's 2014 player pool have fared rather well on foreign soil. However, for comparisons sake, let's take a look at the two comparable teams in question. For one, let's just throw out for a second that the 2006 U.S. Olympic team was by and large bad. There was a lot of name recognition as USA Hockey was still leaning heavily on USA Hockey's Golden Age of players after the gold had already tarnished. They had no choice but to continue going back to that well with guys like Chris Chelios (44 at the time), Doug Weight, Keith Tkachuk and Mike Modano. All of those players were still serviceable, but not the version of themselves that led the U.S. to the 1996 World Cup. In 1998, talent was not a valid excuse. Many of those players were absolutely among the best in the world. It was essentially the same team that beat Canada just two years prior at the World Cup of Hockey. We can sit here all day and make excuses for that 1998 team, but they got embarrassed. Then furthered the humiliation by allegedly trashing their rooms in the Olympic village. They should have fared better than they did, but they were trying to win an NHL game on Olympic ice. It's a tough thing to do. Four years later, USA Hockey's brass took largely the same group, but made some key changes to the roster for the 2002 team. Among them, getting a bit more mobile on defense and providing a better mix of speed and power up front. That, plus being bolstered by home ice helped lead to a silver medal in Salt Lake City. While the way the 1998 and 2006 teams were constructed and the player pool USA Hockey had to pick from were a lot different than today's, that isn't the key difference between those two clubs and Team USA's potential 2014 entry. Those two teams were made up of players that had never once tasted success on foreign ice. Not once. No gold medals, no chance to even compete really. They'd lose to Canada, Russia (USSR), Sweden, Finland, and just get smoked at the World Juniors and World Championships. Those results would follow them to the Olympics in the pre-NHL years from 1984 to 1994. Then they still followed in 1998 and 2006. This era of American player has had a lot of success on international ice, though. Many of the candidates for Team USA in 2014 will have had experience on an international ice surface in a foreign country and a lot of them will have experienced some level of success. Part of that is due to a decision made by Jeff Jackson, now head coach at Notre Dame, and USA Hockey's executives to find a way to change the way American players were being developed for international success. The National Team Development Program was founded in 1996 when it became apparent that a lack of success at the World Juniors and other international tournaments was correlating to a lack of success in the Olympics. The U.S. was 16 years removed from the Miracle on Ice and though the World Cup of Hockey brought added optimism, the results were still remarkably poor at the majority of international events. By housing the nation's elite players, getting them into multiple international events and playing a challenging schedule about older, stronger opponents, the national governing body had more control over how their players were being developed and the messages being delivered. It took several years for things to start coming together, but in 2002, a group of primarily 1984-born players took the first step toward what would be an eventual overwhleming culture change for American hockey. In Piestany, Slovakia, on an Olympic ice surface, the U.S. National Under-18 Team won its first gold medal at the World Under-18 Championship, which was formed by the IIHF in 1999. That team, coached by current Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves, featured future building block players like Zach Parise, Ryan Kesler and Ryan Suter. Two years later, many of the players from that same age group went on to help the U.S. win its first ever World Junior Championship in Finland. Since then, the U.S. has won a record seven gold medals — all, but one earned overseas — at the World Under-18 Championship, including four straight from 2009-12, and three total at the World Junior Championships (two outside of North America). Success has still escaped the U.S. at the Men's World Championship, though a bronze medal at last year's event is quite encouraging. When David Poile goes to build his team for the Olympics, he has players that have won on international ice before. A good portion of these players will have experienced Russia once in their hockey playing lives. They'll have made these kinds of trips and have experienced the small margin of error short tournaments like the Olympics brings. Through an added emphasis by USA Hockey to build teams for the World Under-18 Championship, World Juniors and even the World Championship, the organization has done a better job of grooming its players for international success. The experience of each tournament, however long ago, may seem irrelevant and maybe it's not going to be the difference, but it is an advantage these players have over their predecessors in 1998 and 2006 On top of the actual experience, you also have to look at the type of player the U.S. has developed. There is a more diverse skillset among American players. This is not just a meat-and-potatoes group anymore. Sure, the U.S. is still full of those guys, but that's in addition to top end skill among offensive players. There is a load of speed and there is still enough of that grit to make a difference even on the wider ice sheet. There's also more mobility throughout the defense, which could end up being a separating factor. Additionally, the goaltending now is on a par of the Mike Richter-led years. And far ahead of where the U.S. was in 2006 at the position. American hockey players are being developed differently and they're part of an era where success is not a hope or a miracle, it is an expectation. Not only has the NTDP made a difference, but you look at the USHL and the strides the league has made over the last decade of being a Tier 1 entity under USA Hockey's umbrella. Several key players for Team USA will have been groomed in that league as well. College hockey and yes, even Canadian major junior, have also helped widen the pool by taking some well-molded players and finishing them off before they head to the NHL. The gap between the U.S. and Canada is still a gap, but it's not necessarily a wide one. The depth is not close, but when you put best-on-best, the U.S. can compete, just as Vancouver proved. The 2014 U.S. team is probably not going to be as star-studded as that of 1998 or 2002, but it is the right mix of youth, experience and, above all, talent. Not every player on Team USA is going to have that same experience, but many of the core players do, like Parise, Suter, Patrick Kane and Phil Kessel. And though the last Olympics was on a smaller ice surface, many of Team USA's players will have that high-pressure experience to call upon. There's a lot of value in that, no matter the size of the surface. If this team fails, it won't be because "Oh, well, the U.S. just doesn't play well in overseas Olympics." That won't be a valid excuse and shouldn't be anyway. No question, the U.S. has struggled on the biggest stage across the pond, but it has never approached the Olympics with players that have had years of international success and the resources plugged into them like these. That makes Sochi an incredibly interesting tournament for America's status in hockey. You can only learn so much in a two-week tournament and it's never really fair to draw broad conclusions from them, but the 2014 Olympics may be a touchstone moment in American hockey development one way or another. In a lot of ways, this is the tournament USA Hockey starting building towards in 1996. With the future of NHL players at the Olympics still in doubt, it may also be the tournament they are judged by. List of Candidates* with IIHF Gold Medals/Olympic Silver Ryan Miller — G — Buffalo Sabres: 2010 Olympics * – Candidates include only those invited to Olympic Orientation Camp Share: http://nationalteamsoficehockey.greenrope.com/index.html/2014_Olympics_Concern_Over_Lack_of_U_S_Success_Overseas_Overblown_Outdated_By_Chris_Peters_unitedstatesofhockey_com_11_20_13/Blog178 NHL Round up November 16, 17, 2013 MONTREAL - Ryan Callahan ended New York's four-year-old goal drought in Montreal and rookie Cam Talbot made 22 saves for his first NHL shutout in the Rangers' 1-0 blanking off the Canadiens on Saturday night. Callahan scored his sixth goal of the season for New York, which has won eight of its past 11 games. Talbot, who replaced Martin Biron as the backup goalie, became the first Rangers goalie to earn a shutout in Montreal since Ed Giacomin in a 5-0 win on Feb. 25, 1967. The Rangers outshot Montreal 34-22. The Canadiens were coming off a 3-2 shootout win in Columbus on Friday night and spent most of the game a step behind the Rangers, who played the first of back-to-back games before playing Los Angeles at home on Sunday. Callahan broke the Rangers' Bell Centre drought just as a two-man advantage ended as he tipped Brad Richard's blast from the left circle past Carey Price 5:25 into the second period. DEVILS 4, PENGUINS 1 NEWARK, N.J. (AP)—Jaromir Jagr scored two goals and Martin Brodeur made 27 saves to lead New Jersey over Pittsburgh. Andy Greene and Adam Larsson also scored for New Jersey, which has won three of its past five. Chris Kunitz scored for Pittsburgh. The Penguins have lost four of six. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 18 of 21 shots. BLUES 4, HURRICANES 2 ST. LOUIS (AP)—Alexander Steen scored his league-leading 17th goal and also added an assist to lead St. Louis Blues over Carolina. Steen extended his scoring streak to 13 games, the longest for a Blue since Pierre Turgeon had a 15-game streak in 1999-2000. The Blues won for the fifth time in six games despite giving up two short-handed goals on the same power play for the first time in more than 20 years. St. Louis last allowed that to happen on Oct. 8, 1992 against the then-Minnesota North Stars. Roman Polak had a goal and assist for St. Louis. David Backes and T.J. Oshie also scored for the Blues and Brian Elliott made 18 saves. Eric Staal and Nathan Gerbe scored for Carolina. PREDATORS 7, BLACKHAWKS 2 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)—Rookie Marek Mazanec made 39 saves for his first NHL victory and Nashville stopped Chicago's four-game winning streak. Craig Smith scored a goal and added two assists for the Predators. The three-point game equaled the Madison, Wis. native's career high. Matt Cullen, Nick Spaling, Patric Hornqvist, Viktor Stalberg, Mike Fisher and Shea Weber also scored for Nashville, which ended a four-game losing streak. Patrick Kane and Brandon Pirri had the goals for Chicago. PANTHERS 4, AVALANCHE 1 DENVER (AP)—Tim Thomas made 32 saves for his 200th NHL victory and Brian Campbell had a goal and an assist in Florida's win over Colorado. Brad Boyes, Tomas Kopecky and Jonathan Huberdeau also scored, and Tom Gilbert had three assists for the Panthers. Ryan O'Reilly scored Colorado, which has lost three straight. The Avalanche have cooled off after setting a franchise record for the hottest start through 16 games. They dropped road games in Carolina and St. Louis and came home looking to turn things around against lowly Florida. Instead, the Panthers, who played Friday, looked like the fresher team throughout. ISLANDERS 5, RED WINGS 4, SO UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP)—Kevin Poulin stopped all three Detroit skaters in the shootout after coming on in relief, and New York outlasted the reeling Red Wings. Neither team could hold the lead until Poulin shut the door in the tiebreaker, denying Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk and Todd Bertuzzi. The Red Wings had tied the game 4-4 when Datsyuk scored his second of the night with 42.5 seconds left in regulation. The Red Wings also got goals from Darren Helm and Johan Franzen and have lost six straight games and five in a row after regulation—the past three in shootouts. Frans Nielsen scored the only shootout goal for the Islanders, who had dropped five of six. Cal Clutterbuck had given the Islanders a 4-3 lead when he tipped Aaron Ness' shot from the left point past Gustavsson 4:43 into the third for his fifth goal. New York also got goals from John Tavares, Casey Cizikas and Brock Nelson. OILERS 4, FLAMES 2 CALGARY, Alberta (AP)—David Perron scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and Edmonton rallied from a two-goal third-period deficit to defeat Calgary. Perron had the puck behind the Flames net and banked it off the back of goaltender Reto Berra at 10:23. The goal came just over two minutes after another odd goal for the Oilers tied it. Sam Gagner's shot deflected off Flames defenceman Dennis Wideman and Ales Hemsky batted in out of midair for his first goal in 12 games. Edmonton started its comeback at 3:41 when Jordan Eberle took a drop pass from Taylor Hall and ripped a shot over the blocker of Berra. The three-goal barrage in a span of 6:42 came on four shots. Boyd Gordon added an empty-net goal in the final minute. Sean Monahan and Wideman scored for the Flames, who are winless in their past six and 0-4-1 in their past five games at home. MAPLE LEAFS 4, SABRES 2 TORONTO (AP)—James van Riemsdyk scored twice, Nikolai Kulemin got the winner and Toronto snapped a three-game skid by beating Buffalo. Van Riemsdyk had been pointless in his previous five games, four of those at centre. Kulemin made it 3-0 at 11:49 of the second period on just his third shot on goal of the season. Mason Raymond also scored for the Leafs. James Reimer made 33 saves to move to 5-2-0 on the season. Jonas Enroth made 18 saves for Buffalo. Jamie McBain and Tyler Ennis scored for the Sabres. COYOTES 6, LIGHTNING 3 GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP)—Martin Hanzal had a goal and three assists, Lauri Korpikoski added a goal and two assists and Phoenix handed Eastern Conference-leading Tampa Bay its first loss in eight games against Western Conference teams this season. Michael Stone, Mike Ribeiro, Connor Murphy and Shane Doan also scored for Phoenix. Radim Vrbata had three assists. Richard Panik, J.T. Brown and Alex Killorn scored for the Lightning. NEW YORK, N.Y. - Ben Scrivens made 37 saves in his second consecutive shutout, and Tyler Toffoli's second-period goal held up as the winner as the Los Angeles Kings completed a successful Eastern road trip with a 1-0 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday night. Dominic Moore thought he tied it with 2:41 remaining, but the goal was disallowed because he kicked it in with his right skate. Scrivens, filling in for injured regular Jonathan Quick, followed up a blanking of New Jersey on Friday with one against the Rangers. Los Angeles went 3-0-1 on the trip, winning the final three games. Scrivens has gone 155 minutes, 2 seconds without allowing a goal over three games. Los Angeles is 5-0-1 in its last six. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 29 shots in the hard-luck loss. The Rangers, 7-3 in their last 10, failed to follow up on a 1-0 win at Montreal on Saturday and dropped their second straight at home. BLACKHAWKS 5, SHARKS 1 CHICAGO (AP)—Patrick Sharp scored two goals, including one on a third-period penalty shot, and Kris Versteeg had a goal and an assist to lead Chicago over San Jose. Jonathan Toews and rookie Brandon Pirri also scored for the Blackhawks, who rebounded with a tidy defensive effort following a 7-2 loss in Nashville on Saturday. Joe Pavelski connected for San Jose. Versteeg scored his first goal with the Blackhawks since being reacquired from Florida on Thursday. Corey Crawford stopped 23 shots and wasn't heavily tested in the win. CAPITALS 4, BLUES 1 WASHINGTON (AP)—Alex Ovechkin won the head-to-head matchup between the NHL's two leading goal scorers, getting a pair in the first period to move into a tie with Alexander Steen in Washington's win over St. Louis. Ovechkin's 16th and 17th goals led the Capitals to their third straight win and seventh in nine games. Mikhail Grabovski and John Carlson also scored for Washington, Nicklas Backstrom had three assists, and Braden Holtby made 46 saves. Ovechkin and Steen are two of the NHL's hottest forwards playing for two of the league's hottest teams, but the Capitals cruised after dominating early, scoring on three of their first six shots against Jaroslav Halak. Vladimir Sobotka scored in the second period for the Blues, who had won eight of 10. St. Louis was playing for the third time in four nights, including a back-to-back after a home win over Carolina. The Blues took a season-high 47 shots compared to 20 for the Capitals. BLUE JACKETS 4, SENATORS 1 OTTAWA, Ontario (AP)—Ryan Johansen, R.J. Umberger and Fedor Tyutin each had a power-play goal to lead Columbus over Ottawa. Derek MacKenzie also scored for Columbus (7-10-3), and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots. Erik Karlsson scored the lone goal for the Senators (8-8-4) in the third period. Craig Anderson made 18 saves. The ugly game got even uglier after Ottawa's Mark Borowiecki caught Jared Boll with his head down in the third. James Wisniewski quickly came to his teammate's defence and fought Borowiecki. The two were tossed from the game. WILD 2, JETS 1 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP)—Mikko Koivu scored two goals, including the winner with 3:12 remaining, and Minnesota extended its winning streak to four games by beating Winnipeg. Josh Harding made 21 saves for his 12th victory. The Wild have an eight-game point streak (7-0-1) and pulled into second place, two points behind Chicago, in the Central Division. They also extended their home winning streak to six and are 10-1-2 at home. The Jets had a four-game winning streak snapped. Koivu doubled his goal total for the season. Zach Parise earned an assist and has 13 points in his past 12 games. STARS 2, CANUCKS 1 VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP)—Kari Lehtonen made 42 saves to help Dallas edge Vancouver. Valeri Nichushkin and Erik Cole scored for Dallas (11-7-2), which came off a 7-3 victory over Calgary on Thursday and extended its road winning streak to six games. Henrik Sedin scored for Vancouver (11-8-3), which got 21 saves from Roberto Luongo but dropped its fourth in a row. After Lehtonen kept Vancouver off the scoreboard in the second period in which Vancouver held a 20-6 edge in shots, Cole made it 2-0 early in the third. Share: http://nationalteamsoficehockey.greenrope.com/index.html/NHL_Round_up_By_Canada_Press_11_18_2013/Blog175 November 16, 17, 18, 2013 Earlier SKA had taken the lead through Alexander Kucheryavenko in the 15th minute, but Alexander Kadeikin tied it up in the second. Unusually the first period also saw a penalty called on Severstal's Evgeny Kovyrshin for playing with two sticks. He was trying to return the stick which goalie Jakub Stepanek had dropped when the puck came to him and he played it to safety, only to get a two-minute penalty for his troubles. Dynamo Moscow was pushed all the way on its first ever visit to Admiral – but after trailing three times on the night, the defending champion snuck away with the points thanks to Alexei Sopin's goal in the 58th minute. He got the final touch on a blue-liner from Denis Barantsev to complete a recovery which had been building throughout the final period. Earlier Konstantin Kasyanchuk had tied the game at 3-3, forcing the puck home after a flurry of shots had seen the home defense stretched to limits, but previously Admiral had posed plenty of questions for its illustrious visitor. Goals from Sergei Barbashev and Niclas Bergfors sandwiched Konstantin Sokolov's successful penalty shot as the Pacific team got in front on three separate occasions. At the other end Janne Pesonen took advantage of a relatively rare offensive opportunity to open the scoring in the 36th minute. Evgeny Bodrov wrapped up the win with an empty-netter. Mozyakin tops the scoring chart It was also a good day for the league's highest-scoring defenseman: Chris Lee strengthened his grip on top spot after opening the scoring in Sunday's game and going on to add an assist on Mozyakin's second. Klepis downs Avangard That hope lasted just 20 seconds, however, before Jakub Klepis – the man whose goal beat Avangard in Game 7 of the Gagarin Cup final two seasons ago – tied it up at 2-2. In the shoot-out Klepis struck again to secure victory for the Czechs and continue the Siberians' unhappy season. Around the league Dinamo Riga made it six wins from six, and Ugra suffered a tenth defeat in a row – but things were far from easy for the Latvians. It took a Miks Indrasis winner in overtime to break a 3-3 tie. Indrasis also opened the scoring. Dinamo Minsk finally got on the scoresheet after failing to find the target in its last two games, but still went down to a 2-5 loss at Neftekhimik. Roman Lyuduchin scored twice for the victors. Jakub Petruzalek scored twice to help Amur to a 4-2 win over Vityaz. After seven games without success, the Khabarovsk team has now won two on the spin, scoring 10 times in the process. Maxim Yakutsenya got a shoot-out winner for Donbass following a 2-2 tie at Salavat Yulaev. All the scoring came in 10 first-period minutes; Salavat clawed back a 0-2 deficit in just 24 seconds but could not escape a fifth successive defeat. Struggling Metallurg Novokuznetsk took an early lead at home to Torpedo – but that was as good as it got for the Siberian team. The visitor hit back strongly to cruise to a 4-1 win; Daniil Zharkov got the game-winner in the second period. Two goals for Petri Kontiola helped Traktor edge a 3-2 verdict over Spartak. The Finn struck twice in four second-period minutes, but it was Stanislav Chistov who got the game winner early in the third. The 2-1 victory in St. Petersburg pushed the team into the play-off spots – something which seemed a long way off when four defeats in the opening five games of the season cost Tom Rowe his job in Yaroslavl. But under Pyotr Vorobyov, progress has been steady and that gap has been reeled in. Monday's victory, coming four days after SKA was beaten 2-0 in Yaroslavl, reaffirms that this Loko team is more dangerous than its current league position might suggest. The teams traded goals in the first period, with Dmitry Kalinin putting SKA in front before Ilya Gorokhov tied it up. There followed a long wait for a winner, and the frustrated home fans saw their worst fears realized four minutes from the hooter when Loko's star of the moment Sergei Plotnikov (6 points in the last five games) snatched the win for his team. Share: http://nationalteamsoficehockey.greenrope.com/index.html/KHL_Round_up_By_KHL_ru_11_18_2013/Blog174 Răspuns: - Doresc să subliniez, în primul rînd, că am moștenit o federație înglodată în datorii și pentru a o plasa activitățile ei în albia normalității a fost necesar să fac împreună cu un grup de sponsori, prieteni de idee, împătimiți cu adevărat, ca și mine, de acest gen de sport spectaculos, bărbătesc, aproximativ 4,5 milioane de lei. A fost un efort colectiv, care s-a încununat de succes și pe moment avem nu doar un patinoar, Ice Bravo din Chișinău, care cu regret nu corespunde standardelor mondiale, ci deja două. Anul curent a fost reamenajată și dat în folosință cu suportul federației și arena de la Tiraspol, care satisface rigorile minime de desfășurare a meciurilor internaționale. În acest scop au fost cheltuite circa 100 mii dolari. La Chișinău va începe în viitorul apropiat construcția unui Palat al sporturilor de iarnă... Î: - Îmi permit să Vă întrerup, fiindcă, fiți de acord, sună frumos: "Palat al sporturilor de iarnă"... Asta cînd de ani de zile doar se discută despre înălțarea unui Stadion Național polivalent...Vă rugăm să oferiți detalii, probe, să aduceți argumente că se vorbește la concret... R: - Primăria ne-a oferit deja terenul pentru viitorul complex. Este vorba despre o suprafață de aproximativ 3 hectare, aflată în sectorul Ciocana, la ieșirea din Chișinău în drum spre localitatea Vadul lui Vodă. Terenul urmează să fie scos la licitație și condiția obligatorie ce va fi pusă în fața posibililor investitori este ca aici să fie construit un Palat al sporturilor de iarnă cu o infrastructură modernă, care să fie în asonanță cu toate exigențele timpului. Este elaborat, aprobat deja și proiectul viitorului Palat. Nu am inventat bicicleta. L-am "împrumutat" de la niște prieteni dintr-o altă țară și doar l-am supus unor modificări. Viitoarea arenă va include două terenuri pentru hochei pe gheață. Unul cu o capacitate de de 5.500 locuri și altul cu tribune pentru circa 1500 de spectatori. Ele vor fi construite astfel ca să fie ușor de transformat în săli de concerte, alte festivități, activități. De exemplu, aici vor putea fi desfășurate și meciuri de minifiotbal, baschet, handbal, volei, tenis, tenis de masă, etc. Arena pe ansamblu urmează să fie, de asemenea, multifuncțională, polivalentă. Ea va oferi posibilitatea să fie practicate aici în condiții moderne diferite disicipline sportive: patinaj artistic, box, lupte libere și greco-romane, marțiale, haltere, fitness, kickboxing, gimnastică sportivă și ritmică...Aici va fi dat în folosință și un bazin cu lungimea de 50 metri și 8 piste, conform tuturor parametrilor internționali de desfășurare a Campionatelor Europene, Mondiale. Pe scurt, avem planuri mari, mărețe, în contextul solicitărilor tinerilor, populației, integrării în circuitul valoric european, internațional. Sper mult, să reușim, să transpunem în fapt acest lucru. În curînd va fi anunțat concursul pentru dreptul de a construi Palatul. Î: Să revenim la realitate, faptul că Platina Chișinău joacă meciurile de acasă la Tiraspol, că ea este completată, în temei, cu jucători streini, că după ce a avut un start relativ bun pe moment a clacat... R: După ce în 2011 Platina a devenit campioană a României la categoria de vîrstă Under-18 și au apărut niște probleme de ordin organizatoric am decis ca ea să evolueze într-un turneu mai competitiv, Liga Internațională de Hochei (tineret). Sezonul trecut a fost un eșec. Anul acesta este mai bun, dar nu este în măsură să ne satisfacă deocamdată așteptările. Pentru noi este important, însă, să menținem cu orice preț brandul Platina. Pregătim cu ajutorul antrenorilor Mihail Garev și Aurel Cerguță 40 de hocheiști autohtoni la Liceul sportiv din cartierul Botanica. Unii dintre elevii lor au ajuns deja să joace în campionate mai puternice. Thomas Maștaler, de exemplu, evoluează în Canada. Dima Caraseni – la Donbass Donețk, Artiom Popcov – la Salavat Iulaev (Bașkorstan), etc. Peste cîteva zile va demara prima ediție a campionatului național de veterani la care și-au anunțat participarea patru echipe. Î: Fiți de acord, însă, că nu este normal ca ei, copiii să studieze la Chișinău și să efectueze antrenamentele la Tiraspol... R: Asta-i situația pe moment. Patinoarul Ice Bravo din capitală nu corespunde tuturor cerințelor. Din acest considerent am organizat la Tiraspol turneui internațional "Cupa prieteniei", care a devenit deja tradițional, iar anul curent am organizat în premieră și memorialul "Vadimir Krutov" în anul curent. Iată de ce vom depune maximum de eforturi pentru a da în exploatare cît mai repede viitorul Palat al sporturilor de iarnă. Îmi dau perfect seama că unii vor zîmbi la lectura acestui text, nu vor da crezare spuselor mele, dar eu dau asigurări ferme că Palatul sporturilor de iarnă va fi înălțat într-un termen-record și că toată lumea se va bucura de avantajele oferite, se va convinge că hocheiul pe gheață și nu doar el poate fi practicat cu succes și în Moldova. Share: http://nationalteamsoficehockey.greenrope.com/index.html/Iurie_Topală__Obiectivul_prioritar_este_construcția_la_Chișinău_a_unui_Palat_al_sporturilor_de_iarnă__By_nihf_md_11_16_2013/Blog173 TAMPA, Fla. - Valtteri Filppula had two goals and an assist, goalie Ben Bishop won his 13th game this season and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-1 in a matchup of conference leaders Thursday night. Martin St. Louis added a goal and two assists for the Lightning, who played their first home game and second overall—both victories—without star Steven Stamkos. The centre, out indefinitely after breaking his right leg Monday, had surgery Tuesday in Boston and returned to Florida on Thursday. Alex Killorn and Victor Hedman had the other Tampa Bay goals. Emerson Etem scored for the Ducks, who lost 3-2 on Tuesday night to lowly Florida. Anaheim captain Ryan Getzlaf missed his third game with an upper-body injury, but coach Bruce Boudreau said the centre could return Friday at Carolina or Monday against Pittsburgh. STARS 7, FLAMES 3 CALGARY, Alberta (AP)—Tyler Seguin scored four goals and Jamie Benn had a career-high six points to lead Dallas over slumping Calgary. Benn had a goal and five assists. Stephane Robidas and Ryan Garbutt also scored for the Stars, who have won five of six and reeled off five straight road victories. Alex Goligoski had three assists. Dallas scored four consecutive goals in the second period to hand the Flames their fifth loss in a row. It was Seguin's first career four-goal game. Matt Stajan had two goals and David Jones also scored for Calgary. Kari Lehtonen, starting his 11th game in a row and on consecutive nights after shutting out Edmonton, made 25 saves in improving to 9-3-2. BLACKHAWKS 5, COYOTES 4, SO CHICAGO (AP)—Jonathan Toews and rookie Brandon Pirri scored in a four-round shootout to help Chicago beat Phoenix for its fourth straight win. Radim Vrbata had the lone shootout goal for Phoenix, 7-1-1 in its last nine games. Pirri tied the score 4-all 3 minutes into the third when he connected on a midair deflection of Brent Seabrook's drive from the top of the circle. Brandon Saad, Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa also scored in regulation for the Blackhawks, who extended their point streak to eight games (7-0-1). Chicago fired a season-high 52 shots through overtime at Coyotes goalie Mike Smith. Phoenix defenceman Michael Stone scored twice for the first time in his career as the Coyotes overcame an early two-goal deficit to earn a point. Shane Doan and Lauri Korpikoski also scored for Phoenix. At 13-4-3, the Coyotes are off to their best start since 1998-99 when they were 15-3-2 after 20 games. BLUES 7, AVALANCHE 3 ST. LOUIS (AP)—Alexander Steen scored his league-leading 15th and 16th goals, and St. Louis' slumping power play woke up with three goals against Colorado. St. Louis has won seven of nine and is off to the fastest start in franchise history with 12 wins in its first 17 games. Colorado lost back-to-back games for the first time this season. Derek Roy, David Backes, Vladimir Tarasenko, Chris Stewart and Jay Bouwmeester also scored for the Blues, who have won their last five home meetings with the Avalanche. T.J. Oshie added four assists for the first four-point game of his career. Steen has a point in 12 successive games, a career high. St. Louis goalie Jaroslav Halak improved to 10-2-2. Nathan MacKinnon, Matt Duchene and Ryan O'Reilly scored for Colorado. Avalanche goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere lost for the first time this season after winning his first five starts. He was pulled in the second period after allowing three goals on 14 shots, but re-entered at the start of the third. SHARKS 2, CANUCKS 1, OT VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP)—Dan Boyle scored a power-play goal at 2:38 of overtime to give San Jose a victory over Vancouver. Henrik Sedin was in the penalty box when Boyle's shot from the slot stood after a video review. Tomas Hertl tied it with 65 seconds left in regulation and Antti Niemi made 34 saves for the Sharks (12-2-5), who had dropped five of six. Roberto Luongo made 28 saves and Kevin Bieksa scored his first goal of the season for Vancouver. In a scheduling quirk, it was the final meeting of the regular season between the Canucks and Sharks even though both are in the Pacific Division. San Jose has won 10 of 11 against the Canucks dating to last season. The Sharks swept Vancouver four straight in the first round of last season's playoffs. BRUINS 3, BLUE JACKETS 2, OT BOSTON (AP)—Milan Lucic scored on a breakaway 4:11 into overtime to lift Boston over Columbus. Lucic blocked Cam Atkinson's shot just inside the blue line and the puck took a big bounce toward the Columbus end with nobody between Lucic and Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobvrosky. Lucic corralled the puck and poked a shot between Bobvrosky's pads. Loui Eriksson and Shawn Thornton also scored for the Bruins. Chad Johnson stopped 32 shots while playing for just the third time this season with starter Tuukka Rask getting a night off. Bobvrosky made 28 saves for the Blue Jackets, who got goals from Blake Comeau and Nick Foligno. KINGS 3, ISLANDERS 2 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP)—Tyler Toffoli deflected in the winning goal with 1:27 left and Los Angeles stunned New York by scoring three times in the third period. Toffoli, who has a five-game point streak, tipped in Jake Muzzin's drive past surprised goalie Kevin Poulin to cap the comeback. Tanner Pearson tied it 2-all with 7:45 left with a power-play goal in his first NHL regular-season game. Slava Voynov started the turnaround for the Kings at 5:34 of the third. That made a winner of backup Ben Scrivens, who had 23 saves in place of injured Jonathan Quick. Aaron Ness gave the Islanders a 2-0 lead in the second period with his first NHL goal after Casey Cizikas put New York in front with his first of the season. BUFFALO, N.Y. - Steve Ott had a goal and an assist, and the Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Friday night in coach Ted Nolan's first game in 16 years behind the Buffalo bench. Marcus Foligno scored the go-ahead goal, and Christian Ehrhoff sealed it with an empty-netter in the final minute. The Sabres (5-15-1) won their second consecutive game for the first time since closing last season with two victories. They also won their second straight at home after opening the season 0-8-1 in Buffalo. Ryan Miller stopped 32 shots, and was particularly sharp in the final minute. The win came two days after Sabres owner Terry Pegula fired coach Ron Rolston and general manager Darcy Regier. Trevor Smith scored for the Maple Leafs (11-7-1), who dropped to 0-2-1 in their past three—their longest losing streak since going 0-3-2 from March 7-16. Toronto has scored just four goals in regulation in five games. CAPITALS 4, RED WINGS 3, SO DETROIT (AP)—Nicklas Backstrom scored the only goal of the shootout, and Washington rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat Detroit. Brooks Laich, and Alex Ovechkin added goals, and Michale Latta scored his first in the NHL for Washington. Braden Holtby made 30 saves. Johan Franzen had two goals and an assist, and Danny DeKeyser had a goal and an assist for Detroit, which lost its seventh straight at home and its 11th consecutive overtime decision there. Jakub Kindl had two assists, and Jimmy Howard made 34 saves. Latta tied it 3-3 with 8:06 left in regulation when he poked in a loose puck from just outside the slot. Ovechkin had brought Washington within 3-2 at 3:19 of the third period with his 15th goal. KINGS 2, DEVILS 0 NEWARK, N.J. (AP)—Dwight King and Anze Kopitar scored third-period goals, and Ben Scrivens made 26 saves to lift Los Angeles over New Jersey. King's sixth goal of the season came at 13:08. Defenceman Jake Muzzin's drive from the left point was redirected by King, standing in front of goalie Cory Schneider. Kopitar scored an empty-net goal with 2.9 seconds left. Schneider made 19 saves. It was the Kings' first visit to New Jersey since they beat the Devils in the 2012 Stanley Cup finals. PENGUINS 4, PREDATORS 1 PITTSBURGH (AP)—James Neal and Brandon Sutter each had a goal and an assist, and Pittsburgh snapped a three-game losing streak by beating Nashville. Playing in his fourth game of the season, Neal—a former 40-goal scorer—netted his first of the season late in the first period to give the Penguins a lead they didn't relinquish against the road-weary Predators. Nashville lost the final four of a franchise-record, 17-day, seven-game trip. Gabriel Bourque scored 2:28 in but the Predators were held to fewer than two goals for the fourth consecutive game. Pascal Dupuis and Kris Letang also scored, and Evgeni Malkin extended his point streak to six with two assists for Pittsburgh. Marc-Andre Fleury made 17 saves to improve to 8-2 at home. The Penguins have held opponents under three goals in seven of eight games. Nashville fell to 7-1-2 when scoring first. SENATORS 4, BRUINS 2 OTTAWA (AP)—Jason Spezza, Jared Cowen and Bobby Ryan scored third-period goals, and Ottawa earned a comeback victory against Boston. The Senators ended the Bruins' 11-game winning streak in Ottawa. Chris Neil also scored for the Senators (8-7-4), who were coming off a 5-0 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. Craig Anderson was solid in stopping 30 shots. Loui Eriksson and Brad Marchand scored for the Bruins (12-6-1). Tuukka Rask made 27 saves. Ryan had to leave the game with just over three minutes remaining after taking an elbow to the head by Dennis Seidenberg. There was no penalty on the play. WILD 3, PANTHERS 2 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP)—Charlie Coyle put Minnesota ahead with 8:22 remaining after Florida scored twice in the third period to tie it, and the Wild hung on to beat the Panthers for their sixth win in seven games. After a scoreless second period, the Wild paid for their mid-game sluggishness by giving up goals to Tomas Kopecky and Jonathan Huberdeau about 5 1/2 minutes apart that gave the Panthers life. Josh Harding stopped 22 shots to improve to 9-0 at home. The NHL leader in goals against average has given up two goals or fewer in all but one of his 16 appearances. Zach Parise and Jason Pominville gave Minnesota a 2-0 lead. Tim Thomas made 17 saves for the Panthers. The Wild improved to 9-1-2 at home this season for 20 points, the most by any NHL team. At 12-4-4, they set a franchise record for most points (28) through 20 games. HURRICANES 3, DUCKS 2, SO RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)—Chris Terry scored the winner in the shootout to lift Carolina over Anaheim. Eric Staal and Drayson Bowman scored for Carolina in regulation, and Justin Peters made 28 saves. Peters, filling in for the injured Cam Ward and Anton Khudobin, helped Carolina conclude a 4-0-1 homestand by making 138 saves on 144 shots. Corey Perry had a goal and an assist for the Ducks, and Dustin Penner also scored. In his first game since being activated from the injured list on Thursday, Viktor Fasth stopped 21 shots. After a nine-game stretch in which they went 8-0-1, the Ducks have lost three in a row. Perry and Carolina's Riley Nash had scored earlier in the shootout, but Terry won it when he skated quickly and made a move before going to his backhand for the goal. CANADIENS 3, BLUE JACKETS 2, SO COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)—David Desharnais scored the only goal in the shootout and Peter Budaj stopped all three shots he faced in the tiebreaker to lead Montreal past Columbus. Montreal's regulation goals came from Alex Galchenyuk and Lars Eller. Budaj registering 23 stops through overtime. R.J. Umberger and Artem Anisimov had first-period goals for the Blue Jackets. Curtis McElhinney made 38 saves. The game pitted teams that have been struggling. The Canadiens had lost five of six (1-3-2), and the Blue Jackets have now dropped eight of nine (1-6-2). JETS 3, FLYERS 2, SO WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP)—Dustin Byfuglien had two power-play goals and Bryan Little scored the winner in the shootout to give Winnipeg a victory against Philadelphia. The Jets extended their winning streak to four games and ended Philadelphia's at three. Devin Setoguchi scored in the first round of the shootout for Winnipeg. Scott Hartnell and Wayne Simmonds had goals for the Flyers. Claude Giroux scored in the second round of the shootout. Byfuglien scored during a power-play 5:36 in for Winnipeg's seventh man-advantage goal this season. SHARKS 3, OILERS 1 EDMONTON, Alberta (AP)—Patrick Marleau had a goal and an assist, and Joe Thornton helped set up two goals as the San Jose Sharks beat Edmonton to stretch their winning streak to three games and extend the Oilers' skid to five. Joe Pavelski and Tomas Hertl also scored for the Sharks (13-2-5), who moved one point behind Pacific Division-leading Anaheim. San Jose has one game remaining on a five-game trip, Sunday at Chicago. Nail Yakupov had the lone goal for the Oilers (4-15-2), who are 1-9-1 in their last 11 games. Edmonton has been outscored 23-3 in its last six home contests—all losses. The Oilers, 1-7 at home this season, fell behind Buffalo and into last place in the NHL standings. Share: http://nationalteamsoficehockey.greenrope.com/index.html/NHL_Round_up_By_Canadian_Press/Blog172 November 15, 2013 For two scoreless periods it was a duel between the two goalies: Proskuryakov did well to keep out the dangerous Dawes-Boyd-Bochenski troika, while Ari Ahonen pulled off some particularly impressive saves in the second period to ensure CSKA's misfiring powerplay continued to draw blanks. But in the third session a quick goal for Alexander Radulov set the tone, and Ruslan Zainullin and Igor Grigorenko went on to complete the scoring. Proskuryakov finished with 36 saves After a scoreless opening session the home side took control. Two goals in barely a minute from Vladimir Pervushin and ex-Torpedo man Alexei Ugarov doused the visitors' flames. Joakim Lundstrom finished with 29 saves. Two days after losing in Vladivostok, the Kazan team snatched an early lead through Alexander Svitov – but it soon started to go wrong. Amur scored three times before the first interval, and never let that advantage go, belying the seven-game losing streak that had dogged it coming into the game. Two goals in 30 seconds in the third period saw Jakub Petruzalek and Dmitry Lugin put the game beyond doubt, and Jan Mursak wrapped it up when he scored his second of the game into an empty net. Dynamo draws on defense Around the league Sergei Mozyakin scored twice as Metallurg reversed a 0-1 deficit to beat Donbass in Magnitogorsk. He got both his goals in the final period. A second-period storm saw Neftekhimik sink Spartak. Two goals from Maxim Berezin led the way as the home team fired in four unanswered goals; Yegor Milovzorov's penalty shot in the fifth wrapped up a 5-0 win. There was more misery for Dinamo Minsk as the Belarusian team fired blanks for the second game running. This time Traktor's Michael Garnett gained the shut-out, and his team eased to a 3-0 win thanks to a goal in each period. Sergei Shirokov got his first goal for Avangard, but couldn't save his team from another 3-1 road defeat. Marcel Hossa got the game-winner for Dinamo Riga, two days after he settled an epic shoot-out in the Latvians' favor. Two assists from Jori Lehtera in the second period helped Sibir to a 3-1 win over Vityaz. Dmitry Kugryshev's goal on 20:21 eventually proved to be the winner. Slovan scored three times in the third period to beat Avtomobilist 3-1. Michal Vondrka, Andrej Stasny and Mario Bliznak cancelled out Fyodor Malykhin's opener as Avto suffered its first regulation time loss in eight. Share: http://nationalteamsoficehockey.greenrope.com/index.html/KHL_Round_up_By_KHL_ru_11_16_2013/Blog171 MUNICH – For national teams competing in Sochi 2014, time is running out to scout players ahead of the Games. The best opportunities to observe if players might fit into the Olympic team or not are during the scheduled seasonal breaks, when European pro leagues release their players to compete in small international tournaments. Slovakia recently competed in the Deutschland Cup in Munich with Germany, Switzerland and a U.S. selects team. For the Slovaks, who have to rely on a mix of NHL and European players, tournaments like these are integral to gauge the fitness of their Olympic prospects. "It's definitely different. This tournament is important for the players in Europe because of the Olympics. We have 12 players in the NHL and have open spots for players in Europe," said Igor Nemecek, the President of the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation and an IIHF Council member. "The Deutschland Cup and the tournament in Arosa in December are the last chances for players to earn a nomination for the Olympics. The best players from these teams will make it to the Olympic Games." For players like Chicago forward Marian Hossa, Columbus forward Marian Gaborik or hulking Bruins defenceman Zdeno Chara, their Olympic nomination is carved in stone. Only an injury can prevent stars like these for participating when the world's best players convene in Sochi. With the players in the NHL the Slovaks essentially have a complete goalie tandem – St. Louis' Jaroslav Halak and Montreal's Peter Budaj – and two complete lines. The remaining players are auditioned from European clubs. "The Deutschland Cup was very important for us because up to ten players from this team will make it to the Olympics," head coach Vladimir Vujtek said. The Czech-born coach has many players to choose from among the top leagues in Europe. Roughly 30 Slovaks are regular players in the Russian-based Kontinental Hockey League. Many play for Slovan Bratislava, which joined the KHL one year ago, and others are spread among 14 other teams in the league. And since there are also good players elsewhere in Europe, Vujtek has put a lot of effort into watching additional candidates. The roster at the Deutschland Cup also included five players from the Czech Extraliga and three players from the Slovak Extraliga in view of the Olympics and the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. "We had a lot of new guys," said Vujtek, who spent most of his coaching career with clubs in the Czech Republic and also coached for six years in Russia. "The Olympics will definitely be the highlight of my coaching career." In Munich Vujtek iced not just fresh faces but also experienced players such as Branko Radivojevic, Milan Bartovic or Marcel Hossa. The latter played in Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010 along with his brother Marian and hopes he'll be able to do the same in Sochi. "It's always nice to get together with my brother. It was most special in times when my father was still coaching and we played together," said the 32-year-old, who described coach Vujtek as calm and experienced. The Deutschland Cup wasn't an easy tournament for the Slovaks. After defeating the U.S. selection in a shootout, they lost to Germany and Switzerland and finished in last place. Hossa was one of only three goal scorers on the team together with Radivojevic and defenceman Michal Sersen, who netted two goals from the blueline. "We have to go step to step. The Olympics is still too far. The Deutschland Cup is the first tournament of the season," Hossa said. "Everyone wants to go to the Olympics but everyone starts at zero. We have so many good players here. Life goes on and we will see what happens." Hossa is one of the KHL players competing outside of Bratislava. He returned to Dinamo Riga, the Latvian KHL entry, for this season where he says he feels comfortable. "It's going well hockey-wise and life-wise and the team has been doing well so far," he said. The Slovak entry in the 28-team league has been a story with mixed success. Commercially the club stepped up and has an average attendance of 9,975 fans. Eight of ten home games have been sold out so far this season. The club also has managed to recruit some of the best Slovak players outside of the NHL, but on the ice there's room for improvement. The team has a 10-13 record through 23 games and is ranked in second-last place in the Eastern Conference. The team needs to step up if it wants to reach the playoffs like last year, when it reached the conference quarter-finals where it was swept by eventual Gagarin Cup champion Dynamo Moscow. For the national team the increased Slovak presence in the KHL has its advantages. "When Slovan Bratislava joined the KHL it was terrible for the Slovak league but for the national team it's good because we have several players on the team," Nemecek said. "Our coach can watch the players in Bratislava and also see other KHL players from teams like CSKA Moscow or Avangard Omsk." In the last 15 years the Slovak national team has been on a rollercoaster ride. It won the 2002 IIHF World Championship and claimed three medals in four years in that era. Then the results went down and Slovakia missed the World Championship quarter-finals four consecutive times between 2008 and 2011. Like many smaller hockey nations, the Slovaks have struggled with consistency and depth. But recent successes such as a near-upset of gold medalists Canada in the semi-final of Vancouver 2010 and a silver medal the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship have the needle pointing upwards in time for Sochi. "Ice hockey is the most popular sport in Slovakia and we have more than 9,000 registered players. It was fantastic for our country to win the silver medal at the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship and to compete for a medal in Vancouver 2010," said Nemecek. "For all players and staff the Olympics (in Sochi) will be a fantastic tournament. We performed well with the fourth-place finish in Vancouver 2010. We led 3-1 after two periods against Finland and were 20 minutes away from winning the bronze medal," Nemecek said. Nemecek compares the ups and downs in the performance curve with Switzerland, which missed the quarter-finals two times before winning silver last spring after decades without a medal. One of the reasons he sees it that the teams' level of play has come closer together and competition has increased. As for Coach Vujtek, his Sochi team will be nominated after the pre-Christmas Arosa Challenge in Switzerland. It will also be the last showcase of Olympic hopefuls for host Switzerland and Norway, who will be playing in Arosa along with Belarus. Not too long after, the Olympic teams for all three nations will travel to Sochi. "We have to go step by step in Sochi. We are in a very strong group with Russia as the home team, the U.S. with its NHL players and also Slovenia is definitely a good team," said Nemecek while at the same time thinking about the future beyond the Games. The 2011 IIHF World Championship in Bratislava and Kosice was – apart from the team's 10th-place finish – a success to promote ice hockey in the country, and the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation announced its intention to bid for another World Championship sooner rather than later. "It's something we are discussing in Slovakia now. After the Olympic Games we want to move forward an application for the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in 2019 or 2020, although 2019 would be the better year for us," Nemecek said, adding that the host cities are still to be determined. Share: http://nationalteamsoficehockey.greenrope.com/index.html/Auditions_for_Slovakia_By_Martin_Merk_IIHF_com_11_15_2013/Blog170 KHL Round up November 13, 14, 2013 CSKA and Avangard swapped four players during the international break – and duly came face to face in the first game as action resumed. But a rapid return to the familiar surroundings of the CSKA Arena proved to be a big disappointment for Sergei Shirokov, a player who had risen through the ranks at the Army Club. His evening ended early after he was expelled for a juddering challenge which slammed Oleg Saprykin into the boards on 45:36. At the time the game was tied at 1-1, but on the subsequent powerplay Nikolai Prokhorkin got his second goal of the game – and that proved to be decisive. Saprykin himself had the last laugh, putting away an empty netter to secure a 3-1 victory. CSKA's night was all the more satisfactory thanks to the successful return of Alexander Radulov, who had assists on both of Prokhorkin's goals. For Avangard, an improved defensive display left CSKA with relatively few chances – but now Milos Riha's focus must switch to the other end of the ice to add some penetration to a stuttering offense. Admiral sinks Ak Bars It was also an eventful day for defenseman Mike Commodore, who marked his home debut with his first KHL goal after stepping up from the blue line to fire home a Vladimir Pervushin pass. That reinstated Admiral's lead after Commodore was caught out by Tomas Vincour when Ak Bars tied it up early in the second. The winner came with 10 minutes left, from a well-worked exchange of passes on the right-hand channel. Konstantin Sokolov found the net, while Igor Bortnikov's contribution made up for his earlier failure from a penalty shot. Dynamo downed in Novosibirsk Sibir generally had the better of the game, out-shooting Dynamo throughout, but could only get a single goal on Alexander Lazushin. The shut-out brigade Vasily Koshechkin made 37 saves in Metallurg Magnitogorsk's 3-0 win over Dinamo Minsk. The Belarusians were shown how to do it at the other end, where Danis Zaripov and Jan Kovar kept up their impressive form before Rinat Ibragimov wrapped it up in the third. There was another 37-save shut-out in Novokuznetsk, where Ivan Lisutin starred as Vityaz snatched a 2-0 win over the other Metallurg. Goals from Logan Pyett and Maxim Afinogenov sent the points west. Around the league Sergei Demagin scored a late equalizer as Avtomobilist grabbed a 2-2 tie at Lev. However, it wasn't enough for the visitor as Martin Sevc got the winner for the Czechs deep into overtime. There was a similar story in Bratislava, where home side Slovan battled back from 0-2 to force overtime against Ugra. Tomas Mojzis completed a third-period recovery, before Tomas Netik secured the win for Slovan in the shoot-out Neftekhimik picked up its first win under new head coach Dmitry Balmin, edging Medvescak in a shoot-out after a 2-2 tie. Petr Koukal got the winning penalty shot. Deron Quint was Spartak's overtime hero, securing a 2-1 win at Salavat Yulaev with just 23 seconds left to play. Table-topping SKA suffered an evening to forget, going down to a 2-0 defeat at Lokomotiv. There was little to choose between the teams throughout, but Emil Galimov's decisive goal in the 44th minute proved to be one to forget for the SKA defense. After his team won a face-off in its own zone, Maxim Chudinov was caught in possession on the red line – and Galimov went on to leave goalie Alexander Salak red-faced as he scored on him at the near post. Loko's second came right on the hooter, with Daniil Apalkov finding the empty net. At the other end Vitaly Kolesnik made 27 saves for his shut-out. 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The final game of the day Great Britain Under-20s produced the performance of their lives to beat number-one tournament seed France 5-4 after a penalty shootout in the World Championship (Division 1B).
USA Hockey will unveil the Olympic teams on NBC at the NHL Winter Classicas planned, regardless of date change to summit men's roster
Talks about allowing NHL players to skate for their countries at a fifth straight Winter Games have been ongoing, but there has yet to be an announcement from the NHLPA, IOC, IIHF and the NHL itself.
The History
basketball and soccer, its true passion lies with hockey. The national team's history dates back to before World War II, but would later become part of the Soviet Union.
The success of Soviet hockey boosted interest in the sport in Latvia. Several rinks were constructed and many Latvians began playing the sport on a local level. Latvia would eventually get their own team in the Soviet League – Dynamo Riga.
After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1992, Latvia reclaimed its national team with the inception of the Latvian Hockey Federation and eventually joined the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Starting out in Pool C, the nation slowly worked its way through the ranks. In 1993, Latvia would go on to win the Pool C tournament in Bleda, Slovenia after beating the Ukraine 2-0 in the final and advanced to Pool B
Climbing out of Pool B would not be as easy. After twice losing in the final in 1994 and 1995, the Latvians hoped the third time would be the charm to qualify for Pool A. Only needing a draw in their final game against Switzerland, the team found themselves down 1-0 after two periods. Latvia would manage to muster a goal in the final frame to finally join the ranks of hockey's elite.
The hockey federation's next great achievement would come when they for the first time qualified for the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Many hockey fans know Irbe and Ozolins as being two of the most successful Latvians in the NHL. Ozolins is the all-time Latvian leader in NHL games played, goals, assists and penalty minutes, while Irbe is the all-time leader in wins and shutouts.
Balderis made his claim to fame at the international level, not with the Latvian team, but as a member of the Soviet Union, including the infamous 1980 team. Although he failed to capture Olympic Gold, he helped the Soviets capture three world championships ('78, '79, '83) and was named the best forward at the 1977 World Championships.
Balderis also was successful at the club level. He played the majority of his career in the Soviet Hockey League for Dynamo Riga and CSKA Moscow. He scored 333 goals, including leading the league in
scoring in 1977 and 1984 and also was named player of the year in 1977. During the later part of Balderis' career, he'd be drafted by the Minnesota North Stars and play 26 games for them, notching nine points.
Other notable Latvians include, Kārlis Skrastiņš, Raitis Ivanāns and Pēteris Skudra, who all have significant NHL experience.
The Result
Their best showings have come at the World Championships where they have managed to reach the quarterfinals four times, most recently in 2009.
Nolan has been the national team coach since 2011 and sees a very bright future for Latvian hockey. "The players and fans [are] very welcoming and very open," said Nolan. "I couldn't be more proud. For the size of the country, the talent level is very impressive."The History
The History
Nearly 26 years ago, one veteran and six rookie hockey players took to a miniature ice rink half the size a basketball court in Ankara, Turkey.
We Had the great pleasure of inteviwing Bogdan Jankovic one of the best players to play for Sebia. Now retired Bogdan is coaching in his native land. Here is our interview with him.
You are a player coach for HK Vitez how is that going, and what challenges do you face this year?
How strong is the Serbian ice hockey league compared to other leagues around you?
We must be realistic and say that in comparison to the region, Serbia is at lower level of hockey than our neighboring countries. There is a tendency in the future to form a regional league which would certainly help us to raise quality of hockey in Serbia.
Why is hockey not popular in Serbia, as it is in Croatia with a KHL team and Slovenia where the National Team is going to the Olympics?
Well, in Serbia there is a number of sports which promises riches and fame to young people, such as soccer, basketball, volleyball or tennis. Hockey is not one one of them, but anyway we have a decent hockey history in Serbia.
During your playing career you played mostly with HK Partizan Beograd what was like playing for them and how many championships did you win with them?
I grew up playing for HK Partizan and I carry a lot of good memories. With the team I won the state championship title 5 times, 2 times I won the Cup competition, played in 5 IIHF Continental cups. I was 27 years old when I decided it was my time to go from HK Partizan.After that I joined HC Spartak from Subotica and I must be honest and admit that my best hockey memories and success happened when I played for HC Spartak. We were underdogs in first season I played there, but in final series we beat HK Vojvodina and we won Serbian Cup.
The National team is in Division II group A this year, do you see the team improving in the next 5-10 years?
After 2009 and WC in Novi Sad,National team performance dropped alot. Partially because a few teams in Serbia went bankrupt and only HK Partizan stayed financially stong enough to play decent level of competition but in the coming seasons they relied on foreign players and domestic players. A number of players from World Championship Novi Sad team retired from National team or from hockey at the end. I can not say what will be in next 10 years, but in next five I don't see that we can raise quality of National team up to level of team from 2009.
You were the General Manger for both Serbia Under 18 & Under 20 teams in 2012-13,how did you do & is there any future plans to get more youth involved in the game?
Yes I had a run as a GM of U18 and U20 team Serbia and it was a positive experience for me and team had good results. We won bronze medal on both WC. Currently I am not involved with Serbian hockey federation and I cannot say if there is some programs for youth hockey. On the other side I can say that several youth clubs in Belgrade and Subotica are working hard with youngsters.
You said that several youth clubs in Belgrade and Subotica are working hard with youngsters. What kinds of programs are they running?
Yes, there are clubs like Crvena Zvezda and Partizan from Belgrade with youth programs and among them Beostar and Taš
who are working with youngsters.Programs consists starting from basics of hockey, learn to skate and then multitude of learn to play programs according to IIHF development plans. After kids grew up to certain age they move from U8, U10, U12 etc... I would like to mention that numerous tournament are played in region for kids, so it helps to Serbian teams to see what are improvements and also which things needs attention and development.
Do you think the IIHF should do more to promote the game of hockey in counties like yours?
I am familiar with programs IIHF conducts to improve level and promote hockey in countries with lower hockey popularity, but most of these programs are for youth hockey players such as development camps and BIHU Balkan Ice Hockey Union program. For senior level of hockey, besides one WC per season there are no tournaments organized under IIHF supervision and maybe that can be one of the tasks IIHF can turn their attention to in order to make hockey more popular.
How many ice rinks are in Serbia and are there plans to build more rinks?
We have 3 closed and one outdoor rink in Serbia. As I am aware there are no plans in close future to build more ice rinks. It's a big investment and there are no private investors willing to put their money into hockey, and for Serbian federation this task is mission impossible as they also have very tight and limited budget.
Who is your favoriteplayer and why?
Mario Lemiuex. Reason? Just two words "Mario Magnificent".
Who would you say is the best player you ever played with?
I was lucky in my time to play with numerous imports from all around the world, but best player for me to play with is my younger brother Bojan.
Bogdan Jankovic with HK Vitez
One of the ongoing narratives, partially driven by comments from Team USA's executives themselves, is the fact that the U.S. has struggled mightily at the Olympics when playing overseas. It's a narrative based in fact, because… well… the only two American gold medals won in the tournament came on home ice and the last two silvers were in North America.
A sixth-place finish at 1998 in Nagano, Japan, and an eighth-place disappointment in Turin, Italy, are still recent enough for Team USA's management team to remember so vividly. Both were crushing disappointments in the middle of what appeared to be a momentum-building time for American hockey.
Jonathan Quick — G — LA Kings: 2010 Olympics
Jimmy Howard — G — Detroit Red Wings: 2002 U18
John Carlson — D — Washington Capitals: 2010 WJC
Justin Faulk — D — Carolina Hurricanes: 2010 U18
Cam Fowler — D — Anaheim Ducks: 2009 U18, 2010 WJC
Jake Gardiner — D — Toronto Maple Leafs: 2010 WJC
Erik Johnson — D — Colorado Avalanche: 2005 & 2006 U18, 2010 Olympics
Jack Johnson — D — Columbus Blue Jackets: 2005 U18, 2010 Olympics
Seth Jones — D — Nashville Predators: 2011 & 2012 U18, 2013 WJC
Brooks Orpik — D — Pittsburgh Penguins: 2010 Olympics
Ryan Suter — D — Minnesota Wild: 2002 U18, 2004 WJC, 2010 Olympics
Jacob Trouba — D — Winnipeg Jets: 2011 & 2012 U18, 2013 WJC
Dustin Brown — F — LA Kings: 2010 Olympics
Ryan Callahan — F — New York Rangers: 2010 Olympics
Alex Galchenyuk — F — Montreal Canadiens: 2013 WJC
Patrick Kane — F — Chicago Blackhawks: 2006 U18, 2010 Olympics
Ryan Kesler — F — Vancouver Canucks: 2002 U18, 2004 WJC, 2010 Olympics
Phil Kessel — F — Toronto Maple Leafs: 2005 U18, 2010 Olympics
Kyle Palmieri — F — Anaheim Ducks: 2010 WJC
Zach Parise — F — Minnesota Wild: 2002 U18, 2004 WJC, 2010 Olympics
Joe Pavelski — F — San Jose Sharks: 2010 Olympics
Bobby Ryan — F — Ottawa Senators: 2010 Olympics
Brandon Saad — F — Chicago Blackhawks: 2010 U18
Paul Stastny — F — Colorado Avalanche: 2010 Olympics
Derek Stepan — F — New York Rangers: 2010 WJC
James van Riemsdyk — F — Toronto Maple Leafs: 2006 U18
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SKA bounced back from Thursday's defeat to win 2-1 at Atlant. In an even game, both sides managed 22 shots on target – but Viktor Tikhonov's effort early in the final session proved to be decisive. His wrist shot off an Ilya Kovalchuk pass flashed under the bar to settle the outcome.
In Saturday's other game Lokomotiv kept up its winning streak, downing Severstal 3-1 in Yaroslavl. The key action here came early on – Loko scored twice in the opening stages through Sergei Plotnikov and Ilya Korenev.
November 17, 2013
For the second game in a row Sergei Mozyakin scored twice – and he now leads the KHL's individual point-scoring table with 40 (18+22) from 26 games. That pushes him ahead of team mate Danis Zaripov while another Metallurg Magnitogorsk player, Jan Kovar, delivered 1+2 in today's 4-0 win over Medvescak and is in third place on the scoring charts.
When a team is struggling, it often feels like nothing can go right. And Avangard might well be feeling that way after a shoot-out defeat at Lev. The Omsk team has misfired throughout this season, but when Alexander Perezhogin gave it a 2-1 lead in the 52nd minute of a hard-fought game in Prague it must have seemed that a much-needed win was on the way at last.
Avtomobilist paid the ultimate penalty when Sergei Demagin was sin-binned late in the game at CSKA. The visitor had just tied the game at 1-1 through Artyom Chernov's powerplay goal, but within five seconds Demagin was penalized – and Nikita Zaitsev went on to grab a last-minute winner for the Army Men on the powerplay.
Barys was back to its swashbuckling best, firing six of the best past struggling Slovan to decisively snap a two-game losing streak with a 6-2 win. Roman Starchenko led the scoring with two goals.
November 18, 2013
Lokomotiv defeated SKA for the second time in the space of a week, highlighting the progress the team has made since a poor start to the season.
Interviu acordat de către președintele Federației Naționale de Hochei de Gheață din Republica Moldova, dl. Iurie Topală
Întrebare: - Încadrarea echipei Platina Chișinău în campionatul Ligii Internaționale de Hochei (tineret) a scos la iveală o serie de probleme. Pînă la abordarea lor, însă, Vă rog să faceți, mai întîi, un mic bilanț al activității desfășurată deja al doilea an în postura de președintte al federației de profil.
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NHL Round Up November 14, 15, 2013
November 14, 2013
November 15, 2013
CSKA goalie Ilya Proskuryakov, enjoying a run in the team following an injury to Rastislav Stana, produced a fine performance to blunt one of the league's strongest offensive trios as the Army Men beat Barys 3-0.
Admiral burns bright
November 13, 2013
Admiral made light of the absence of top scorer Enver Lisin to beat Ak Bars 3-2 as the KHL returned to action after the international break.
Dynamo Moscow welcomed back some of its injured players – but the return of Janne Jalasvaara and Sergei Soin could not save the defending champion from a 1-0 defeat at Sibir. The only goal came in the 49th minute when Stepan Sannikov got onto the slot to convert Dmitry Monya's breakaway.
As well as Sibir's Mikko Koskinen, three other goalies enjoyed shut-outs in a day of low-scoring games. Mike Leighton of Donbass had the edge in a goal-tending duel with Michael Garnett in Chelyabinsk – both teams had 25 shots on goal, but Tuomas Kiiskenen's strike in the 43rd minute was the only goal.
It took 22 penalty shoots to separate Dinamo Riga and Barys after a 2-2 tie between two of the league's unexpected high-fliers. The North Americans from Barys were unusually quiet, but Dinamo's Kyle Wilson kept up the Trans-Atlantic connection with 1+1 in regulation. Marcel Hossa finally settled the shoot-out to give Dinamo the points.
Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev scored in regulation time and went on to get the shoot-out winner for Torpedo following a 1-1 tie at Amur.
November 14, 2013
In Thursday's other game Vadim Berdnikov scored twice for Severstal to force a 2-2 tie at Atlant. His efforts were ultimately in vain though – the home team triumphed in a shoot-out with Yury Trubachyov getting the winner.
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The Risk Communicator Newsletter
Providing information and resources to help emergency risk communicators prepare and effectively respond in the event of a crisis.
Research Summary: Robert J. Blendon et al Report Results of a Harvard Poll on Hurricane Readiness, "Hurricane Readiness in High-Risk Areas: Overall Survey Results"
In the 3 years since Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast, memories of the storm and its subsequent effects continue to linger with many of those impacted. In 2008, the Harvard School of Public Health Project on the Public and Biological Security surveyed people in high-risk hurricane areas (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas). The study results reveal Katrina continues to affect perceptions about storm preparedness and evacuation. While there is a need for the general public to better understand how and why to evacuate for a storm, there are particular segments of the population in need of specific and targeted information.
The results of the survey provide an important opportunity for risk communicators to address issues and misperceptions before and after a hurricane strikes. Understanding the reasons people do not evacuate is only part of the solution. Risk communicators can use this data to create messages that address these barriers and support informed decision making.
The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) conducted its 2008 survey in May and June 2008. The HSPH Project on the Public and Biological Security is funded by CDC through a grant to the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.
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SAMMAMISH A joint survey by Forbes.com and Nextdoor.com found that the Seattle suburb, Sammamish, is the countrys friendliest town.
The survey took into account economic and social factors that help boost community spirit. Specifically, 500 small metro areas with populations between 5,500 and 150,000 were researched.
The cities and towns were then ranked by four criteria: percentage of home ownership, crime rate, charitable giving and percentage of college graduates.
The article in Forbes.com said:
Nearly 90% of the residents of this Seattle suburb own their own homes. Crime is low as is unemployment. Surrounded by snow-capped mountains and overlooking a lake, Sammamish offers outdoor activities like skiing, water sports, hiking and biking. Community-organized events include a weekly farmers market, a Concerts in the Park series, Shakespeare in the Park, Sammamish Days and Nights Jazz Music, and an annual arts fair.
Read more at http://q13fox.com/2012/12/20/forbes-names-sammamish-americas-friendliest-town/#lQAipJYW0XP664ya.99
Money Magazine Ranks Sammamish as Country's 15th Best Small Town for 2011!
The City of Sammamish is ranked 15th in Money Magazine's 2011 annual ranking of the 100 best places to live in the U.S. "If you're looking for the Pacific Northwest ideal--snow-capped mountains and scenic lakes--Sammamish might be for you. ". CNNMoney.com
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