Spengler Cup 2014 Goes into the Semifinals Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | December 30, 2014 Spengler Cup 2014 started on 26 December 2014 and has by now reached its semifinals phase. Five teams arrived to the Swiss mountain town of Davos last week to participate…
Europe’s Champions Hockey League Expects Semi-Finals Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | December 21, 2014 The European Champions Hockey League has managed to engage into its tournament the best hockey teams of the Old Continent (with the exception of Russian clubs). Currently the league is…
KHL: Kazan Audience Witness Two Incredible Hockey Games Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | December 15, 2014 Ak Bars of Kazan has become leader of the KHL’s “EAST” Conference this week-end. The achievement, however, does not mean the team never loses. Ak Bars simply do not do…
Team Germany Wins Deutschland Cup 2014 Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | November 9, 2014 Team Germany has won its domestic Deutschland Cup 2014 in Munich. It took only two games out of three for the winners to get to the title of their dreams.…
KHL Beat: Quarter-Season Analysis Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | October 29, 2014 The KHL, international league led by Russian hockey professionals, has passed its quarter-season mark this October. The league enjoys intrigue, good hockey but does suffer from financial instability of clubs.…
Q&A with Mykola Maiko, Head Coach of Ukraine’s Junior Team Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | October 17, 2014 TheHockeyWriters talk to Mykola Oleksandrovich Maiko – the Head Coach of Ukraine’s Junior Team. Mr. Maiko has been coaching junior and men’s teams in Ukraine since 1996 after he was forced…
KHL Season Movin’ n Groovin’ Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | September 24, 2014 With three weeks into the season KHL is moving and grooving. The games within conferences and divisions have already revealed leaders and outsiders. The newly admitted teams have had enough…
DEL Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | September 11, 2014 The German professional ice hockey league (Deutsche Eishockeyliga – DEL) celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2014. The history of the league is definitely shorter than the history of ice hockey…
Champions Hockey League Starts Anew in Europe Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | August 26, 2014 The International Ice Hockey Federation and major European ice hockey stakeholders, clubs re-launched the Champions Hockey League last week. The re-launch in August 2014 follows the league’s initial failure to…
Ukraine Loses Chance of Holding World Championships Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | August 16, 2014 Ukraine was forced to decide against holding the 2015 IIHF World Championships Division I Group A in Donetsk. The decision was made due to military unrest and disastrous humanitarian situation…
Godynyuk Promoted to Head Coach of Ukraine Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | August 9, 2014 Ukraine’s Ice Hockey Federation promoted Alexander Godynyuk to Head Coach on 5 August 2014. The decision of the Federation came after the resignation of Andrey Nazarov, who had asked for…
Moscow Hilarious after Russia’s Victory at 2014 World Championship Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | July 10, 2014 More than a month has passed after Team Russia won the 2014 ice hockey world championship in Minsk (Belarus). THW’s interviewee Oleg Mosalyov commented on the championship’s games in one…
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