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Tardif claims election as IIHF President shows "desire for change"

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The new International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President has put his election down to a "desire for

approach the Presidency in "a diplomatic way" were he to be successful to help balance between larger ice hockey

René Fasel stepped down as IIHF President, having held the role since 1994 ©Getty ImagesThe French Ice Hockey

the agreement with relevant parties to secure the presence of players from North America's National Hockey


Hockey Canada cancels three upcoming events over COVID-19 challenges

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Hockey Canada has been forced to cancel a series of events amid ongoing challenges posed by the COVID

The National Women’s Under-18 Championship, Canadian Tire Para Hockey Cup and World Junior A Challenge

events have each been cancelled.A joint statement from Hockey Canada chief executive Tom Renney and

safety of all participants and the communities at large continues to be of the utmost importance to Hockey

Hockey, Hockey Eastern Ontario, Hockey Nova Scotia and the Canadian Junior Hockey League, as well as

The Canadian Tire Para Hockey Cup has been cancelled for the second consecutive year ©Getty ImagesThe




Ukrainian ice hockey player Denyskin given maximum three-game ban for racism

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Ukrainian ice hockey player Andri Denyskin has been banned for three games for making a racist gesture

towards a black opponent during a Ukrainian Hockey League (UHL) tie, which led to worldwide condemnation

£1,400/$1,900/€1,600).This sanction was carried out by the Disciplinary Committee of the Ukrainian Ice Hockey

Federation and not the UHL or the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).UHL general manager Eugene

 "Emotions in hockey, unfortunately, are different."

Smereck joined the UHL this year and is playing outside the United States in club ice hockey for the

first time after spending five years on an entry-level contract with the National Hockey League side






Four countries selected to replace Australia and New Zealand in FIH Hockey Junior World Cups

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States, Canada, Argentina and Ireland are set to replace Australia and New Zealand in the International Hockey

Federation (FIH) men's and women's Hockey Junior World Cup tournaments due to COVID-19 constraints.

men's competitions as a result of the qualification process which stipulates that the Pan American Hockey

event is scheduled to take place from November 24 to December 5 in Bhubaneswar in India.The FIH Odisha Hockey

#IndiaKaGame #FIHWorldCupOdisha pic.twitter.com/MNa302kpO4— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) September

the Tokyo 2020 silver medal.Las Leoncitas are third in the world and won the last edition of the FIH Hockey


Znarok re-appointed head coach of Russian national ice hockey team

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Oleg Znarok has been re-appointed as head coach of the Russian men's national ice hockey team, having

international level, before taking over as Russia boss after Sochi 2014.He won gold at the International Ice Hockey

bronze medals in the following three editions.As per Russian state news agency TASS, the Russian Ice Hockey

Znarok has the authority among the National Hockey League (NHL) players and we hope that he will unite

Valery Bragin, who will now serve as an advisor to the team.The ROC team are in Group B of the men's ice hockey

were halved by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.ROC are one of 12 teams featuring in the men's ice hockey


Tardif elected International Ice Hockey Federation President

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Luc Tardif is the new President of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) after being elected

asked me eight years ago to be treasurer, I totally invested myself in this mission, but I am still a hockey

And the contest is very like ice hockey - there is a competition, but sometimes you can drink a beer

The 68-year-old has led ice hockey in France, firstly in the French Federation of Ice Sports and since

2006 as the President of the standalone French Ice Hockey Federation.Since 2012, Tardif has served as

, fight against threats to the sport such as doping, racism, homophobia and corruption, promote ice hockey




IIHF set to name first new President since 1994 with René Fasel stepping down

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The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) will elect its first new President since 1994 at its Semi-Annual

was the first candidate to announce his intention to run.He has served as President of the German Ice Hockey

Council since 2016.Petr Bříza of the Czech Republic became an Executive Committee member of the Czech Ice Hockey

since 1994 ©Getty ImagesHenrik Bach Nielsen of Denmark has held the Presidential role at the Danish Ice Hockey

the IIHF Council since 2012.Belarus' Sergej Gontcharov was general secretary of the Belarusian Ice Hockey

for 21 years.He has been President of the stand-alone French Ice Hockey Federation (FFHG) since 2006