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Fasel reiterates opposition to moving 2021 IIHF Men's World Championship amid Belarus crisis

  • Ice Hockey

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel has reiterated the governing body intends

to continue with plans to see the Men’s Ice Hockey World Championship co-hosted by Belarus and Latvia

being "neither free nor fair".Belarus’ capital Minsk is scheduled to co-host the International Ice Hockey

When our delegates from around the world voted three years ago to have the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey World

convincing bid with the slogan 'passion, no borders', with two countries and cities with passionate hockey

Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš claimed he could not see how the country can co-host the 2021 Men’s Ice Hockey


Canadian Olympic ice hockey champion Hamhuis retires

  • Ice Hockey

Olympic champion and two-time world ice hockey champion Dan Hamhuis has announced his retirement from

The Canadian, who played more than 1,000 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a defenseman, has

I'm happily going into a retirement now from hockey," said Hamhuis to TSN 1050."


World Para Ice Hockey publishes two-year strategic plan

  • Para Ice Hockey News

World Para Ice Hockey has said competitions, development of the sport and strengthening its operations

World Para Ice Hockey would like to thank all the Para athletes, our membership, volunteers, partner

contributed to the development of the 2020-2022 Strategic Plan," said Michelle Laflamme, World Para Ice Hockey

World Para Ice Hockey outlined its vision and mission in the document ©World Para Ice HockeyWorld Para

Ice Hockey said its plan includes a vision "To be the most popular and inclusive team Para sport".The

mission of the organisation was determined as being "To lead, develop and promote the sport of Para Ice Hockey



IIHF vice-president raises Belarus unrest as Minsk prepares to co-host 2021 World Championship

  • Ice Hockey

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) vice-president Kalervo Kummola has raised the issue of the

Belarus is a hard hockey country where a lot of money has been put into hockey," he said.The election

between May 21 and June 6, with both semi-finals and the medal matches planned for Minsk.Latvian Ice Hockey

Hockey should not be confused with politics, we don't even consider this issue," he said.




German ice hockey players carry out mini-internships at national federation

  • Ice Hockey

German ice hockey players Frank Mauer and Moritz Seider have carried out mini-internships at their national

The initiative at the German Ice Hockey Association (DEB) was designed to raise awareness of career opportunities

career.Thirty-two-year-old Olympic silver medallist Mauer and 19-year-old Seider, who is a major prospect with National Hockey

It was interesting to see how we try to move the sport of ice hockey forward.



Further doubts raised over NBA players appearing at Tokyo 2020 due to late season start

  • Tokyo 2020

The delayed National Basketball Association (NBA) season makes it less likely that the league's players will also play at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, according to a report.

arenas.They could also look into a month-long break during Tokyo 2020 – similar to what the National Hockey

League has done in the past to accommodate ice hockey at the Winter Olympics.Team owners in the league





Kunlun Red Star general manager hopes players could form part of Beijing 2022 team

  • Ice Hockey

Vanke Rays general manager, hopes members of the successful side could form part of China’s women’s ice hockey

The team, based in the Chinese city Shenzhen, were confirmed as winners of the Russian Women’s Hockey

League earlier this year.The team had been a member of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) for

Star Vanke Rays moved to Russia’s "Zhenskaya Khokkeinaya Liga" – also known as the Russian Women’s Hockey

League.Backed by Chinese billionaire Billy Ngok, who hopes to develop ice hockey in China before Beijing

or playing hockey."


World Skate to launch academy project in October

  • Skateboarding

World Skate has announced the launch of an academy which will aim to raise the level of competition all over the world.

the coming years.The courses are set to begin in October with artistic skating and rink hockey.Rink hockey

be held in November, with speed skating held in both November and December.Courses for both inline hockey