An Asian women's training camp has been held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in Beijing

according to the IIHF.The camp was also seen as an important step for the development of Chinese ice hockey

prior to Beijing 2022.The camp was also seen as an important step for the development of Chinese ice hockey

prior to Beijing 2022 ©Getty ImagesThe event was held by the IIHF in conjunction with the Chinese Ice Hockey

Association (CIHA), which is also hoping to increase its competitiveness in junior ice hockey with

 "We would like to continue the collaboration between the IIHF and CIHA for the benefit of ice hockey

China have continued their irrepressible march towards final medal table glory today by winning eight more golds at the Asian Games including two in each of the team gymnastics finals.

were not the only nation to put in impressive performances today though, by any means.In the men's hockey

Pool A match, with the gulf in class clear for all to see.India obliterated Hong Kong in the men's hockey

Results from the Potential Analysis System (PotAS) of Germany's winter sport federations will provide the basis for structural discussions and funding, the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has said.

into the online system.Results have been published by the PotAS Commission, with the curling, ice hockey

Todd Nicholson has been appointed as chair of Canada's independent sport technical agency Own the Podium (OTP), which will help to guide the strategies of federations towards Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022.

28-medals at the Games, while the five-time Paralympian previously captained their national Para ice hockey

Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympics ©Getty ImagesNicholson has competed in numerous sports in addition to ice hockey

wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis, triathlon, duathlon and marathons.He has also been a Para ice hockey

A new road which will provide a key transport link at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has opened to traffic.

and Paralympics, will be the home of the ice sports at the Games and will play host to curling, ice hockey

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has claimed the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang were "very close" to being cancelled owing to security fears amid tension between South Korea and North Korea in the lead-up to the event.

and, for the first time in Olympic history, competed together as part of a unified Korean women's ice hockey

The game schedule for the 2019 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship in Espoo has been released, along

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) tournament in the second-largest city of Finland, located

first European female player to be inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2009.After retiring from ice hockey

Ice Hockey UK have held their first Women’s Development Camp in Sheffield as they aim to develop a pathway

GBR coach Jayne McClelland is running the session. pic.twitter.com/qMYqOyf3Kq— GB Womens Hockey (@GBWomensHockey

She has played conference hockey up until the age of 13 for the South East and was playing boys hockey

For the past two season has been a pro hockey player in Switzerland playing for SC Reinach Damen."

A lack of female representation and term limits were highlighted as areas of weakness in the Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federation’s (AIOWF) second governance review.

governance of its seven member International Federations -biathlon, bobsleigh and skeleton, curling, ice hockey

the longest serving of the Winter International Federation Presidents ©Getty ImagesInternational Ice Hockey

men's tournament but were denied a clean sweep after their women lost to the same opponents at the Hockey

as they helped guide their side to a 6-4 triumph in a high-scoring encounter at the Wan Smolbag Hockey

Iasi and Willie Kawel also got on the scoresheet for Vanuatu, who progressed to the next round of the Hockey

Pacific country since the 2014 Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament.The FIH has launched the Hockey

this year, with events taking place across the world.Teams who have not qualified for the new top-tier Hockey

Pro League will contest the tournaments, which will offer places at next year's Hockey Series Finals.Countries

Edmonton has hosted a summit to discuss the future of ice hockey and assess how the sport can enjoy growth

the Hlinka Gretzky Memorial Cup in the Canadian city.The summit was claimed to be an opportunity for hockey

personnel to learn from each other, before assessing the future of the sport.International Ice Hockey

Development Committee.Meetings were held by their committees with representatives from the National Hockey

League (NHL) and Canadian Hockey League, according to the IIHF.

;Edmonton Oilers, whose vice-chairman Bob Nicholson is an IIHF vice-president.Nicholson, along with Hockey

Swedish Ice Hockey Association (SIHA) chairman Anders Larsson has backed a proposition to award World

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel was reported as stating he hoped to name

We in Sweden have a very good cooperation with the Russian Ice Hockey Federation (RIHF), and we all know

We do really hope that this approach will be well received by the international ice hockey family."

In the last few months, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been courting potential 2026 Winter Games host cities like never before, but there was a time when no less a figure than the IOC President would cheerfully have abolished the event altogether.

the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the sensational "Miracle On Ice’", when the American collegiate hockey

Even the idea of having the best in the world in ice hockey has been turned on its head. as the National

Hockey League did not release its players for the 2018 Games.Perhaps in some celestial eyrie, Avery

Former Winter Universiade champion Olga Zharkova has been named an ambassador for Krasnoyarsk 2019 during a special festival in Saint Petersburg.

Russia was named as an ambassador at the "VK Fest", an event featuring an ice rink for playing hockey

Krasnoyarsk," she said.An ice rink was set up at the VK Fest, where visitors could try sports including ice hockey

For more than a decade, the UK has hosted some exceptional sporting events.

 At the same time we have had the Women's Hockey World Cup at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park which

It's a big step up for hockey in terms of growing its fan base.This all comes after a fantastic performance