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DOSB to discuss results of online report with country's winter sport federations

  • Winter Sports

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


Nicholson appointed chair of Own the Podium to help guide Canadian success at Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022

  • Olympics

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



Bach admits Pyeongchang 2018 "very close" to being cancelled amid security fears

  • Pyeongchang 2018

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



Ice Hockey UK hold first women’s development camp in Sheffield

  • 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."


Gender balance and term limits highlighted as areas of weakness in second AIOWF governance review

  • Winter Sports

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


Hosts Vanuatu and Fiji triumph at Hockey Series in Port Vila

  • 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 hosts summit to discuss future of ice hockey

  • Ice Hockey

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


Sweden back plan to award three consecutive IIHF World Championships

  • Ice 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."


Philip Barker: The IOC President who wanted to abolish the Winter Olympic Games

  • Inside the Blogs

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


Russian Universiade curling champion named ambassador for Krasnoyarsk 2019

  • Krasnoyarsk 2019

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



Hosts Vanuatu and Fiji to collide in both finals at Hockey Series in Port Vila

  • Hockey

Hosts Vanuatu will meet Fiji in the finals of the men's and women's tournaments at the Hockey Series

already sealed their places in the final after both won their opening two matches at the Wan Smolbag Hockey

Vanuatu completed a 100 per cent record by beating Tonga 11-0.Fans enjoying the action at the Wan Smolbag Hockey

Islands 9-2.All of the medal matches will be played tomorrow.The competition is the first International 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