Troy Ryan's contract as head coach of the Canadian women's ice hockey team has been extended until the

head coach in 2020.Ryan is currently in Denmark, where Canada are defending their International Ice Hockey

to have Troy as part of our women's programme, since 2017 and as head coach for the past two years," Hockey

Canada director of hockey operations Gina Kingsbury added."

Canada have won the Olympic women's ice hockey gold medal a record five times, and reached all seven

Fifty years ago this week, the Munich 1972 Olympic Games were in full cry, but an ice hockey series was

 Ice hockey was then vitally important in the Canadian sporting psyche and remains so to this day.Canada

had won the first Olympic ice hockey gold medal in 1920 and had largely dominated Olympics and World

British Columbia, the wind of change was apparent.At the 1956 Winter Olympics, the Soviets took ice hockey

League (NHL) match between the Vancouver Canucks and the Montreal Canadiens.The eight-match ice hockey

The final verdict was recorded by Hockey Canada."

Canada started their title defence at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's Ice Hockey

World Championship in Denmark, with a 4-1 victory over Finland at the KVIK Hockey Arena.

thrashed Japan 10-0 in their opener ©Getty ImagesHosts Denmark lost their opening game at the Scanel Hockey

The French Hockey Federation (FFH) has signed a new cooperation agreement as players continue their preparations

Sanaur, director general of the French National Sport Agency.As well as France’s match with Switzerland, Hockey

Club Dunkerque Malo and the FFH ran a series of workshops including one on panna hockey.??

As the Olympic host nation, France will qualify automatically for both hockey tournaments at Paris 2024

A total of 12 locations in seven countries are due to host fixtures in the 2022-2023 International Hockey

the first time, with the team finishing bottom of the table being demoted.The winning country in the Hockey

We're very much looking forward to the fourth edition of the FIH Hockey Pro League!"

An all-women officiating crew is due to take charge of a match at a World Para Ice Hockey event for the

Williams and Briton Rachel Hutchinson, have been appointed to officiate at the first-ever Para Ice Hockey

for women, the tournament is also serving as a development opportunity for women involved in Para ice hockey

Women's World Challenge begins tomorrow.Yu Jing was the only woman to play in Beijing 2022's Para ice hockey

and a founding partner of the International Paralympic Committee's new PARA SPORT programme.Para ice hockey

The National Hockey League (NHL) is targeting a 17-day window in February 2024 to hold the World Cup

of Hockey.

and NHL Players' Association (NHLPA), so uses NHL rules as opposed to those of the International Ice Hockey

I think that short list would universally encompass more traditional hockey markets."

Tardif during a trip to Paris to discuss the World Cup.Canada were the last winners of the World Cup of Hockey

to be the NHL's first games outside of North America since 2019.The NHL has not held a World Cup of Hockey

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Hall of Fame member and celebrated Hungarian figure György

Pasztor was also a former IIHF Council member, IIHF life member, Honorary President of the Hungarian Ice Hockey

state of the Soviet Union, prevented travel outside of the Eastern Bloc so it was not until he was a hockey

manager that he was able to participate in IIHF competitions.Pasztor played top-level hockey in his

country between 1941 and 1960 and later became a player-coach.His hockey career transferred from the

Hungarian Ice Sports Association as a player representative before serving as the organisation’s Ice Hockey

International Hockey Federation (FIH) Presidential candidate Marc Coudron believes the sport must alter

its reliance on water-based hockey pitches as he seeks to promote his leadership vision to head the

fields.At the mention of hockey fields, Coudron began to criticise water-based hockey pitches due to

Hockey has to challenge that and to focus on the best objectives."

I am sure we have everything in hands to develop like Belgian hockey."

In Belgium, hockey was [previously] not so popular."

To break the limits or limitations that we think we have in the world of hockey."

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is staging a Women's World Championship in an Olympic

The United States and Japan are set to meet in the opening game at Herning's KVIK Hockey Arena - one

of two venues along with Scanel Hockey Arena in Frederikshavn.That clash comes in Group A and all five

High ticket prices and the ongoing scandal within Hockey Canada have been blamed for low attendances

at the rescheduled International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Men's World Junior Ice Hockey Championship

Hockey Canada said the COVID-19 delay was a factor, as well as the sexual assault scandals related to

players in its previous junior teams which has caused issues in Hockey Canada since then."

There is understandable scrutiny from Canadians of Hockey Canada and the culture of hockey," said a spokesperson.Canadian

Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge froze funding to Hockey Canada until the organisation met certain standards

The United Arab Emirates' women's ice hockey team has been given financial backing from the Al Masaood

aim to support the sports industry through social initiatives.There are more than 800 registered ice hockey

women.In recent years, the nation has won the Arab Cup, the Challenge Cup of Asia, and the Gulf Ice Hockey

Ahmed Salmeen, said it was time to support women's sport.There are approximately 80 women playing ice hockey

It is an honour for us to support the national women's ice hockey team as we continue to advocate for

President Luc Tardif has insisted that the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is "financially

But more important is that we lost some development in hockey because of the pandemic."

August is not a hockey month but it was the only possible date," he said."

The Argentine Olympic Committee (COA) has staged a ceremony to award Sofía Maccari a replacement Tokyo 2020 silver medal for the one stolen last year.

Maccari helped Argentina's women's hockey team to a second-placed finish at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics,

Hosts Canada beat Finland in overtime to win the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior