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Report- Yashin Will Play In Russia

by Paul on 07/20/07 at 01:07 PM ET
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from Sport Express with a rough translation… As it became known to the correspondent “SE” to Paul STRIZHEVSKOMU, on 33-years [center] some clubs of a superleague apply. But most likely Yashin will appear in Yaroslavl “Locomotive” in which it has lead an ending [lockout] a season—2004/05. Moreover, mother of the hockey player last night has confirmed this information to the correspondent “SE” to Igor Larin.

from Lokomotiv with a another rough translation… Aleksey [Yashin] [provedet] the season of 2007-2008[gg]. in “the locomotive”
As a result [pregovorov] between hockey club “locomotive” and Aleksey [Yashin] with the participation of the governor of region Anatoliy Ivanovich Lisitzin, the side they came to agreement, that in the following season Aleksey will speak in favor of Yaroslavl command.

added 1:26pm, from the CP via TSN,

The Russian centre agreed to terms on a one-year contract with Locomotiv (Yaroslavl) of the Russian League on Friday, bolting the NHL after 12 seasons. Russian teams do not disclose financial terms but The Canadian Press can confirm the deal does not include an out clause to return to the NHL next season.

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Nedved Will Play With Sparta Prague

by Paul on 07/19/07 at 10:19 AM ET
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from the AP via Fox Sports,

Petr Nedved joined Czech champion HC Sparta Prague on a one-year contract Thursday.
“Petr will be a huge draw for our fans, and due to many years of experience in the NHL we also expect him to take a large share of responsibility (for the team),” Sparta manager Petr Briza said in a statement.

added 9:28am, Skyping with Roman of eNHL.cz this morning, he told me Nedved had set a deadline of last week for any offers from NHL teams.  Nothing to his liking, so he signed with Sparta.

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As Expected, Russia Doesn’t Sign Transfer Agreement

by Paul on 07/13/07 at 10:13 AM ET
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from the AP via Sports Illustrated,

The Czech Republic, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Slovakia, and Switzerland ratified a four-year transfer agreement between the International Ice Hockey Federation member associations and the NHL on Thursday.
As with the last four-year agreement, Russia refused to sign.

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added 11:15am, from the AP via the Globe and Mail,

The IIHF intends to proceed with a proposed new European hockey league after receiving a positive feasibility study.
The plan was originally floated in April and IIHF president Rene Fasel announced during the World Hockey Championships in Moscow a month later that an agency had been hired to conduct a feasibility study.

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Habs’ Perezhogin Heading to Russia

by Alanah McGinley on 05/08/07 at 01:13 PM ET
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From Pat Hickey at the Montreal Gazette,

Alexander Perezhogin is headed back to Russia.
There were reports last week Perezhogin had signed with Avangard Omsk, but agent Don Meehan said last night the forward has signed a contract with Salavat Yulayev Ufa, another Russian Super League team.
Meehan said that Perezhogin will net $1.7 million U.S.
“That works out to about $3.4 million gross in the NHL and it’s unlikely the Canadiens could match that,” Meehan said. Perezhogin earned $627,000 last season.

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Ornskoldsvik On the Hockey Map

by Paul on 05/02/07 at 11:45 PM ET
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from Ivar Ekman at the New York Times,

But with little to offer except a faint smell of rotten fish when the wind blows from the direction of the pulp mill a few miles away, Ornskoldsvik continues to churn out great hockey players like a factory.
Perhaps there is something in the water here. Or the pizza. Apart from skates, sticks and pucks, the one thing that all of Ornskoldsvik’s great hockey sons have in common is that they have fueled their growth with food from the town’s unofficial hockey pizzeria, Mammamia. The hockey-loving pizza maker, Giordano Sternad, denies adding a secret ingredient to his pies. But he admits to being an important part of a close-knit hockey community that comprises most of the town.

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Salo Retires From Hockey

by Paul on 03/05/07 at 04:55 PM ET
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via Eurohockey,

When Tommy Salo’s club Frölunda Indians surprisingly missed the playoffs Salo announced that it was the end of his goalie career. A career that gave gold in both in the Olympics and World Championships, he also played in 526 NHL games. The highlight of his career was perhaps when he saved Paul Kariya’s penalty shot in the Olympics 1994, a save that gave Sweden the gold medals. But despite his succesful career he will probably be most remembered for the dreadful and unfortunate mistake he made in the 2002 Olympics when Belarus eliminated Sweden in the quarter finals.

added 2:00pm, If you want to watch that Olympic goal again…

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