I Welcome I Bulletin I IIHF I Competition I Results I Gallery I Interview I i I IceTimesNovember 2016 / Vol. 20, No. 5 Rising Stars Live from the Juniors Tournament results I Welcome I Bulletin I IIHF I Competition I Results I Gallery I Interview I i I 2 IceTimes December 2016 / Vol. 20, No. 6 From the IIHF President The growth of this tournament as a comple- IIHF Player Safety Comittee, in cooperation ment to the World Championship has picked with other committees like Coaching, Com- up by leaps and bounds. Through hard work petition, Medical and Officiating, and I look Juniors take the ice and mutually beneficial partnerships with forward to seeing the final proposals. organizations such as Hockey Canada and By René Fasel TSN (more on page 9), the IIHF World Junior Our efforts to promote good governance and Championship has turned into an annual tra- ethical practices within the IIHF have also be- A new year is coming up, which means that dition in Canada, and is now becoming more gun in earnest with the first meeting of the Go- it’s time for world’s top young ice hockey and more popular in Europe as well. vernance Reform Group. With the International talent to compete in the IIHF’s first major Olympic Committee’s Agenda 2020 placing international tournament of the season: When this tournament wraps up in January, an emphasis on transparency and good go- the World Junior Championship. we will next turn to the ninth edition of the vernance, it is important that the IIHF take a IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship, ta- leading role in updating its practices to set an It is a treat to begin the new year with such king place in Zlin and Prerov, Czech Repu- example for the future. a top quality ice hockey tournament as the blic. As we continue on our journey to grow World Juniors. This competition never fails the women’s game internationally, I hope During the Central Committee Meetings I spent to impress. The world’s best and brightest that this tournament can inspire young wo- the day moving between each of the commit- young hockey stars, gathered together in men around the world to pick up sticks and tee meeting rooms, in order to get a clear idea the two Canadian hockey capitals of Mon- hit the ice. of the latest and most pressing issues affec- treal and Toronto to battle it out for interna- ting ice hockey today. I was very encouraged tional U20 ice hockey supremacy, will be a The IIHF’s mandate to grow the game is by the level of participation and detailed dis- treat to watch. symbolized in the work of our individual IIHF cussions that each of the commitee members Committees, who met together for the first brought to the table, and I am confident that For many of these young players, the World time in December to exchange ideas and going forward our beloved sport of ice hockey Juniors can be the final opportunity they build their mandates for the next four years. will benefit greatly from the work that began in have to represent their country in interna- You can read more about the IIHF’s 2016 Zurich this month. tional competition. This is apparent in the Central Committee Meetings on page 9. dedication and effort exhibited throughout In closing, I wish all of the world’s ice hockey the tournament. These young men leave it The first major task for our committees and fans, our member national associations, and all out there on the ice, much to the delight member national associations will be the re- everyone around the world who is passionate of the hockey fans lucky enough to witness view of the IIHF Sport Regulations and Playing about our great game a wonderful end of the the Juniors live. Rules. Full reviews will be conducted by the year and nothing but the very best in 2017. I Welcome I Bulletin I IIHF I Competition I Results I Gallery I Interview I i I 3 IceTimes December 2016 / Vol. 20, No. 6 team at least for the recent Euro Ice Hockey ce of British Columbia. In 2006, Vancouver Hartley will be the second former NHL coach News and Notes Challenge tournament in Budapest, Hungary. co-hosted the tournament along with Kelow- after Ted Nolan (2011-2014) to lead the Latvian Now his assignment has been extended for na and Kamloops. men’s national team. Hartley led the Colorado the remainder of the season. Avalanche to a Stanley Cup win in 2001 and Rogers Arena, the site of the 2010 Olympic later also coached the Atlanta Thrashers and The 52-year-old Swiss spent his coaching ca- hockey tournament and home of the Vancou- until last season the Calgary Flames. In 2015 reer in Switzerland until 2013 where he was ver Canucks, will host 19 games, including he won the Jack Adams Award as NHL head coaching senior hockey club teams but also the medal round. coach of the year but was fired in May 2016. several junior national teams including being head coach at three U18 World Champions- The Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre will host The 56-year-old also won championships as hips. 14 games in Victoria. The 2005-completed a junior coach with the Hawkesbury Hawks building, with a capacity of 7,400, is home to (CJHL; 1990, 1991) and Laval Titan (QMJHL; Since 2014 he has been working for the Aus- the WHL’s Victoria Royals. 1993) and later in professional hockey with the trian Ice Hockey Association as U20 national American Hockey League’s Hershey Bears team coach, development coach and mentor (1997) and most recently in 2012 the Swiss for club coaches – duties that he will continue. championship with the ZSC Lions Zurich AUSTRIA He has also been the assistant coach of the during a one-year stint in Europe where he men’s national team since last season and at had Latvian forward Ronalds Kenins among Roger Bader will coach the Austrian men’s the Olympic Qualification in September. his players. national team for the remainder of the season it was confirmed after a board meeting of the Last year he led Austria to a silver medal at “I’m excited for the newest challenge in my Austrian Ice Hockey Association. He will also the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Cham- career as a coach. It will be my first experi- continue to serve as head coach of the U20 pionship Division I Group A. ence working with a national team and I’m national team. grateful to the Latvian Hockey Federation for giving me the opportunity and confidence,” Bader is already the third head coach for the CANADA Hartley said. men’s national team this year. After Dan Ra- tushny left Austria to coach Lausanne HC of Hockey Canada announced on 1 December LATVIA At the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Champi- the Swiss NLA, sport director and veteran that the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship onship the Latvians will play in the group in coach Alpo Suhonen was leading the team in has been allocated to Vancouver and Victoria. The Latvian Hockey Federation signed Cana- Cologne and battle for a quarter-final spot the Final Olympic Qualification in Riga, Latvia, dian coach Bob Hartley to lead the national against Russia, the United States, Sweden, in September but after the unsatisfactory re- It is the second time in history that the World team for the 2016/2017 season with an option Slovakia, host Germany, Denmark and Italy. sults Roger Bader was chosen to coach the Juniors will take place in the Western provin- for another year. I Welcome I Bulletin I IIHF I Competition I Results I Gallery I Interview I i I 4 IceTimes December 2016 / Vol. 20, No. 6 He was also called to the national team and onship in 1960. For his distinguished career, the sia’s U20 national team and worked as an Obituaries made the squad for the 1953 IIHF Ice Hock- Finnish Ice Hockey Association made him Lion assistant coach with the men’s national team ey World Championship on home ice in Zurich number 32 in the country’s pantheon of greats as several tournaments including the 1999 FRANCO GALLO and Basel where Switzerland won the bronze in 1985. IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. He medal. was also an assistant coach for the Kazakh Former Italian national team player Franco Gallo GENNADI TSYGUROV national team at four World Championship passed away on 9 December at the age of 72. He later returned to his hometown team where events and the 2006 Olympics. His funeral will be held today in Merano. he worked as a coach and later served as a Former Russian coach Gennadi Tsygurov President. passed away on 14 December at the age of FRANS VAN ERP Gallo was born in Italy, in Sesto San Giovanni, 75 after long illness. Tsygurov coached sever- but his family moved to Canada where he fell PERTTI NIEMINEN al Russian teams both internationally and in The former President of the Ice Hockey Asso- in love with the sport. When he was 22 he re- the top Russian league and was also involved ciation of the Netherlands passed away on 29 turned to Italy where he first played for Diavoli Pertti “Pepita” Nieminen, a forward with the with the Kazakh national team. November at the age of 92 in The Hague. Milan and later for Bolzano where we won an Finnish national team and long-time Finn- Italian title contributing 21 goals in 22 games.