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I Welcome I Bulletin I IIHF I Competition I Results I Gallery I Interview I i I IceTimesFebruary 2019 / Vol. 23, No. 1 Finland shines on ice 2019 World Juniors recap Frolunda wins CHL Final I Welcome I Bulletin I IIHF I Competition I Results I Gallery I Interview I i I 2 IceTimes February 2019 / Vol. 23, No. 1 From the IIHF President also in Victoria, where teams like Finland and and leagues around the world are in the mi- Kazakhstan were enthusiastically adopted ddle of their seasons, and we just concluded and cheered on during the preliminary round. two of our biggest international club compe- titions. Competing to grow As the tournament grows, so too does the competitive parity between the top nations. Congratulations to Frolunda Gothenburg, By René Fasel Other countries outside of North America which hoisted its third Champions Hockey have caught up and this means better games League crown. Congratulations also to Arlan We are just over a month into the new and overally improved development of ice Kokshetau, which became the first Kazakh year, and there is lots to report from the hockey across all nations. Our Championship club to win the IIHF Continental Cup. international ice hockey scene. program is devised with the goal of giving all participants enough chances to compete and In other news, we have announced the group 2019 started as usual with the playoff round grow. Some of the lower division tournaments of inductees who will form the IIHF Hall of of the IIHF World Junior Championship, which have already yielded some interesting results Fame Induction Class of 2019. culminated in a thrilling win by Finland over this year, with Slovakia’s U18 Women’s natio- Team USA in Vancouver. nal team advancing to the top divison for the This is a legendary group of athletes and buil- first time in its history. ders who have left a lasting impact on the The two teams competing in the gold medal game. Names such as Hayley Wickenheiser, game meant that tournament hosts Canada At the other end of the U20 divisions, we have Miro Satan, and Miko Modano will enter the weren’t in the running, but nevertheless the China, which successfully qualified for Division II list of legends that will be inducted at our Hall tournament organizers and Hockey Canada with an unbeaten record. Going back to the top of Fame Induction Ceremony in Bratislava. should be recognized for yet another perfectly division, Kazakhstan’s performance after mo- organized tournament. The IIHF’s partnership ving up from Division IA means the country will I would be remiss not to mention our Paul with Hockey Canada has helped to cement compete once again with the best in the world. Loicq Award winner, the late Jim Johannson. the Juniors as a preeminent tournament on Johannson’s role in the development of USA the international hockey calendar, and the be- These are encouraging signs of progress, and Hockey and his presence at the World Juniors nefits that this brings to the event and the par- we hope that more countries will be able to and World Championship is certainly missed. ticipating teams cannot be understated. gain more competitive experience and give themselves a proper chance to develop. But his legacy will have a long-lasting impact, The incredible support that Canada’s fans and should serve as an example for others to showed was also impressive, not just in Van- The World Championship program wasn’t the follow as we continue our common mission to couver where Team Canada was playing, but only item on the ice hockey calendar. Clubs bring ice hockey around the world. I Welcome I Bulletin I IIHF I Competition I Results I Gallery I Interview I i I 3 IceTimes February 2019 / Vol. 23, No. 1 agreed to coach a club team in the top Finnish level as an assistant coach of Helsinki IFK ti-Doping Agency (JADA), a “Real Champion News and Notes league next season. and as head coach of Jukurit Mikkeli before Workshop” Anti-Doping Session was delivered returning to Hameenlinna. to all attending nations of athletes and their The 54-year-old was inducted into the IIHF Hall support personnel at the 2019 IIHF Ice Hock- IIHF of Fame in 2012. He played 331 games for the During the 2016 IIHF World Junior ey U18 Women’s World Championship in Obi- Finnish men’s national team between 1983 Championship that Finland won on home hiro City, Japan. The IIHF Player Safety Committee has and 2002 including six Olympic Winter Games ice in Helsinki he was the assistant coach of introduced a new rule which is in effect for and eleven IIHF World Championships. He Jukka Jalonen. Like Helminen he’s also on The active program content workshop was all IIHF tournaments starting from the 2018/19 still holds the record for the most international the coaching staff of the men’s national team designed and delivered by JADA which aims season. games played and, shared with fellow for this season. that the athlete can recognize the power/val- countrymen Teemu Selanne, for the most ue of sport through describing it in their own The committee has created a video designed Olympic ice hockey tournaments played. Finland will also continue with words. to provide information and examples of the Pasi Mustonen as head new Late Hit Rule #153. After finishing his career Helminen was the coach of the women’s national The Japan Ice Hockey Federation’s Plan- Tampere’s head coach during the 2012/2013 team. Mustonen’s contract was ning Committee also organized a Develop- CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO season. He also joined the Finnish U20 national extended until spring 2022. ment Symposium during the Women’s U18s. team first for two years as an assistant coach, The sympium was aimed at creating a multi- Rule 153-Late Hit was proposed as a means then as a head coach at the 2012 IIHF World Mustonenwill coach Team sports concept Development Model within of differentiating between a player committing Junior Championship where Finland finished Finland at the upcoming IIHF Japan, to develop both hockey players and a late hit versus a player committing an in fourth place. Ice Hockey Women’s World Championships, also athletes in other sports as well. The sym- interference penalty or finishing a check, as including the 2019 edition 4-14 April on home posium’s featured speaker was Emily West, well as making a clear emphasis of what The FIHA has planned further ice in Espoo, and at the 2022 Olympic Winter USA Hockey’s American Development Model constitutes a “clean hit” versus a “late hit”. ahead and signed Antti Games in Beijing, China. manager for women’s hockey. Pennanen as head coach for FINLAND the Finnish U20 national team for Under Mustonen Finland has finished in the top- KUWAIT the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 four of the world each year including bronze The Finnish Ice Hockey seasons. medals at the 2015 and 2017 Women’s Worlds In a bid to boost the growth of hockey Association announced that and the 2018 Olympics. and bolster regional ties, a new bi-annual Raimo Helminen will take over Pennanen has been the head club competition has been launched in the as head coach of the U20 men’s coach of Finnish Liiga club HPK Hameenlinna JAPAN Middle East. The first edition of the GCC team. Helminen will replace Jussi since 2016 where he spent his career as a (Gulf Cooperation Council) club tournament Ahokas, who coached the team junior player and was coaching junior teams In partnership between the International Ice contested in Kuwait City saw teams from for three seasons and reportedly until 2011. After that he also worked at senior Hockey Federation (IIHF) and the Japan An- Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the I Welcome I Bulletin I IIHF I Competition I Results I Gallery I Interview I i I 4 IceTimes February 2019 / Vol. 23, No. 1 more games with a competitive edge to the In league play Zimin was a star with Spartak calendar. Obituaries Moscow in the late 1960s, winning champion- ships in 1967 and 1969 during an era the league RUSSIA YEVGENI ZIMIN was dominated by city rival CSKA, and scoring the deciding goal against CSKA in the latter. In Russia set a new national attendance record on Yevgeni Zimin, a forward 1998, his number 7 was retired by the club. 16 December, with 71,000 fans seeing the Red during the height of the So- Machine roll past Finland in St. Petersburg. viet Union’s greatest years, After retiring as a player, Zimin coached Spartak suffered a fatal heart attack and the Soviet national U18 team at the Euro- The bumper crowd came to the Gazprom in Moscow on Friday, 28 De- pean championships in the 1980s for a short Arena, built for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and cember. He was 71 years time. He later became a scout for the Philadel- home to football club Zenit. Thanks to the small- old. phia Flyers and was seen and heard in Russia United Arab Emirates take part. er hockey playing surface, the organizers were as a TV commentator. able to squeeze in more seats and boost the Zimin played in four IIHF events and won gold Played between 18-22 December 2018, capacity past the 65,000 that the stadium can each time. He started with the 1968 Olym- OTTO SCHUBIGER the Abu Dhabi Storms from the United hold for football.