April 9th, 2008
Photos 06-04-2008 South Africa vs Mongolia
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April 9th, 2008
06-04-2008 DPR Korea beats Turkey 8-2
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April 8th, 2008
06-04-2008 South Africa beats Mongolia 12-4
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April 7th, 2008
Luxembourg vs Mongolia 9-0
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April 7th, 2008
Bock brothers show South Africa the way
Article on and photo of South African goaltending duo Gary and Ashley Bock.
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April 7th, 2008
World Championship Division 3 Match reports
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April 3rd, 2008
03-04-2008 Luxembourg - South Africa 4-5
Team Luxembourg had seen the skilful play of the South Africans. But got a boost from their performance against top team DPR Korea. South Africa was in a winning mood after two clear wins. Both teams relied on the goaltender from the previous match. So Philippe Lepage was in goal for Luxembourg and Ashley Bock for South Africa. A roughing call against Kieren Edge led to the 1-0 by Thierry Holtzem at 4.27. George Lyon rebuked the Jean-Claude Strasser hooking penalty for the equilizer at 6.56, 1-1. At 26.22 Patrick Schon tallied his first marker of the tournament, 2-1. Only for Philip Woolf to hit back shortly afterwards, 2-2. Andre Marais and Carel Esterhuizen put South Africa up 2-4 going into the second intermission. Ryan Marsh then made it a 2-5 game shortly after the second restart, 42.40. Yves Dessouroux put the puck home for the 3-5 at 49.18. Thierry holtzem was caugth high sticking at 58.09. Shortly followed to the penalty box by South African Marc Giot (58.29). Coach Håkan Grönlund ordered his goaltender Philippe Lepage to the players bench at 58.56. And with Andre Marais penalised for delaying the game at 59.20 Team Luxembourg had a surplus of two skaters on the ice. At 59.36 Benny Welter scored 4-5. But only seconds (59.47) later goaltender Philippe Lepage had to defend his cage again. Although outshooting South Africa 42 to 39 Team Luxembourg lost the second consecutive match with a margin of one goal. Final score: 4-5. Patrick Schon was elected MVP of his team for this encounter.
April 1st, 2008
Luxembourg - DPR Korea 1-2
Luxembourg coach Håkan Grönlund opted for Philippe Lepage in goal. Philippe did not disappoint his leader in the first stanza. He swept all 23 shots on goal aside. Although being heavily outshot by the Korean squad and playing shorthanded for many a minute Team Luxembourg was able to keep the score 0-0 after fourty minutes of play. On account of following a weak opening period with a stronger middle stanza. Korea finally found the key to beat Lepage at 45.01. The goal came from the stick of Chol Mun. With Danish referee Jakob Grumsen calling a hooking penalty against Chol Min Ri defenseman François Schons beat the North-Korean goaltender on a Robert Beran feed for 1-1 at 54.59. However with Eric Wambach serving a minor penalty the DPR Korea, Kwang Hyok Kim, scored again for 1-2 after 57.20. At 58.16 coach Håkan Grönlund took a time out and after that kept goalie Philippe Lepage in the bench for a sixth skater. Helped by a too many men on the ice infraction by Korea Luxembourg had a two men advantage. But despite this splendid opportunity Team Luxembourg did not score a second marker and Korea won the game with the smallest of margins, 1-2. Deservedly goaltender Philippe Lepage was voted Team Luxembourgs MVP.
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March 31st, 2008
Luxembourg vs Turkey 5-4 in overtime
Starting with Michel Welter in goal for Team Luxembourg a hooking call against Georges Scheier led to the 0-1 by Emrah Ozmen after 2.43. At 7.55 a penalty shot was awarded to Turkey by referee Horst Tschebul. Galip Hamarat missed the opportunity to score the second marker for Team Turkey. Center Benny Welter tallied the equilizer for 1-1 at 11.15. With assists going to Robert Beran and Ronny Scheier. A delaying the game penalty against Turkish goaltender Levent Ozbaydogan cost his team dearly. Defenseman and team captain Ronny Scheier hit the net for 2-1 after 16.39. His helpers were Robert Beran and François Schons. 2-1 in favour of Team Luxembourg after the first twenty minutes.
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The second period started with Turkish players Galip Hamarat (20.23) and Erdogan Coskun (20.27) ordered to the penalty box. But no home team goal. With Serge Milano in the penalty box for tripping Emrah Ozmen scored his second of the game, 2-2 at 28.26. On the next attack Erdogan Coskun tallied on a solo effort, 2-3 (29.09). Many powerplay opportunities for both teams in the second part of the middel stanza, but the score remained 2-3.
After Serge Milano had sat out his checking from behind penalty Benny Welter tallied for his second of the game to make it a 3-3 game at 45.56 (assists: Jean-Claude Strasser and Ben Houdremont). At 49.18 Georges Schier converted a pass by Eric Wambach to net the go ahead goal, 4-3. But a hooking call against Ronny Scheier was a present not to be denied by Turkish forward Emrah Ozmen, who scored his third personal goal, four all after 50.34. Neither team found the net again so both teams had to settle for a 4-4 tie, after regulation time.
In overtime Eric Wambach passed to puck to Thierry Holtzem, who hit the net for the sudden death goal at 63.39. Final score: Luxembourg 5 and Turkey 4. Despite being outshot 48-39 Team Luxembourg secured the first win. Jean-Marie Funk took the MVP award of the best Team Luxembourg player.
March 29th, 2008
Greece: Ice hockey is still alive
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Greece: Ice hockey is still alive
By Michal Travnicek
Not to lose contact with ice hockey, the Greek players have no other choice than taking long trips abroad to tstep on the ice. A couple of players are born in the Czech Republic, so camps were in Czechia in recent years. The Greek national team takes on teams of Czech regional competitions or hobby leagues. The Greek ice hockey season takes 30 days at maximum…
Greek National Ice Hockey Team, December 2007
The first official game in Greece was played in 1985. Folowed in 1989 by the first official national championship and for the first time on an IIHF sized rink. The first ever champion was Aris Salonica. To date the last championship was staged in season 2000-01. Flying Ice Skaters Athens won eight out of fiteen games against Tarandos Moschato and became champion. Giorgos Kalyvas was topscorer with 24 goals and 11 assists.
Giorgios Kalyvas
The Greek team will carry the same players in Luxembourg as they iced in Sarajevo. Goalie Dalibor Ploutsis formerly played for the juniors of Vsetin, of the Czech Republicy. Young defender Nikos Papadopoulos plays for Spartak Chocen from the Czech regional league (4th level). Thanasis Kesidis is still playing in Brno for HC Rondo (hobby league), Alexandros Valsamas-Rallis plays in Great Britain. Igor Apostolidis, who is still remembered by fans from his former Brno team (Czech First league) is now in Spittal, Austria (Third level).
Nikos Papadopoulos
Greek National Team
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the IIHF page on Greece.Very interesting is the NHL.com page on Greek Ice Hockey.
