August 9 is a historic day for ice hockey in Russia. On this day, Danis Zaripov, the only five-time winner of the Gagarin Cup, three-time world champion, the legend of HC Ak Bars, officially retired. The farewell match was held on the ice of Tatneft Arena and gathered a huge number of hockey stars: Alexander Ovechkin, Pavel Datsyuk, Alexey Morozov, Ilya Kovalchuk, Sergey Mozyakin, Evgeny Kuznetsov and others Ak Bars made the best possible farewell match for Zaripov. A full house in the stands, a large-scale show program, touching speeches and much more

In 2023, proposals were made for the Bahrain Economic Development Council’s renewable energy project. The most interesting thing is the construction of a universal complex, which will include an ice arena according to the Olympic standard. The proposed project can improve not only the civil and sports architecture of Bahrain, but also give a new leap in the development of the ice hockey in the country

Nancy Constantin is a first generation Lebanese living in Canada. Several days ago, she has been identified by the IIHF as the torchbearer for women game officials in Lebanon in the future. Now, she is one of nearly 20 referees participating in the first ever Olympic Council of Asia/IIHF U16 Asian Ice Hockey Youth Camp in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Nancy, a native of Canada, will be the first female referee from Lebanon and she is expected to carry the flag and spread the message among the Lebanese community in Canada. There are about 500,000 Lebanese living in Canada and Nancy wants to promote ice hockey to this community

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