Hockey Canada has voted to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for participants in national and international events hosted in the nation.

San Jose Sharks player Evander Kane has been suspended for 21 games by the National Hockey League (NHL) after violating COVID-19 rules.

The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) has announced it will hold a regular season game in Dubai in December.

The head of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus' (NOCRB) Athletes' Commission and Beijing 2008 Olympic canoeing gold medallist Aliaksandr Bahdanovich has been elected as the new President of the Belarusian Ice Hockey Association (BIHA).

The German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) has strongly refuted allegations of a potential "breach of trust and corruptibility" against its President Franz Reindl, but it has launched an independent investigation into the claims.

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) will investigate the recent racist incident in the Ukrainian league and analyse the decision to hand Andriy Deniskin a 13-game ban with a view to possible further sanctions, according to new President Luc Tardif.

Italy, South Korea and Poland are through to the final round of women's ice hockey qualifying for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

The Russian Olympic Committee, United States and Finland are among 11 teams to submit National Hockey League (NHL) players to be included in the Beijing 2022 men's national teams.

Las Vegas Knights' Robin Lehner has said he is encouraged after meeting with the National Hockey League (NHL) and NHL Players' Association (NHLPA) after he claimed multiple teams were engaging in medical malpractice.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has expressed concern over a major reshuffle at the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) which saw three Supervisory Board members including chair Tamara Shashikhina depart, with their replacements appointed at a meeting this week.

Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Alex Pietrangelo are the first Canadians selected for the country's men's ice hockey team at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, it has been announced.

World Girls' Ice Hockey Weekend is set to return this year, with the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) scheduling the event for October 15 to 17.

Evgeniy Kolychev has claimed he was sacked as general manager of the Ukrainian Hockey League (UHL) by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine (FHU) after he was blamed for allowing the video of a racist incident to surface online.

Russia is set to play its matches in the 2023 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship in Novosibirsk, as the country looks set to host major tournaments once again.