Sydney Bears Coach Vlad Rubes has officially been announced as the Head Coach of the Australian National Mens Team for the upcoming IIHF’s 2011 World Men’s Division II Group A Championships at the Docklands Ice House in Melbourne.
 
Capping off a terrific week for the two-time premiership winning coach, after securing a place in the playoffs this week with an emphatic 11-0 victory over the Canberra Knights, Rubes will be looking for the Gold Medal to promote the Mighty Roos to Division I in 2012.
 

Bears coach Vlad Rubes returned to the line-up and was delighted with the win in the last home game of the season.

The Adelaide Adrenaline failed to find the net as the Sydney Bears scored three goals on Sunday night.

The Sydney Bears are back in playoff contention after beating their cross-town rivals the Ice Dogs 5-2 and taking the "Battle of Sydney" series 3 games to 1.

The punches flew as fast as the goals as the Bears won a crucial 4-2 victory over the Sydney Ice Dogs on Sunday.

Vladan Stransky is a name embedded with the Bears faithful, the Czech-born Australian international has returned to boost an already firing line-up.

The Bears were out for revenge against the Adrenaline after their last match in Adelaide over a month ago. 

Little time has been given to the goaltender to recover from jetlag, but Boucher is used to jetsetting in the name of his sport.