Twenty-six games into Season 3 of the EURO League and unhappy with his team’s place in the standings, Oslo General Manager Chris Lee has made a major trade with an Ahearne Division rival. Thinking more long-term, Lee shipped marquee players Pavel Datsyuk and Shea Weber to London today in exchange for promising youngsters Tyler Seguin…
Some highlights from games played Wednesday: Oslo 5, Edinburgh 4 Tyler Kennedy, who came into the game with 1 goal for Oslo, scored four times, including the game-tying goal in the third period and the winner in overtime. He took 5 shots and scored in all 4 periods. He’s not sure what happened on that…
Rose, in the league office in Vienna, took some time out from shopping online this morning to jot down a few observations from games played Tuesday in the EURO League: Jack Johnson, Helsinki’s 26-year-old defenseman, was named the second star of the game that the Jokerit lost 5-4 to Zurich. She said she and the…
A few quick observations about life in the EURO league as you scan your organizational roster for Johanssons. Bern Notice – Johan Franzen and Andy McDonald scored 3 points each Monday to lead Bern over Edinburgh and today both are out of the lineup with injuries and illness. Pascal Dupuis is the only member of…
Another 2-for-1 trade has sent a star forward out of Stockholm. Rick Nash has been traded to Madrid for Jeff Carter and young Ryan Johansen in a deal that also involves an exchange of draft picks. A day earlier, the Eagles acquired James Van Riemsdyk and Marcus Johansson from Moscow for Dustin Brown. That means…
Moscow and Paris are in a horse race for the President’s Trophy and at the first quarter pole, it’s Spartak by a nose. A trade made Sunday by Moscow GM Michael Banker has a make-or-break feel to it. Dustin Brown, a proven leader with an NHL Stanley Cup on his resume, has made his way…
The latest dismantling of Stockholm’s EURO Hockey League team has begun. Dustin Brown has been traded to Moscow for two players. Leaving Moscow and heading to Sweden are homegrown Marcus Johansson and American James Van Riemsdyk. Van Riemsdyk had 5 goals and 8 assists for Spartak, while Johansson had 6 goals and 5 assists. Brown…
Quick, what’s the first thing that comes to mind when I say “Frankfurt Inferno”? Right now, you’re thinking “Stamkos, Giroux and, umm … oh yeah, Pacioretty.” Frankfurt finished both of the first two EURO seasons in the bottom 3 of the league. Today, they sit in 14th place overall. A big part of the Inferno’s…
Bratislava hosted the first EURO League All-Star game, and London was the site for the second. The Northern Conference won both games, 7-6 and 8-4 with Alexander Burrows and Eric Staal winning MVP honors and cars to go along with it. The third All-Star game will be held Feb. 23 in … ? Well,…
A quick look at what’s happening in the EURO. Twenty-two games into Season 3 of the EURO League, some teams are where they were expected to be, while a few teams have been major surprises. But one of the big stories so far has been how tightly spaced large groups of teams are. In the…
