Ladies and gentlemen, Today is a landmark day for the EURO League as we induct four men who were instrumental in building the sport and the league to the high level of popularity we now enjoy. After four seasons of play, the EURO League has grown to rival football as the continent’s most popular sport.…
Tonight’s games in roughly two sentences each. Three young stars injured: Three young stars were injured today and will miss significant time. Filip Forsberg on the first shift of his second game. He injured his groin and will be out of the lineup for the rest of October and most if not all of November. To replace…
GM: Dylan Callow (only GM in team’s history) Coach: Dave Cameron (Replaced Paul Maurice after Season 4) (Maurice replaced Brent Sutter after Season 3) Last season: 12th overall Ins and Outs (Season 4 to Season 5) Out: Shea Weber (trade), Alexander Ovechkin (trade), Dion Phaneuf (trade), Alex Goligoski (trade), Troy Brouwer (trade), Brooks Laich (trade), Andrej Meszaros (trade), Brian Elliott…
GM: Dennis Sullo (4th GM in team’s history) Coach: Peter Laviolette (replaced Paul MacLean after Season 4) Last season: 9th overall Ins and Outs (Season 4 to Season 5) Out: Patrick Kane (trade), Martin Thornberg (trade), Tim Connolly (free agent), Blake Comeau (free agent), Dale Weise (waivers), Joni Pitkanen (waivers) In: Jakub Voracek (trade), Nathan Beaulieu (trade), Devan Dubnyk (trade), Alexander…
Last night’s games in roughly two sentences each: Prague 6, Copenhagen 3 – Nearly 20,000 fans saw their Prague Wolf Pack pour on the offense and get their second win in two days on home ice. Longtime Bern Bear Jason Spezza paced the offense with 2 goals and 2 assists, while his second-line winger Nail Yakupov…
GM: Michele Castaldini (2nd GM in team’s history) Coach: Paul Maurice (replaced Kevin Dineen after Season 4) Last season: 23rd overall Ins and Outs (Season 4 to Season 5) Out: Erik Cole (free agent), Martin St. Louis (retired), Magnus Johansson (retired) In: Alexander Wennberg, Oscar Klefbom, Jamie Oleksiak, Jan Kovar (draft), Stefan Ulmer (draft), Alexander Toryanik (draft), Joakim Hillding (draft), Andreas Englund (draft) In Place…
GM: Ralph Booth (only GM in team’s history) Coach: Michel Therrien (replaced Randy Cunneyworth after Season 2) Last season: 2nd overall Ins and Outs (Season 4 to Season 5) Out: Lee Stempniak (free agent), Mike Ribeiro (waivers) In: Justin Williams (free agent), Andre Burakovsky, Dale Weise (waivers), Brandon Halverson (draft), Jack Callow (draft), Mattias Backman (draft) In Place (Key players signed past Season 5) Alex…
GM: Randy Rock (5th GM in team’s history) Coach: Mike Babcock Last season: 10th overall Ins and Outs (Season 4 to Season 5) Out: Jason Spezza (free agent), Cam Talbot (trade), Shane Doan (retired), Joel Ward (retired), Kimmo Timonen, (retired), Sami Paulson (retired), Martin Havlat (free agent), Steve Bernier (free agent) In: Andrei Kostitsyn (free agent), Anton Babchuk (free agent),…
GM: Michael Banker (2nd GM in team’s history) Coach: Joel Quenneville (formerly Glen Gulutzan) Last season: 1st overall Ins and Outs (Season 4 to Season 5) Out: Andrei Markov (free agent), Aleksey Morozov (trade), Kevin Dallman (trade), Nicolas Ehlers (trade), David Jones (free agent), Brandon Bochenski (waivers), Benoit Pouliot (waivers) In: Ryan Suter (trade), Blake Wheeler (trade), John Mitchell (free…
Patrick Kane and Jakub Voracek, who switched teams in an off-season trade, played against their former team Monday when Zurich beat Minsk 5-1. Neither stood out too much, although each man were credited with one assist. It was the first of 11 games to be played in the first 10 days of the season that have players playing against…
