It seems like a simple question: Who were the best defensive forwards in the EURO League? But it’s difficult to quantify the answer. You can tell just by watching Adam Henrique of Gothenburg play that he really knows his way around the defensive zone, but how do you attach numbers to what Henrique does so…
Will somebody please make sense of the Minsk Hussars? They won the Season 8 Cup, lost Carey Price and Nicklas Backstrom to free agency, plummeted in the standings and were much clsoer to missing the playoffs than defending their crown, but now suddenly … they are on the best run of results in the league.…
With the score 3-0 in favor of Belfast early in the Giants’ final regular season game Friday, Belfast was killing a penalty when Erik Karlsson poked the puck away from Gothenburg’s Adam Henrique and moved it up to captain Claude Giroux along the right boards. Their teammate Gabriel Landeskog sensed and opportunity and took off…
Who has a chance to set league records this season? Already There Lisbon superstar John Tavares has 10 shorthanded goals, which ties him with what Jonathan Toews of Bratislava did in Season 3. One more Tavares shorty and Toews’ name comes off the list. Close London forward Jeff Skinner wants to be more careful with…
With the season winding down, we’ll take a glance at the team and individual races that remain. The playoff race, in bullet form: North Belfast will be the No. 1 seed Three out of the next four team will have home ice advantage in the first round, so one of St. Petersburg, Helsinki, London and…
Brian Elliott was once the goalie who fans in Dublin hoped would pick up where Tim Thomas left off and bring the Irish close to the top of the heap. But he never capitalized on his opportunity to shine and this week, the 34-year-old Elliott passed through waivers and it appears he will play the…
