BERLIN, Germany – Home ice advantage apparently means little in an all-star game. On Sunday, the “Visiting” Northern Conference stars, coached by Nikolai Kulemin, completely obliterated Jochen Hecht’s Southern Conference team 16-3. It was the most lopsided all-star game ever, unseating the Season 5 game that the North won 10-3 outdoors in Helsinki, Finland. The…
Fastest Skater The home fans went crazy when their man Jan Kovar took the lead in the All-Star Game Skill Competition’s Fastest Skater event, but the cheering lasted only until Mattias Sjogren took his lap. The Swedish winger who plays for St. Petersburg put the pedal to the metal and won the event with a…
Sixteen players are making their first trip to the All-Star Game this weekend. Meanwhile, it’s old hat for three others who have been voted to eight of the 10 games. Here is a listed of the players, sorted by the number of years they’ve appeared in the All-Star Game: 8 Years Erik Karlsson, Alex Pietrangelo,…
The all-star teams have been picked for the 10th EURO League all-star game, to be held next weekend in Berlin. The top vote-getters filled out the first four lines and three defense pairings. To get every team represented, a fifth line and fourth defense pairing were picked. Maxim Chudinov of Minsk was named captain of…
