Monthly Archives: July 2020

Playoff Preview – North

Northern Conference Minsk Hussars 5th seed Top G – Simeon Varlamov Belfast Giants 4th seed Top G – Nico Hovinen Season Series: 4-0 Belfast Key matchups: These two teams are historically the two most successful clubs. Belfast has 4 Cups and Minsk has 2. Belfast has the forwards to score on anyone (Duchene, Landeskog, MacKinnon…

July 16, 2020 in Special Events.

Playoff Preview – South

Southern Conference Madrid Royals 5th seed Top G – Robin Lehner Berlin Smurfs 4th seed Top G – Calvin Pickard Season Series: 3-1 Berlin Key matchups: Fans in Berlin will be booing former Smurf Tyler Ennis when he’s skating on Madrid’s top line with Evander Kane and Sean Couturier, but if the Smurfs’ top defensemen…

July 11, 2020 in Special Events.

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Jimmy Howard, Berlin Smurfs

Paris Rouge Eiffel center Mikko Koivu (9) .

Zurich fourth-line center Patrick Thoresen is among the league leaders in hits and takeaways per minute this season.

Jamie Benn signed a long-term $6.6 million deal with Edinburgh before the start of Season 4.

Eric Staal, while he was with Stockholm, was named MVP of the All-Star game in London.

Montreal Canadiens’ Tomas Plekanec celebrates his goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)

Veteran Vincent Lecavalier practices with Gothenburg inthe EURO.

Athens forward Ryan O’Reilly was named MVP of the Season 5 All-Star Game.

Matt Duchene lifts the EURO Cup after the Belfast Giants won Game 5 in Northern Ireland Thursday.

Alexander Ovechkin, Moscow Dynamo’s Season 1 captain.

Mar 6, 2014; Dallas, TX, USA; Dallas Stars goalie Tim Thomas (30) skates on the ice prior to the game against the Vancouver Canucks at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-138530 ORIG FILE ID: 20140306_ads_an4_070.JPG

Jan 9, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Columbus Blue Jackets left wing Nick Foligno (71) lines up before a face-off against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre. The Maple Leafs beat the Blue Jackets 5-2. Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports

Geneva signs goalie Kari Lehtonen to up to 4 years at $9 million per season.

Mike Fisher has scored 50 goals on 501 EURO League shots with Copenhagen. He also has 95 assists.

Bern defenseman Tobias Enstrom scored 3 goals and had 1 assist Monday against visiting Prague.

Justin Williams, who was a plpus 10 in 21 playoff games for Geneva, skates the Cup around the Copenhagen rink to end Season 1.

Andrej Meszaros, Madrid Royals defenseman

Kris Letang lifts the EURO Cup after Paris defeated St. Petersburg.

Jussi Jokinen, Zurich Lions

Columbus Blue Jackets center Ryan Johansen pulls in a loose puck against the Washington Capitals at Nationwide Arena.

Joseph “Sepp” Blatter

Marc-Andre Fleury will be the number one goalie in Bratislava after signing a two-year deal.

Germany had three teams playing in the EURO last week but there will be just one team remaining in two weeks or less.

The only known photo of Rose.

Anton Volchenkov of Helsinki has topped 200 hits in each of his EURO seasons.

One of the elite defensemen in the league is Kevin Shattenkirk of Copenhagen, who has had plus 19 and plus 25 seasons.

Nicklas Lidstrom retired after playing 167 regular season and playoff games for Geneva, scoring 101 points and leading them to the first EURO Cup.

Dublin linemates Jakob Silfverberg (left), Alexander Ovechkin (center) and Cody Hodgson.

Jarome Iginla’s leadership, toughness and scoring has boosted the Jokerit lately.

DENVER, CO. – DECEMBER 19: Colorado goaltender Semyon Varlamov stretched out before the game Thursday night. The Colorado Avalanche hosted the Edmonton Oilers in an NHL game at the Pepsi Center Thursday night, December 19, 2013. Photo By Karl Gehring/The Denver Post