A year after jumping up 5 spots to win the top pick in the Season 11 EURO draft, the Gothenburg Frolunda did it again this season. Offensive defenseman Adam Fox is the prize this season. Fox, who in his NHL career was a trade acquisition by the New York Rangers, enters the EURO League with…
Half of the teams in the EURO League go into Season 12 without a coach under contract. Adam Oates, Michel Therrien, Barry Trotz, John Stevens, Willie DesJardins, Dave Tippett and newcomer to the coaching ranks Rod Brind’Amour will be the most sought-after bench bosses to fill the vacancies.
Fifty-four players have decided they aren’t good enough anymore – or at least willing – to play in the EURO League and they’ve retired. For some, the decision is not a surprise. They were never good enough in the first place. Others, however, were in lineups a few weeks ago. One player who decided to…
The last game couldn’t have been any closer, but for the second time in two years, Copenhagen beat Berlin in the EURO Cup Finals. In doing so, Copenhagen becomes the second team in league history to win back-to-back Cups. Belfast accomplished the feat in seasons 4 and 5. For the Smurfs, the feeling has to…
How they got here Berlin finished 8th overall and got to the Finals by beating Madrid 4-1; then Paris 4-2; and then Bratislava 4-3 with Anders Lee scoring the game-winner in the third period. This is the Smurfs’ fourth trip to the Cup Finals. They lost all three previous times – to Belfast in Seasons…
