Owner: Ralph Schwarz, from the Schwarz-Lidl discount store family, hockey and Alpine skiing fan extraordinaire. Farm Club: Hamburg (Germany) Freezers GM: Jared Smith (10th GM in team’s history) Coach: Jim Montgomery (replaced Mike Babcock after Season 11) (Babcock replaced Paul Maurice during Season 11); Maurice replaced Mike Sulllivan after Season 9; Sullivan replaced Craig Berube after Season 6) Last season: 17th overall, (In…
Team owner: Neil Patrick Harris, American actor and Smurf fanatic Farm Club: Kolner Haie GM: Guybrush Threepwood (only GM in team’s history) Coach: Adam Oates (replaced Dale Hunter after Season 2) Last season: 8th overall (In the playoffs, defeated Madrid, defeated Paris, defeated Bratislava, lost to Copenhagen in Finals) Ins and Outs (Season 11 to Season 12) Out: Ryan Murray (free…
Owners – Two of Northern Ireland’s most famous sons: actor James (Jimmy) Nesbitt (probably best known internationally for his part as one of the dwarves in the Hobbit trilogy); and model/actor/’GLAMOUR sexiest man of 2017′ Jamie Dornan of “Fifty Shades” fame. Farm Club: Belfast City Bruins GM: Chris Patton (only GM in team’s history) Coach: Alain Vigneault (replaced Darryl Sutter) …
Farm Club – Glasgow (Scotland) Claymores GM: John Charles (3rd GM in team’s history) Coach: Bob Boughner (replaced Tom Rowe after Season 11) (Rowe replaced Bob Hartley after Season 8) (Hartley replaced Randy Carlyle after Season 5) (Carlyle replaced Lindy Ruff) Last season: 16th overall. Did not make playoffs. Ins and Outs (Season 11 to Season 12)…
Farm Club: Luxembourg Castles GM: Dave Franck (5th GM in team’s history) Coach: Todd Reirden (replaced Mike Babcock after Season 10) (Babcock replaced Brent Sutter after Season 9) (Sutter replaced Guy Boucher after Season 6, who replaced Darryl Sutter before Season 5, who replaced Joel Quenneville after Season 3) Last season: 21st overall. (Did not make playoffs) Ins and Outs (Season…
Farm Club: Vitebsk Bears GM: Igor Kirunov (only GM in team’s history) Coach: Dave Tippett (replaced Guy Boucher, who replaced Lindy Ruff, who replaced Claude Julien) Last season: 9th overall, (In playoffs, defeated Belfast; lost to Copenhagen) Ins and Outs (Season 11 to Season 12) Out: Jacob Josefson (buy out), Ryan McDonagh (free agent), Gustav Nyquist (free agent), Kjetil Martinsen (free agent), Kris…
Owner: Jim Balsillie, Canadian businessman Farm Club: Monaco Gamblers GM: Stephen R (4th GM in team’s history) Coach: John Tortorella Last season: 12th overall. (In playoffs, lost to Bratislava) Ins and Outs (Season 11 to Season 12) Out: Anze Kopitar (free agent), Thomas Powell (free agent), Brad Marchand (free agent), Erik Johnson (free agent), Steve Downie (free…
Farm Club: MAC Budapest (Hungary) GM: Peter Ott (5th GM in team’s history) Coach: Bruce Cassidy (replaced Patrick Roy after Season 10) (Roy replaced Guy Boucher after Season 9, Boucher replaced Paul MacLean after Season 8, who replaced Patrick Roy after Season 7; Roy replaced Dave Tippett) Last season: 20th overall (did not make the playoffs) Ins and Outs (Season 11 to Season 12)…
Farm club: H.C. Bolzano-Bozen (Italy) Foxes GM: David Bell (2nd GM in team’s history) Coach: Doug Weight (replaced Bob Boughner after Season 10) (Boughner replaced Ken Hitchcock after Season 9) (Hitchcock replaced Bruce Boudreau after Season 6, who replaced Randy Carlyle after Season 3) Last season: 4th overall. (In playoffs, defeated Munich; lost to Bratislava.) Ins and Outs (Season 11 to Season 12)…
Farm Club: Venice (Italy) Griffins GM: Dennis Sullo (4th GM in team’s history) Coach: Mike Sullivan (replaced Craig Berube after Season 9, Berube replaced Peter Laviolette after Season 8) (Laviolette replaced Paul MacLean after Season 4) Last season: 22nd overall. Did not make playoffs, Ins and Outs (Season 11 to Season 12) Out: Tomas Tatar (free agent), Mats Zuccarello (free agent), Robert Hagg…
