The two series in the Northern Conference will be great. Get the popcorn ready, make sure there are no sharp objects near the couch, and watch one of these games. Record the other one and watch it after the first one because you won’t be able to sleep anyway. You will be too jacked up.…
Northern Conference Vienna fans get to see their team in the playoffs in their first season in Austria, but they have to go up against a Goliath. Augustiner goalie Braden Holtby will get stern test but he remains the team’s best chance to advance in an upset against one of the highest-scoring teams in history.…
Helsinki teammates Karri Ramo and Zach Bogosian both set new league records this season, playng for the league’s top team. The veterans are both in their first season with the Jokerit. Both can probably give team defense partial credit for their records. Ramo, who played a decade in Frankfurt/Lisbon, compiled a 2.09 goals against average…
Vienna has just one regular season game to play. Berlin – the league’s slow tortoise – has 6 games left. So it’s time to start thinking about season trophies that will be voted on during the playoffs. How about the Rookie of the Year Trophy? There is a formula Websim uses to determine which five…
For sure, general managers in the EURO League will have five good choices to vote for when it comes time to award the Player of the Year Trophy at the end of Season 12. It’s possible goalies Matt Murray (Oslo) and Kari Ramo (Helsinki) will be among the choices. Many believe they deserve to be…
Eighteen of 24 general managers voted in this year’s all-star voting slecting 4 forwards at each position, 8 defensemen and 3 goalies per conference. Twelve players, including the top goalie in each conference, are on the all-star team for the first time in their careers. At the other end of the spectrum are Erik Karlsson…
