Hanover General Manager Brett Warbeck, still unpacking from his team’s move from Moscow, said he could not in any way, shape or form pass up a solid, highly-ranked center at the top of most draft lists. Swiss center Valentin Nussbaumer was made the No. 1 overall pick Tuesday and he will be among the first…
The final version of the Season 14 Draft Guide has been released a day after Websim uploaded its new NHL rookies to Future Players on the attributes Tab. We have added some players like Andrew Peeke and Ryan McLeod to the guide, rearranged some others and removed one or two.
Sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine have impacted the EURO League as it looks to starting its 14th season. Commissioner Chuck Massaro announced the league is pulling up stakes in Russia and moving its two Russian franchises to other countries. “Russia’s invasion and destruction of Ukraine with indiscriminate shelling of wholesale…
The top 25 scorers in EURO League history will all be back in Season 14 as they try to catch John Tavares for the all-time points crown. There is no guarantee all 25 will earn spots on teams, but none of them has retired. The players currently at #26 and #27 (Loui Eriksson and David…
Mark Fraser, a fan favorite in Gothenburg for a decade, has retired from the sport as the EURO League’s all-time leader in fights. The 37-year-old Canadian defenseman battled 87 times and was declared the winner 22 times, which is also the most ever in the league. But Fraser was more than a policeman on the…
The Berlin Smurfs defeated Helsinki 6-1 on Saturday to win their second straight EURO League Cup. The Germans were outshot 37-27 but still won convincingly by combining great goaltending by Calvin Pickard with deadly accuracy at the other end. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, the team captain and leading scorer in the playoffs, was named first star after…
