GMs can vote on Hall of Fame candidates

A fourth class of candidates has been announced for induction into the EURO Hockey League Hall of Fame. General Managers will receive the official ballot in the e-mail accounts associated with their Websim account. Three players and a “builder” were the first four people voted into the Hall of Fame, however no one made it…

Round 2 preview: Kosice and Berlin

Quick Glance: For a few years, the Kosice franchise’s recipe for success has been puck pursuit and tough team defense, mixed with the hope they can score just when they need to. That plan has them into the conference semi-finals against the best team in the South. Berlin’s game plan under Coach Adam Oates and…

Round 2 preview: Munich and Paris

Quick Glance: Munich played methodically and beat Lisbon in five low-scoring games to advance. They were patient and waited for high-percentage scoring chances, which is evidenced by the fact seven of their players had shooting percentages of 14.3 or higher. Paris took a different tact, getting by Bratislava in a wild, free-for-all series that came…

Round 2 preview: Belfast and Copenhagen

Quick Glance: Belfast has its work cut out for them against the league’s top team. If the Giants look back to how they played Copenhagen in five regular season games … they will get scared. The Giants dropped three tight games on home ice and lost by three goals in both visits to Denmark. The…

Round 2 preview: Oslo and Minsk

Quick Glance: This series pits the teams that finished the regular season third and fourth overall against each other. Tickets are going very fast for these games. Oslo barely got past Helsinki in the first round, and considering Minsk had the best defense in the league and the second most productive offense, the Hussars could…