How fitting is it that the winning goal in Game 7 of the Season 16 EURO Cup finals was scored by John Tavares, the league’s all-time leading scorer? Even though he’s won nine individual trophies, this is the first time he’s been on a champion team. When John Legend scored, Berlin went up 3-0 and…
Quick Glance: Season 16’s finale brings together some very familiar friends/foes. General Managers Igor Kirunov of Minsk and Guybrush Threepwood of Berlin are both charter members of the the EURO League. And their coaches, Dave Tippett of the Hussars and Adam Oates of the Smurfs have guided their clubs for more than a decade each…
In some ways, Jonathan Quick was like the EURO League’s Pete Rose. They were both arguably the best at their position but were still dogged by questions about whether or not they should be in the Hall of Fame. Rose, an American baseball great whose gambling got him into trouble with the league, died Monday…
Quick Glance: In Round 2, Munich surprised Paris with a win in France and then won all three games in Bavaria. Paris is a tough place to play but this season, Berlin has put up a legendary 33-2-6 home record. The Smurfs played 10 playoff games against Zurich and Kosice and were held under 4…
Quick Glance: It shouldn’t be a surprise that the top two Northern Conference teams in the regulation season will meet for the right to play for the Cup. Both of these general managers know how to win and both have multiple Cup wins on their resume. In the regular season, both clubs were at or…
