Robert Rooba grew up in Estonia, less than 90 kilometers due south of Helsinki, Finland, and he and his father attended dozens of Jokerit games over the last four seasons. When it was apparent the younger Rooba was going to be good enough to play in the league, he joked with his dad that he would soon be sitting…
Very serious jockeying for position has already started in the EURO League leading up to Season 5. Some of the best teams in the league have acquired some of the league’s premier players in trades, and we still have a free agent frenzy to play out. In the Northern Conference, all 8 playoff teams have…
Munich opened the day with the 13th pick of the draft and GM Chad Legge went off the board to pick a prospect defenseman. Roland McKeown, 19, was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings and traded to Carolina in the Andrej Sekera deal. He currently plays for Kingston in the Ontario Hockey League and appears to be…
Viktor Antipin broke into a broad smile when Oslo GM Chris Lee called his name to open the Season 5 EURO draft Sunday. Lee also smiled. And odds are Morgan Rielly smiled as well. Rielly, 21, was the Outlaws’ top blueliner of the future, considered to have more potential than older teammates Eric Gelinas, 24, and…
Nominees announced for induction into the first entry class of the EURO Hockey League Hall of Fame To gain entry to the EURO Hall of Fame a player will have to earn a certain number of points, so there could be years in which no one is voted in. Voting will be done by individual Websim messages…
The Belfast Giants looked impressive in downing the Athens Greeks in five games to claim the EURO Cup in Northern Ireland. This was the first year the team made the EURO playoffs and they went all the way. The Greeks looked tight in the first period and managed only 5 shots on goal. Belfast, scored…
After taking two games at home and then surprising Athens with a win in Greece in Game 4, the young Belfast Giants are poised to hoist the Season 4 EURO Cup as early as Thursday evening. Game 5 will be played in Belfast, where the Giants won Games 1 and 2 by 2 goals each…
The Season 4 Cup will go to either Belfast or Athens as both teams scored 6 goals to emphatically finish off their conference finals series this past week. The Giants scored 4.6 goals per game against Copenhagen to advance, while Athens scored 3.83 per game against Paris. The Greeks also won 2 out of 3…
Belfast 5, Copenhagen 4 – Belfast leads series 3-1 Copenhagen is in big trouble again and in a few hours, they could be done like dinner. The Belfast Giants beat Copenhagen 5-4 on St. Patrick’s Day and now lead the series 3-1 with tonight’s game to played in front of what is expected to be a…
Athens 3, Paris 2 – Athens leads series 2-1 The Greeks looked to be in trouble when Kyle Palmeiri was called for holding 39 seconds into sudden death overtime on Monday to infuriate Athens coach John Tortorella. Paris’ powerplay unit got the puck to Alex Pietrangelo at the point, but his shot-pass was intercepted in…
