No one is happier with Gothenburg’s 16-7-1 record than Ryan Suter. The star defenceman has struggled since being acquired from Oslo during the off-season. Suter has yet to score this season & has only posted 6 assists in 22 games for the Devils, along with a -7 rating. Despite this though, the Devils continue to…
The EURO Hockey League’s Scouting Bureau is compiling a list for the Season 5 draft and three forwards, two defensemen and a goalie are jockeying for the top spot. The Bureau released its preliminary rankings* and has defenseman Viktor Antipin narrowly ahead of forward Sergei Mozyakin at the top of the list. That’s a surprise…
With Websim’s website, it’s not difficult to find out who the top goal scorer in the EURO League is today. Just go to the Stats page, click the “G” and voila! It’s Ilya Kovalchuk, Zurich’s 31-year-old sniper who has 16 goals in 18 games. Good work, Ilya. Wait, that sounds a little too familiar for…
Many, many fans say Dublin goalie Tim Thomas is too old. After watching him steal a game from Copenhagen on Wednesday, we have to ask: Too old for what? Coloring books? Dora the Explorer? Because he sure has shown he still has the skills for the EURO League against the world’s best players. On Wednesday,…
We all know things can change rapidly in hockey and in the EURO League, but suddenly everyone is asking, “Who can stop the Greeks?” Athens, which came close to its first EURO Cup Finals series last season, is the fastest out of the gates this season with 8 wins in 8 games. They will put…
GM: Michael Sauer (third GM in team’s history) Coach: Bob Hartley (Replaces Claude Noel) Last season: 24th overall Ins and Outs (Season 3 to Season 4) Out: James Van Riemsdyk (trade), Jakub Petruzalek (trade), Shane Doan (trade), Anton Babchuk (trade), Corey Potter (trade), Zach Boychuk (waived), T.J. Brodie (trade), Jonas Hiller…
GM: Geoffrey Paul (second GM in team’s history) Coach: Ken Hitchcock Last season: 21st overall Ins and Outs (Season 3 to Season 4) Out: Pavel Datsyuk (free agent, Stockholm), Pierre-Marc Bouchard (waived, Edinburgh), Mason Raymond (FA, Copenhagen), Derek Morris (free agent), Marek Zidlicky (retired) In: Daniel Sedin (free agent, from Oslo), Marc-Andre Bergeron (FA, Helsinki), Mark Arcobello (FA),…
GM: Axel Bode (4th GM in team’s history) Coach: Patick Roy (replaces Dave Tippett) Last season: 23rd overall Ins and Outs (Season 3 to Season 4) Out: Tom Gilbert (free agent), Riley Nash (waivers) In: Torey Krug (draft), Matt Nieto (draft), Tomas Jurco (draft) In Place (Key players signed past Season 4) Ryan Getzlaf, C;…
GM: Chris Lee (3rd GM in team’s history) Coach: Claude Julien (replaces Peter Laviolette) Last season: 21st overall Ins and Outs (Season 3 to Season 4) Out: Ryan Suter (trade), Jason Chimera (retired), DustinPenner (retired) In: Eric Gelinas (trade), Morgan Rielly (trade), Marc-Andre Gragnani (free agent from Munich), Tomas Hertl (draft), Calvin de Haan (draft), J.T. Brown (draft) In…
From Thursday’s games: Brent Seabrook. Bern, has played 2 great games so far. If the season ends Sunday, he will be MVP. He led the Bears over Stockholm 4-2 with 3 assists, 4 hits and 2 blocked shots. Bern’s fourth line of Drew Miller, Lance Bouma and Steve Bernier was plus 2 but played only…
