Because the commissioner didn’t know he could start the draft until two astute GMs told he could, the Season 4 EURO draft has began abruptly. And fans in Northern Ireland received a pleasant surprise as their team jumped from its scheduled 6th pick to number one by winning the draft lottery. GM Chris Patton will have…
A plan to construct a EURO League Hall of Fame with a yearly induction of players has been announced by commissioner Chuck Massaro. The Hall of Fame will be built a block away from league headquarters in Vienna, Austria, and construction is expected to be complete in time for an induction ceremony following the completion…
By a goal, Moscow Spartak are champions of the EURO League. The Russian team won 3-2 against the defending champion Paris Rouges Eiffels Thursday night. Moscow seemed to have won it with superior effort in the second and third periods, when they outshot Paris 10-4 and 14-5. Anze Kopitar’s 9th playoff goal was the eventual…
Ken Kuusk may not crowd Joan D’Arc, Charlemagne or Charles De Gaulle out on the list of biggest heroes in France’s history, but they sure like him a lot right now. Six-and-a-half minutes into overtime, Kuusk took a slapshot that went in past Jaro Halak to give Paris a 4-3 win in Game 6 of the EURO Cup…
Moscow has broken serve, winning 5-4 Tuesday to become the first visiting team to win a game in the EURO Cup Finals series and Spartak is now one win away from the Cup. That big moment could come Thursday in Russia. But Paris faced two elimination games last series against Athens, and they responded with…
As expected, the EURO Cup finals series is tighter than Rose’s waistband. After dropping a pair of games to the defending champions in Paris, Moscow Spartak responded with two wins on home ice. The series is now a best two out of three and the winner will get the third-ever EURO Cup. In Game 3,…
From Geoffrey Paul, our esteemed colleague in London: You may have seen me experimenting with what data is available to me on websim in an attempt to extrapolate possession numbers. This is relatively easy to eyeball, especially for someone who has been reading up on the stats that are becoming more popular (corsi,fenwick, and PDO…
Paris fans hope last round’s near-death experience taught the Rouge Eiffels players a lesson about playing to the end. After winning 5-4 Wednesday on a Josef Vasicek overtime goal, the Eiffels are now up 2-0 in the Finals against Moscow. But they were up 2-0 in the Southern Conference finals against Athens two weeks ago…
In a case of role reversal, Moscow Spartak took too many penalties Monday and was shelled by mighty Paris 5-1 in the opening game of the EURO Cup finals. Three Paris defensemen scored in the game and the Rouges Eiffels’ powerplay was masterful, clicking on 4 of 9 opportunities. Paris kept feeding the puck to…
So Paris escaped Athens’ clutches and gets a chance to defend the title starting tonight against Moscow. Commissioner: On paper, it looks like Paris should win. But the Cup will end up in the Kharlamov Division this year, I predict. Spartak comes at you from too many directions – it’s hard to stop a team…
