EURO League general managers, having just digested the Season of Geneva and now feeling the shock of the WSH2 interface, are doing all they can to get their minds back on the next important matter: the Season 2 draft. Within a couple of weeks, the GMs will be asked to analyze their teams, forecast their…
GMs all have new team owners to answer to and they each have certain goals they want reached. It would be worth the GM’s time to look over the “GM Office” section of the game. Here is WSH’s new financial rule in a nutshell. Finances 2.0: How it works Significant changes were made to the…
The best team during the regular season has won the first-ever EURO Cup.Sparked by the play of 41-year-old sniper Teemu Selanne, the Geneva Generals defeated Copenhagen on Sunday to win the series in six games. They were afforded a nice ovation by the Copenhagen crowd of 18,850 who had hoped their Tridents could prolong the…
Goalie Kari Lehtonen was at the top of his game and the fourth-liners of Geneva came through to help the Generals win the important fifth game of the Finals series on Friday. Geneva is now one win away from the championship trophy. Game 6 will be played in Copenhagen on Sunday. Lehtonen stopped 25 shots…
Here’s a look at how the two teams challenging for the first EURO Cup were constructed. The most obvious similarity is that both drafted a goalie in the first round. They were also active traders during the draft to fill up their top spots quicker. Geneva General manager: Ryan Jones This team definitely gambled away…
The Finals series got even more interesting as the Copenhagen Tridents won 3-2 for the second straight game. Each team has won twice in their own building and have made the Finals a best-two-out-of-three contest. On Wednesday, Copenhagen jumped in front 3-0 and appeared to be safely on their way to a win when Geneva…
Dany Heatley scored a pair of goals and had an assist on the other Copenhagen goal to lead the Tridents to a win in Game 3 of the EURO Cup Finals. It was Copenhagen’s first win of the series. All of the game’s 5 goals and 4 of its 7 penalties were packed into the…
Nicklas Lidstrom was at his very best, Roberto Luongo wasn’t, and that spelled a disappointing day for Copenhagen. The Tridents lost 6-3 to fall into a 2-0 hole in the series, and they lost a regular defenseman in the process. Lidstrom, 41, scored Geneva’s first two goals – each one tying the game – and…
In the battle for all the marbles, the Geneva Generals have one. The opening game of the first-ever Euro Cup finals was a cautious one, with only 5 minor penalties being called. After a scoreless first period, the Generals opened it up with two goals, one when Chris Kunitz batted in a rebound and the…
The months-long war in Europe that’s been waged on cold ice and against unforgiving wooden boards has come down to a final showdown. Two teams, one from Denmark and the other from Switzerland, have between 4 and 7 games to prove they are most worthy of the honor of holding the EURO League Cup over…
