Loui Eriksson, Joe Pavelski, Rick Nash, Ilya Kovalchuck and Henrik Lundquist are among the biggest of the 64 names added to the retirement list today as the league moved from Season 12 to 13. Even at age 37, Eriksson seemed to have plenty of gas in the tank. With Paris, last season, the left wing…
With Season 12 now part of league history, here is a look at the EURO’s all-time statistics. The top 50 players in each category are listed with the name of the team they finished Season 12 regular season with. Retired players (just Nathan Horton, actually) are represented with the jersey they wore most often in…
HELSINKI – Maybe the Helsinki Jokerit had first-time jitters. The glaring spotlight of the Finals was a new experience for them. The Smurfs certainly had no reason to show any jitters. They have been a fixture in the big series for the last four seasons. While the Jokerit only lost at home 3 times during…
The Helsinki Jokerit emerged from the Northern Conference to face the Berlin Smurfs for EURO Cup #12. Their team nicknames would lead you to believe this will be a fun series. But trust us, both clubs are taking it very seriously. The teams met three times in the regular season with the home team winning…
When it comes time to really think about our Season 13 budgets, it will be the GMs of many of the league’s top teams who will have the hardest thinking to do. Oslo, Belfast, Copenhagen and Berlin all have two or more important players asking for significant pay raises because their Type 2 contracts will…
Now that the NHL’s regular season is over and Websim’s admins have had time to input attributes for players who will play in Websim for the first time, we can get a pretty clear look at the future, especially in a virtual evolution league like the EURO League. Along with Owen Power, Matty Beniers and…
Number 3 in the league Belfast eliminated #2 Oslo and will set its sights on #1 Helsinki in this round. During the regular season, these teams met 3 times with the Giants beating the Jokerit 5-2 and 6-3 in Northern Ireland, while Helsinki won 7-3 in Finland. Helsinki will have the home ice advantage in…
The two series in the Northern Conference will be great. Get the popcorn ready, make sure there are no sharp objects near the couch, and watch one of these games. Record the other one and watch it after the first one because you won’t be able to sleep anyway. You will be too jacked up.…
Northern Conference Vienna fans get to see their team in the playoffs in their first season in Austria, but they have to go up against a Goliath. Augustiner goalie Braden Holtby will get stern test but he remains the team’s best chance to advance in an upset against one of the highest-scoring teams in history.…
Helsinki teammates Karri Ramo and Zach Bogosian both set new league records this season, playng for the league’s top team. The veterans are both in their first season with the Jokerit. Both can probably give team defense partial credit for their records. Ramo, who played a decade in Frankfurt/Lisbon, compiled a 2.09 goals against average…
