MINSK, Belarus – EURO Commissioner Chuck Massaro has named the coaches for this weekend’s All-Star Game, and keeping with tradition, the choices are odd ones. Two EURO players who are not yet retired will be behind the benches. Belarusian brothers Andrei and Sergei Kostitsyn won’t have far to travel to make the game. Sergei got…
Plans are under way for the Season 9 EURO All-Star Game, to be held on the weekend of August 11-12. General Managers in the EURO League will be asked to vote on the host city for this year’s all-star game. The host city will not have to do anything special for the event and will receive…
Farm Club: Vitebsk Bears GM: Igor Kirunov (only GM in team’s history) Coach: Dave Tippett (replaced Guy Boucher, who replaced Lindy Ruff, who replaced Claude Julien) Last season: 1st overall, (In playoffs, defeated Edinburgh, then defeated Stockholm, then defeated Belfast, then defeated Bratislava to win Cup) Ins and Outs (Season 8 to Season 9) Out: Nicklas Backstrom (free…
Owner: Tommy Ahlers, founder & CEO of ZYB, a popular social media & networking site in Denmark. Farm club: Malmo (Sweden) Redhawks GM: Martin Sayle (2nd GM in team’s history) Coach: Paul Maurice (replaced Dave Cameron after Season 7; Cameron replaced Paul Maurice after Season 4; Maurice replaced Brent Sutter after Season 3) Last season: 4th overall; (In playoffs,…
Team owner: Juraj Dluhy, CEO, Cestné a Stavebné Mechanizmy Tisovec (a military equipment manufacturer in Detva, Slovakia.) Farm club: Vienna (Austria) Capitals GM: Chuck Massaro (only GM in team’s history) Coach: Lindy Ruff (replaced Brent Sutter after Season 6, who replaced Bruce Boudreau after Season 3) Last season: 3rd overall (In playoffs, defeated Paris, then Berlin, then Lisbon,…
Owner: Bogdan Podarok, entrepeneur Farm Club: Aalborg (Denmark) Pirates GM: Austin Dwyer (3rd GM in team’s history) Coach: Randy Carlyle (replaced Guy Boucher after Season 5) Last season: 22nd overall; missed playoffs Ins and Outs (Season 8 to Season 9) Out: Alec Martinez (free agent), Cal Clutterbuck (free agent), Mikko Koivu (free agent), Matt Calvert (free agent), Benn…
VIENNA, Austria – Dublin General Manager Gayle Rock apparently has a lot of money (wonder if Randy knows) because yesterday, she stepped out of an emerald green limousine that parked in front of the league office. Her driver opened the door and she got out wearing sunglasses to be greeted at the entrance by Sepp…
Owner: Sara Sampaio, Portuguese super model Farm Club – HC Porto (Portugal) GM: Bryan Camara (4th GM in team’s history) Coach: Willie Desjardins (Replaced Peter Laviolette after Season 4; Laviollette replaced Todd McLellan after Season 3) Last season: 5th overall (In playoffs, defeated Madrid, then Athens, then lost to Bratislava) Ins and Outs (Season 8 to Season 9)…
Farm Club: Bergen (Norway) Bandits GM: Chris Lee (3rd GM in team’s history) Coach: Dave Cameron (replaced Dave Hakstol after 1 game of Sesaon 8. Hakstol replaced Claude Julien after Season 6, who replaced Peter Laviolette after Season 3) Last season: 23rd overall, out of the playoffs Ins and Outs (Season 8 to Season 9) Out: Olivier Roland (free…
Team owner: Sergei Smirnov, former director of JSC Proletarsky Zavod Farm Club: Sibir Novosibirsk (Russia) GM: Ben Stuller (3rd GM in team’s history) Coach: John Stevens (replaced Guy Boucher after Season 8, who replaced Paul Maurice after Season 6, who replaced Kevin Dineen after Season 4) Last season: 15th overall, (In playoffs, lost to Copenhagen) Ins and Outs (Season…
