Three EURO general managers paid visits to the league office in Vienna this week for meeting with Sepp Blatter and the director of discipline and player safety announced all three have been awarded teams in the upcoming World Cup tournament in Bern. League Commissioner Chuck Massaro was unaware of Blatter’s decision but said “I trust…
Place: Bern, Switzerland. Time: 8 p.m. local time., Dec. 18, 2017. Weather: -1 degree Celsius and cloudy. Outside Mahogany Hall on Klosterlistutz near the banks of the Aare River, the ratio of men to women is 2 to 1 as they file in for the Monday Blues Dance. The main topic of discussion? Not Stevie…
To settle the burning question about which nation plays hockey the best, league officials have agreed to conduct the first World Cup of Hockey. “Unity will not come to our league until we settle this question, and that’s why we will let the nations put their pucks where their mouths are and play for a…
It’s not often that a standard, run of the mill holding penalty blooms into an international incident, but that’s what seems to be what is happening following the London-Dublin game Monday. Scottish referee Ian Davis happened to be positioned close to Hampus Lindholm, a Swede, and Jason Zucker, an American, when the Dublin defenseman grabbed…
EURO League and Websim game officials are working on the next set of players to be drafted into the EURO League following this season (Season 8). A list of 85 players has been sent to Websim admins, along with photos of each. The names and stats of those players now appear under the “Future Players”…
Aaron Ekblad of the Minsk Hussars had never been named to the All-Star Game before this season. Neither had Zach Werenski of Oslo. But the two youngsters (21 and 20, respectively) are having such good seasons, they were voted in by league GMs this season. In fact, Ekblad was voted in as a starter for the…
MOSCOW, Russia – It was not a banner day for the fans and city that hosted the 8th annual EURO All-Star Game. The Northern Conference entered the third period with a 5-3 lead on the hunt for its 7th win in 8 all-star games, but the South stormed back and took the game 8-6. The…
He’s only getting fourth-line minutes in Milan these days and he’s never scored 30 points in a season, but Minnesota-born Peter Mueller can rightfully claim to be the fastest thing on skates in the EURO League. The right wing narrowly edged Belfast winger and Season 6 champ Evander Kane in the league’s Fastest Skater during…
After winning their own team competitions, the EURO League’s fastest skaters, hardest shooters and most accurate snipers are ready to battle for top honors in the league. The annual All-Star Game Skills Competition will be held today. Nazem Kadri of Geneva is the only player who will represent his team in all three competitions. The…
An injury to teammate Nicklas Backstrom has turned into All-Star gold for Jordan Staal of Minsk. A second-line center while Backstrom is healthy, Staal has filled in on the Hussars’ first line often this season and he has drawn overwhelming recognition from general managers who voted for the rosters of the upcoming all-star game in…
