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 (Defeated Madrid in Round 1, lost to Paris in Round 2) Ins and Outs (Season 5 to Season 6) Out: Shea Weber (free agent), Zach Parise (free agent), Alex Steen…
GM: Mike Felter (6th GM in team’s history) Coach: Craig Berube Last season: 21st overall, out of the playoffs Ins and Outs (Season 5 to Season 6) Out: Braydon Coburn (trade); Patrik Elias (retired), Dany Heatley (free agent), Charlie Coyle (trade), Aleksey Morozov (waivers), Michael Sauer (free agent), Matt Cooke (retired), Damien Brunner (free agent), Francois Beauchemin (free agent) In: Patrick Marleau…
Fans in Zurich, Lisbon and Athens – among other cities – aren’t too pleased today after some of their biggest star free agents decided to try the open market. Elite defensemen like Shea Weber, Brent Seabrook, Dustin Byfuglien and Keith Yandle are among the prizes available in the free agent frenzy that will start Sunday afternoon. GMs will then…
At some point after each all-star game is played, an updated Guide Book is published, but with a new URL. This is the most recent URL, updated after the Season 6 game: http://online.flipbuilder.com/xwfl/lker/
Mark Stone, 22, was the first player selected in the EURO draft in Copenhagen and he dutifully took his place next to Bern General Manager Randy Rock and coach Mike Babcock for photos. In a few weeks, Stone will probably be standing next to Joe Thornton and Andrei Kostitsyn on the Bears’ top forward line.…
Eleven players who saw action in Season 5 have decided to retire. Some might be added to list of Hall of Fame candidates when voting occurs between seasons. Here they are with their Season 5 stats: Tim Thomas, G, Copenhagen – 65 GP; 3.61 GAA; 87.6 SvPercentage Patrik Elias, LW, Munich – 82 GP; 46…
A close race ended with a lopsided 6-1 score in Game 7 and the Belfast Giants won the EURO Cup for the second season in a row Thursday. Belfast and Berlin were separated by just a point in the standings and by a single shot in the final game, but Belfast’s shooters were deadly against Smurf goalies…
The battle for the Season 5 EURO Cup has turned out to be an epic, memorable battle between two excellent teams. Berlin forced a Game 7 with a 6-3 win in Germany on Tuesday. The Giants and Smurfs will play for the title on Thursday in Belfast, where the Giants haven’t lost in the playoffs…
Matt Duchene filled in nicely for injured Sidney Crosby on the top line as Belfast thoroughly outplayed Berlin in Game 5 of the finals. Berlin now faces a must-win game at home on Tuesday. On Sunday, Belfast came out strong and – uncharacteristically of late – finished stronger by outshooting the Smurfs 8-1 in period 3. The…
The Cup Finals has now become a best 2 out of 3 series after Berlin won Friday 3-1 to knot the finals. The series will return to Belfast, where the Giants enjoyed complete and utter control of play in the first two games. But Sidney Crosby, who is tied for the team lead in scoring…
