Last night’s games in roughly two sentences each: Prague 6, Copenhagen 3 – Nearly 20,000 fans saw their Prague Wolf Pack pour on the offense and get their second win in two days on home ice. Longtime Bern Bear Jason Spezza paced the offense with 2 goals and 2 assists, while his second-line winger Nail Yakupov…
Tonight’s games in (roughly) two sentences each: Lisbon 4, Geneva 3 (OT) – Hockey officially came to Portugal and the 10,447 who attended were treated to a bonus minute and 4 seconds. That’s when Alexander Steen scored a pretty goal to win it in overtime. Lisbon’s big line of John Tavares, Steven Stamkos and Zach Parise produced…
Tonight’s games in two sentences each: Zurich 5, Minsk 1 – The first period of Zurich’s home opener belonged to the visiting Minsk Hussars, who scored its only goal. But the Lions really roared in the next two periods, beating Carey Price 5 times and outshooting Minsk 32-14. Paris 4, London 3 (shootout) – Evgeny…
The free agent signing period was a little quieter this year than in most seasons, but of the relatively few contracts that were signed there were a few moves that could make a difference. At least that’s what the general managers who signed the players want to believe. The highest ranked player to move to…
When player agents and team officials can’t agree on a player’s salary, an arbitrator has to be called in to make the decision. That happened 8 times in the EURO League tonight. Four of the eight arbitration contracts were awarded to goalies. Berlin and Athens each had two cases go to arbitration. The Smurfs were…
Pickings are a little slim this year, but if you’re a EURO League general manager with money, the free agent sale that will go on from Friday night to Sunday night could bring you a prized part of the team. If you don’t have money, ask Marc-Andre Fleury for some. He’s about to get plenty. Fleury,…
Among several long-term deals signed Wednesday was an important part of the Zurich Lions. Drew Stafford, 30, who scored a career-high 71 points last season for the Lions, signed a three-year deal worth $4.5 million per year. Zurich has shipped out a few talented forwards in the last year, including Patrick Kane this month, and…
Between seasons, the following players exercised their player options: (List copied and pasted from Websim Journal. Some players on the list have been traded to other teams, or bought out by their teams, since.) M. RYDER stays another year with Athens M. CARLE stays another year with Berlin A. MCDONALD stays another year with Bern J.…
Forwards were picked with 22 of the first 23 selections of the second round, but when Moscow claimed Sam Godfrey with the round’s last pick, it started a mini-run of defensemen. Four of them were taken in a 6-pick stretch. The first pick of Round 3 was Ryan Gunderson, a speedy American defenseman who was…
Robert Rooba grew up in Estonia, less than 90 kilometers due south of Helsinki, Finland, and he and his father attended dozens of Jokerit games over the last four seasons. When it was apparent the younger Rooba was going to be good enough to play in the league, he joked with his dad that he would soon be sitting…
