Brian Flynn is a very clean player who doesn’t make many mistakes out there on the ice. The Berlin Smurf fourth-line right wing has played every game this season for his team and he has yet to commit a penalty. That squeaky-clean record and conservative style of play could change in the second half of…
This is a continuation of a story posted Wednesday, covering the teams in places 13-24. Zurich: The Lions went from having six great forwards and possible weak links elsewhere to having 7 great forwards and a goalie who was supposed to take care of the back end for them. Key words: supposed to. Longtime Copenhagen…
As the Athens Greeks skate away from the pack, let’s use Chris Legge’s recent post as a springboard for a different story: The Underachievers. Legge, whose Gothenburg Devils have catapulted themselves from 10th last season into third place overall this season, pointed out the improvement has come without much help from Ryan Suter. The minute-munching…
No one is happier with Gothenburg’s 16-7-1 record than Ryan Suter. The star defenceman has struggled since being acquired from Oslo during the off-season. Suter has yet to score this season & has only posted 6 assists in 22 games for the Devils, along with a -7 rating. Despite this though, the Devils continue to…
After making a meteoric ascent through the Southern Conference, winning 19 of their last 21 regular season games, the Madrid Royals flamed out. The Athens Greeks dispatched them in 5 games, taking the last one by a convincing 5-2 score. Defense might have been the problem for the Spanish side, as they allowed Athens to…
When the EURO League started less than three seasons ago, it was two Swiss teams that broke out of the gate fastest. This season, however, all their German neighbors have passed them in the Schloder Division standings. The changing of the guard was part of the plan really. Bern and Geneva were drafted to win…
Copenhagen and Stockholm are only a 1-hour, 10-minute flight from each other, but their EURO League teams seem much farther away this season. Copenhagen is enjoying another good season and is neck and neck with defending league champion Paris in the race for the President’s Trophy. Both teams have 101 points this season, with the…
There are about 30 games to play in the regular season and there is a six-team scramble in the Northern Conference for playoff spots. In the Southern Conference, four teams are virtually tied for the last three spots, meaning one will be left without a chair when the music stops. Southern Conference Paris is at…
There are about 30 games to play in the regular season and there is a four-team scramble (possibly six teams, if you pull the magnifying glass back a bit) in the Northern Conference for playoff spots. In the Southern Conference, four teams are virtually tied for the last three spots, meaning one will be left…
As four teams pull away from the pack in the chase for the President’s Trophy, let’s focus attention a few spots down to a team riding a 6-game win streak whose hallmark is toughness and strong defense. When you play the Helsinki Jokerit, you can count on a few things: death, taxes and powerplay chances…
