Evander Kane, Tyler Ennis and Thomas Powell are among the EURO players who have already told their teams “don’t bother setting up a meeting on my next contract, because I’m not interested in staying here.” Kane, 30, of Madrid, stands to make a fortune in the free agent market. His 92 OV rating ties him…
As Season 10 heads into the home stretch, all eyes seem to be focused in a few places in particular: First place overall 8th place in both conferences The Record Book First place overall Paris and Belfast are neck and neck in the race for the President’s Trophy as the champion of the regular season.…
With fewer than 20 games to play in Season 10, Paris, Belfast and Berlin seem to be headed for a thrilling battle for the President’s Trophy as the regular season champion – a title that also guarantees home ice advantage throughout the playoffs. While they scrape for every point, it’s worth noting that even if…
Two of the most amazing sports stories of the last few years involve teams that went from virtually nowhere to the top of the heap. In 2015, Leicester City was promoted to the Premier League in English football and like all newly-promoted teams, were expected to struggle to remain for a second season. Instead, Leicester…
Copenhagen General Manager Martin Sayle is one of many team officials who had to suppress swear words today. Some might have let them slip out. Johnny Gaudreau and Marko Dano, two key cogs (both 82 OV ratings) in the Tridents machine, declined Sayle’s offers, it was announced today, and now to retain them Sayle will…
The Conference Finals begin Friday and it’s down to 4 teams.One has been there before – many times. Here is a look at what the four teams bring to the table Northern Conference The upstart London Ice Lords who finished with 97 points and were 4th in the North go up against the #2 in…
It seems like a simple question: Who were the best defensive forwards in the EURO League? But it’s difficult to quantify the answer. You can tell just by watching Adam Henrique of Gothenburg play that he really knows his way around the defensive zone, but how do you attach numbers to what Henrique does so…
Will somebody please make sense of the Minsk Hussars? They won the Season 8 Cup, lost Carey Price and Nicklas Backstrom to free agency, plummeted in the standings and were much clsoer to missing the playoffs than defending their crown, but now suddenly … they are on the best run of results in the league.…
Who has a chance to set league records this season? Already There Lisbon superstar John Tavares has 10 shorthanded goals, which ties him with what Jonathan Toews of Bratislava did in Season 3. One more Tavares shorty and Toews’ name comes off the list. Close London forward Jeff Skinner wants to be more careful with…
With the season winding down, we’ll take a glance at the team and individual races that remain. The playoff race, in bullet form: North Belfast will be the No. 1 seed Three out of the next four team will have home ice advantage in the first round, so one of St. Petersburg, Helsinki, London and…
