Belfast won the Northern Conference finals 4-1 in games and advances to the Cup Finals for a chance at its fourth EURO championship. The turning point in the serieswas Game 4 when Mikko Lehtonen sparked the Giants with the 2 goals including the game’s first. The win gave Belfast a 3-1 series lead. Belfast limited…
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…
Northern Conference Stockholm (77 points) at Belfast (114 points) ROSE: The Eagles will pull the upset thanks to big Zach Bogosian and the right wingers on the team: T.J. Oshie, Blake Wheeler and Brayden Schenn. Bogosian scored 18 goals during the season and it’s not because he was lucky. And while Stockholm’s defensemen scored just…
If EURO general managers could go back in time to the Season 5 draft knowing what they know now, the proceedings would have gone a lot differently. For example, Munich GM Chad Legge would not have picked Roland McKeown 13th overall. The defenseman who was drafted into the NHL by the LA Kings, has 10…
MINSK, Belarus – The Southern Conference whipped the Northern Conference Sunday 11-6 in the Season 9 EURO All-Star Game. It is only the third time in nine games the South has come out on top. The first time the Southern Conference won was in Season 5, when Athens’ Ryan O’Reilly was named MVP. The MVP…
MINSK, Belarus – Erik Karlsson claimed the Most Accurate Shooter title today for the fifth time in the EURO League Skills Competition. He has won the title three out of the last 4 seasons and he’s placed in the Top 3 in 7 of the 9 competitions. Earlier in his career, he did well in…
Lisbon center John Tavares has a chance to score the first-ever Skills Competition hat trick becasue he is the only player to qualify in all three events. He edged teammate and friend Steven Stamkos in Lisbon’s team competition to advance as Fastest Skater and Accurate Shooter, plus he won the team competition in Hardest Shot.…
MINSK, Belarus – The two squads for the Season 9 All-Star Game have been announced, based on voting by general managers. North Notes: The home fans will have three players to cheer for on the ice in linemates Patrick Kane and Jordan Staal, as well as defenseman Michael Del Zotto. All three were the top vote-getters…
Plans are under way for the Season 9 EURO All-Star Game, to be held on the weekend of August 11-12. General Managers in the EURO League will be asked to vote on the host city for this year’s all-star game. The host city will not have to do anything special for the event and will receive…
VIENNA, Austria – Dublin General Manager Gayle Rock apparently has a lot of money (wonder if Randy knows) because yesterday, she stepped out of an emerald green limousine that parked in front of the league office. Her driver opened the door and she got out wearing sunglasses to be greeted at the entrance by Sepp…
