After moving up from seventh to first in the EURO League’s Season 7 draft, the Geneva Generals cemented a spot on their blueline for now and the long-term in selecting Canadian Colton Parayko first overall. Parayko has no deficiencies aside from inexperience and he was blessed with 6-6 size and exceptional hockey smarts. He could step right into…
Twelve players who have retired in the last two seasons may be added to the next Hall of Fame election ballot, joining 10 players who did not get voted in the last time an election was held. Every two seasons, the league will vote to see if anyone should be inducted into the Hall of Fame…
The EURO League draft will be coming up at the end of the month and then in October, it will be the four stages of free agent signings. For some teams, it will be a scary time, as some key pieces of puzzles decide if salary offers will be good enough to keep them with…
Lindy Ruff was happy when he won the Coach of the Year Trophy in Season 3 when he was with the Edinburgh Capitals, and it was probably a joy to hold the same trophy this year as coach of the Minsk Hussars, but he seemed downright giddy when he raised the EURO Cup for the cheering…
The second round of the 2017-18 playoffs are in the books and the four teams that finished highest in the regular season have moved on to their conference finals. As I did after the first round, I have named players who had the best round. Chuck’s Second-Round Heroes First Team F- Derek Stepan, Madrid –…
Rose was reinstated today by Sepp Blatter following her Cookie Incident suspension and the first thing she did when she walked into the office was smile and hold up 6 fingers. “The lowly accountant/secretary correctly predicted six first round winners and the brainiac Commissioner only got two right (Minsk and Berlin). Yeah! Maybe I should…
The first round of the EURO League playoffs is finished and there were not too many surprises in the team results. The top four seeds in the Northern Conference all advanced as did the top three in the Southern Conference. Ahens, which was only a point behind Munich in the regular season, was the only…
Sometimes, EURO League news is made off the ice, and that usually happens come playoff time. The league’s director of player safety and discipline, Sepp Blatter, announced Wednesday morning that league secretary and accountant Rose has been placed on administrative leave for an unspecified time. Speaking from Rudolf Scheer & Söhne (http://www.scheer.at/) a high-end men’s…
Once again, the commissioner and league accountant/secretary Rose have come out with their playoff predictions and once again, they didn’t agree on a single series. That has to be some sort of record for disagreements. Northern Conference Dublin (No. 8 seed) vs. Minsk (No. 1) Season series: Minsk 4, Dublin 0 Commissioner: Minsk is a…
Helsinki center Paul Stastny has been suspended for one game in connection with a match penalty he received Tuesday when he checked James Van Riemsdyk from behind. The Dublin forward went heavily into the boards near the Helsinki bench and emerged with a knee injury. Sepp Blatter, the league’s Director of Player Safety and Discipline, said…
