I was thinking about some of the good players who didn’t make the all-star game, remembering that Guybrush Threepwood called Logan Couture the “best all-around LW in the league,” and wondered which players did indeed have the best all-around first half of the season. If you hate math and statistics, stop reading this because you…
HELSINKI – After losing the first four all-star games, the Southern Conference finally beat their northern neighbors and they did so emphatically, victimizing the hometown hero in the process. Trailing 5-3 heading into the third period, Henrik Lundqvist took his turn in the Northern goal crease, but in the relatively warm weather in the first outdoor all-star…
Patrick Kane, Claude Giroux and Dustin Byfuglien were crowned as Skills champions Saturday in three very close competitions. Kane of Minsk edged out a group of four other skaters to win the Fastest Skater title. The next four spots were divided by hundredths of a second, with Jeff Skinner of London placing second ahead of…
Of the three events in this weekend’s EURO All-Star Game Skills Competition in Helsinki, the one that odds makers aren’t even touching is the Fastest Skater competition. It’s anyone’s guess who will come away with that race with the title on Saturday. In the Hardest Shot competition, Dustin Byfuglien, three-time winner Shea Weber, Tyler Myers…
The Belfast Giants have had six players including three defensemen voted to the Season 5 All-Star Game, while Lisbon and Paris will each have 5 representatives playing in Helsinki. The host team placed two players on the Northern Conference team. The game will be played Sunday afternoon outdoors, and the forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and…
The mid-season evolution of attributes occurred in the EURO League and 55 young players had their OV ratings go up 2 points. Zurich had the most 2-point gainers with five (Tomas Tatar, Tyson Barrie, Alexander Weiss, Brian Lashoff and Martin Marincin). The best players who got 2 points better are Ryan O’Reilly of Athens (83…
Vote for 3 players from each conference. Do not vote for players on your own team. Write-in votes will count. Here’s a message to cut and paste to send to the commissioner. …………………………………………………………………… Commissioner, here are my votes. Position: Left Wing Northern Conference 1st (5 points) – 2nd (3 pts.) – 3rd (1 pt.) – Southern Conference 1st (5 points) – 2nd…
Vote for 3 players from each conference. Do not vote for players on your own team. Write-in votes will count. Here’s a message to cut and paste to send to the commissioner. …………………………………………………………………… Commissioner, here are my votes. Position: Right Wing Northern Conference 1st (5 points) – 2nd (3 pts.) – 3rd (1 pt.) – Southern Conference 1st (5 points) – 2nd…
Vote for 3 players from each conference. Do not vote for players on your own team. Write-in votes will count. Here’s a message to cut and paste to send to the commissioner. …………………………………………………………………… Commissioner, here are my votes. Position: Center Northern Conference 1st (5 points) – 2nd (3 pts.) – 3rd (1 pt.) – Southern Conference 1st (5 points) – 2nd (3…
Vote for 5 players from each conference. Do not vote for players on your own team. Write-in votes will count. Here’s a message to cut and paste to send to the commissioner. …………………………………………………………………… Commissioner, here are my votes. Position: Defensemen Northern Conference 1st (7 points) – 2nd (5 pts.) – 3rd (3 pts.) – 4th – (2 pts.)…
