Among several long-term deals signed Wednesday was an important part of the Zurich Lions. Drew Stafford, 30, who scored a career-high 71 points last season for the Lions, signed a three-year deal worth $4.5 million per year. Zurich has shipped out a few talented forwards in the last year, including Patrick Kane this month, and…
Between seasons, the following players exercised their player options: (List copied and pasted from Websim Journal. Some players on the list have been traded to other teams, or bought out by their teams, since.) M. RYDER stays another year with Athens M. CARLE stays another year with Berlin A. MCDONALD stays another year with Bern J.…
Forwards were picked with 22 of the first 23 selections of the second round, but when Moscow claimed Sam Godfrey with the round’s last pick, it started a mini-run of defensemen. Four of them were taken in a 6-pick stretch. The first pick of Round 3 was Ryan Gunderson, a speedy American defenseman who was…
Robert Rooba grew up in Estonia, less than 90 kilometers due south of Helsinki, Finland, and he and his father attended dozens of Jokerit games over the last four seasons. When it was apparent the younger Rooba was going to be good enough to play in the league, he joked with his dad that he would soon be sitting…
Munich opened the day with the 13th pick of the draft and GM Chad Legge went off the board to pick a prospect defenseman. Roland McKeown, 19, was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings and traded to Carolina in the Andrej Sekera deal. He currently plays for Kingston in the Ontario Hockey League and appears to be…
Viktor Antipin broke into a broad smile when Oslo GM Chris Lee called his name to open the Season 5 EURO draft Sunday. Lee also smiled. And odds are Morgan Rielly smiled as well. Rielly, 21, was the Outlaws’ top blueliner of the future, considered to have more potential than older teammates Eric Gelinas, 24, and…
Nominees announced for induction into the first entry class of the EURO Hockey League Hall of Fame To gain entry to the EURO Hall of Fame a player will have to earn a certain number of points, so there could be years in which no one is voted in. Voting will be done by individual Websim messages…
The Belfast Giants looked impressive in downing the Athens Greeks in five games to claim the EURO Cup in Northern Ireland. This was the first year the team made the EURO playoffs and they went all the way. The Greeks looked tight in the first period and managed only 5 shots on goal. Belfast, scored…
Rose is in a fabulous mood today. Her Terry Moutafis posters came in the mail this morning. One is a shot of Terry in formal wear, looking kind of spy-ish; the other is from the Terry at the Beach series. She just loves the guy. I bet I know who she’s pulling for in the…
A daring rescue engineered by a Slovakian beauty pageant winner has saved the life of a kidnapped dog that was thought to have been killed, according to a press release issued Friday by the Danish State Security Office. Authorities said the pug dog Gustl, owned by Slovenian forward Anze Kopitar, had been held by Russian…
