PRAGUE – If he gets picked for the game, all eyes during the EURO League All-Star Game for Season 18 in Prague will be on Prague’s number 18, Robert Thomas. Last season in the All-Star Game in Dublin, Thomas scored five goals and had 2 assists and was voted MVP as the Southern Conference beat the…
The EURO League’s version of Black Friday in the US, where shoppers get more selfish than they have ever been, is almost upon us. Once the draft ends, we will move onto the Free Agent Frenzy, where teams can bid for the best puzzle pieces out there. But before we start describing the mouth-watering entrees on…
The top three scorers and the top-scoring defenseman in EURO League history will suit up for at least another season, but the fourth-leading scorer, two of the top 3 point-producing defensemen and 67 other players have decided to retire. Staying for Season 18 are league legends John Tavares, Steven Stamkos, Alex Pietrangelo – all with…
Helsinki Captain Tyler Seguin holds up the EURO Cup in Berlin after the Jokerits beat The Smurfs in four games. The Jokerit beat Berlin 4-1 Monday to capture their second EURO Cup in 3 seasons and their second in league history. Both times, Helsinki won it in four games over Berlin. The game was was…
Quick Glance: We’ve seen this movie before. A few times. Under their current general managers these two teams have always been at the top of the standings and have always been a threat to win the Cup. In Season 12, they met in the Cup Finals and Berlin won it. Season 13 was an instant…
Quick Glance: Paris is flying to Northern Ireland in two planes: one for the players and coaches and one for the medical team. Steven Stamkos and Derek Ryan are out and John Tavares, Andre Burakovsky and Gurkan Cetinkaya are all questionable as the series starts. Belfast, meanwhile, is ready to explode out of the gate…
Quick Glance: For the second straight season, Dublin gets to start the playoffs against the best team in the league. So much for the “luck of the Irish.” Helsinki goalie Andres De La Garma was as hot as a pistol as the season ended, which should make it even harder for the Guinness Chuggers to…
All-Star Game MVP Robert Thomas of Prague with EURO League official Sepp Blatter (center) and Dublin GM Dennis Lee. DUBLIN, Ireland – The All-Star Game turned into the Robert Thomas Variety Show in the second period when the Prague Sparta right wing scored four goals. He worked very well with Lisbon’s Mathew Barzal and went…
DUBLIN, Irleland – The astute betting man might put a few shillings on the North to win Sunday’s All-Star Game once he notices that that squad has much more experience at the weekend event. Nine Northern Conference players have been part of the event at least three times before and this is the seventh time…
Listed below are each teams’ representatives for the Skills competitions that will be held Saturday, a day before the All-Star Game. The three skills are: Fastest Skater, Hardest Shot, and Most Accurate Shooter. Winners get glory and their name in the All-Star Guide and History Book. Last season’s results: Season 16 Fastest Skater: Ethan Bear,…
