I got into work today and was greeted by Rose, who was prancing around, giddy about something. She then shoved two newspapers in front of my face. One had a big headline that read, “Bratislava ousts Munich” and the other had the headline, “Greeks victors!” She was boasting that she was right and I was…
The third Season of EURO League action saw 13 records fall. Four team records and 9 individual records were set. Team records Paris scored more goals than any team has in the history of the league (335 – old record: 327, Geneva, Season 1) Helsinki set a record for best penalty-killing percentage (87.3 percent –…
Rose in Accounting and I were talking in the office the other day. I listened to her boring story about her niece’s wedding plans and then she didn’t seem to listen to my story about my son’s graduation. Then the topic of the upcoming playoffs came up and we seemed to have pretty divergent views.…
The Season 3 playoff matchups are almost set in stone, but not quite. Four games left on the schedule could affect first-round matchups. On Friday, Gothenburg will host Moscow and Geneva will host Bern for the back end of their home-and-home series. If Bern wins, they will play Berlin in the first round; if they…
COPENHAGEN – For the third time in as many tries, the Northern Conference all-stars defeated their rivals from the Southern Conference in the EURO League All-Star game. And for the second year in a row, the final score was 8-4. The home team’s representatives gave Copenhagen fans a few reasons to cheer – Alexander Ovechkin…
The stars showed their skills Saturday as the EURO League crowned its fastest skaters, strongest shot and most accurate shooters. Frankfurt’s Steven Stamkos, who lead the league in scoring in the Season 1, would not be beaten in the fastest skater competition, winning it over a game Sidney Crosby of Belfast and Jeff Skinner of…
The mid-season attributes have evolved and 33 players have seen their OV ratings improve by 2 points. The team with the most 2-point improvements is the Bratislava Eagles, with 4 players including top line winger Tyler Ennis and emerging defenseman Tyler Myers. Among the improvers were all-stars Tuukka Rask of Paris and Nazem Kadri of…
Athens landed a league-high five players on the Southern Conference team for this weekend’s all-star game in Copenhagen. A poll of EURO League general managers resulted in the selection of Greek forwards David Backes, Jason Pominville and Scott Hartnell, as well as defensemen Ian White and Dustin Byfuglien. Byfuglien will start alongside Paris’ Kris Letang…
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: Northern Conference 1st (5 points) – 2nd (3 pts.) – 3rd (1pt) – Southern Conference 1st (5 points) – 2nd…
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: Northern Conference 1st (7 points) – 2nd (5 pts.) – 3rd (3 pts.) – 4th – (2 pts.) –…
