Prague, with three of the seven picks between numbers 13 and 19, started the barrage with the most recognizable name available in the draft. Nail Yakupov, the Russian sensation who went first overall in the 2012 NHL draft, is now a right winger for the Southern Conference power that finished sixth overall in Season 1.…
Nerius Alisauskas, an 18-year-old defenseman with a booming slapshot, will journey directly north from his home in Lithuania to play for Helsinki this season. Alisauskas was selected with the 8th overall pick in the EURO League draft today, becoming the fourth defenseman off the board. His future will include Jack Johnson, Marc Staal and Jared…
Half of the six players selected thus far in the EURO League draft have been defensemen. That includes the first two – Staffan Kronwall, who went to Athens, and Maxim Chudinov, who was selected by Minsk. The most recent selection, 18-year-old Ken Kuusk of Estonia, will join 22-year-old Alex Pietrangelo and a crowded but young…
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 – First off, welcome to the EURO League to Fred Grondines, who takes over in Norway. Fred, thanks for joining. Please report to your team office at Jordalgata 12, 0657, Oslo, by 3 p.m., where our league secretary, Rose, will greet you and have you sign the ownership papers. You…
Morpheus, the Greek God of Dreams, made one come true in Athens this morning, as the Athens Greeks won the EURO draft lottery and jumped from fifth to first in the Season 2 draft order. Athens GM Terry Moutafis was already giddy about the fact he had 3 first round picks this year thanks to…
TEAM EURO Cup winners Season 1 – Geneva Generals (2nd-Copenhagen Tridents) Season 2 – Paris Rouges Eiffels (2nd-St. Petersburg Red Stars) Season 3 – Moscow Spartak (2nd- Paris Rouges Eiffels) Season 4 – Belfast Giants (2nd – Athens Greeks) Season 5 – Belfast Giants (2nd – Berlin Smurfs) Season 6 – Minsk Hussars (2nd – Paris Rouges…
EURO League general managers, having just digested the Season of Geneva and now feeling the shock of the WSH2 interface, are doing all they can to get their minds back on the next important matter: the Season 2 draft. Within a couple of weeks, the GMs will be asked to analyze their teams, forecast their…
GMs all have new team owners to answer to and they each have certain goals they want reached. It would be worth the GM’s time to look over the “GM Office” section of the game. Here is WSH’s new financial rule in a nutshell. Finances 2.0: How it works Significant changes were made to the…
The best team during the regular season has won the first-ever EURO Cup.Sparked by the play of 41-year-old sniper Teemu Selanne, the Geneva Generals defeated Copenhagen on Sunday to win the series in six games. They were afforded a nice ovation by the Copenhagen crowd of 18,850 who had hoped their Tridents could prolong the…
Here’s a look at how the two teams challenging for the first EURO Cup were constructed. The most obvious similarity is that both drafted a goalie in the first round. They were also active traders during the draft to fill up their top spots quicker. Geneva General manager: Ryan Jones This team definitely gambled away…
