Amsterdam: All-Stars selected

AMSTERDAM – More than half of the general managers in the EURO League have voted to decide who will represent the Northern and Southern Conferences in this weekend’s All-Star Game. Six members of the defending EURO Cup champion Berlin Smurfs will play in the game Sunday and goalie Chris Dreidger leads a contingent of four…

Season 14 All-Star Game being planned

Plans are under way for the Season 14 EURO All-Star Game, to be held on the weekend of Sept. 17 and 18. General Managers in the EURO League will be asked to vote on the host city for this year’s all-star game. The host city will not have to do anything special for the event and…

Big names heading to free agency

At least 10 big name players – many of them on the league’s top teams – have decided to test the free agent market, declining to sign with their current teams. Goalie Andres De La Garma, who has won two Cups with Copenhagen is one of them. Winger Jan Kovar, who won two Cups with…

Hanover picks Swiss center #1

Hanover General Manager Brett Warbeck, still unpacking from his team’s move from Moscow, said he could not in any way, shape or form pass up a solid, highly-ranked center at the top of most draft lists. Swiss center Valentin Nussbaumer was made the No. 1 overall pick Tuesday and he will be among the first…

Two franchises relocating due to Russian sanctions

Sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine have impacted the EURO League as it looks to starting its 14th season. Commissioner Chuck Massaro announced the league is pulling up stakes in Russia and moving its two Russian franchises to other countries. “Russia’s invasion and destruction of Ukraine with indiscriminate shelling of wholesale…

House Rules

Because they keep disappearing off the Websim Forum, house rules are posted here. Position Changes Position changes are unlimited and may be made at any time. A source must be cited for the change. In this league, any website that lists a forward as either W, LW, RW or C may be used. Sites that…

GMs will decide on draft sets

Season 13 of the EURO League will be in the history book by the first week of May. Coincidentally, the real NHL season will have just ended, meaning Websim’s new set of attributes for current NHL rookies will be out just when we need them. The NHL draft will be conducted two months after that.…

North overpowers South, 12-10

Being a goalie in the Season 13 All-Star was more difficult than it was being a skater. The league’s best wanted to show off their skill and checking and playing hard-nosed defense was definitely not a priority. Still, Helsinki’s Karri Ramo and Belfast’s Alexander Salak were pretty good and the Northern Conference continued its domination…

SKILLS: Familiar names at the top

Patrick Laine of St. Petersburg repeated as Hardest Shot champion when the EURO League Skills Competition was held Saturday in Zurich, Switzerland. He won the title the last time the competition was held, in Season 11, and was third the season before. Everyone in Zurich was waiting for Erik Karlsson of Paris to claim the…

All-Star squads announced

The teams have been named for the Season 13 All-Star which will be held this weekend in Zurich. While Cup champion Berlin and defending regular season champ Helsinki led the way with 6 and 5 all-stars respectively, the biggest story out of the GM voting was that Copenhagen’s “second-line” right winger edged the Tridents’ top…