According to Websim’s Star Points formula, Connor McDavid of Helsinki had the best game of the season on March 10 (game time) in a 7-3 win over Paris. McDavid exploded for three goals, three assists, 8 shots and a +5 rating. His arms should have been shaking after that one because he also took an…
Season 18 was like no other in EURO League history with a total of 12 team and player accomplishments – at both ends of the spectrum – making their way into the record book. Munich finished the season with an astounding 24 straight victories but as impressive as that is, they only won the regular…
With a day off from games in the EURO League, how about a quick dive into some statistics? Today we are focusing on puck possession – or at least trying to – by looking at the stats available on Websim’s pages. Here’s our formula: we took a player’s takeaways minus his giveaways to come up…
Ultra competitive players will have a little less than half a season to unseat Munich’s Moritz Seider from the top of the list of best individual performances of Season 18. According to Websim’s Star Points formula, the Red Bulls blueliner had the best game so far this season when on Oct. 23 (game time) he…
Almost half a season has gone by and now we get to see who was serious about staying in shape. Mid-season evolution in Websim is one of the two times each season that attributes get adjusted. Usually, players over 30 age a little bit while young players gain knowledge and ability. Team totals Here’s how…
You probably don’t need a fancy blue and white chart with weird numbers on it to tell you it would be a good idea to try to imitate what Copenhagen, Berlin, Minsk, Helsinki and Belfast have been doing in the EURO League. But to reinforce that unscientific reaction, look what you see when you compare…
In their first four games of the season, the Helsinki Jokerit have been like machine guns, firing an incredible number of pucks at opposing goalies.The defending Cup champions seem pretty serious about defending their title. Their shot totals in the four games were 44, 34, 54 and 48 for an average of 45 shots per…
If it feels like your offense has been skating on oatmeal instead of ice against Minsk, Copenhagen and Helsinki, there is a good reason for that: those three teams are virtually perfecting team defense and protecting their goalies at unprecedented rates in the last few years. Last year (Season 17), Minsk set a league record…
Websim Hockey’s newest feature is “Stars History” which appears in the Standings tab. It is a way to gauge how well a player does in a game and it’s based on his stats from that game. Only the top three performances of the day make it onto the list, although everyone’s stats go into weekly…
Mid-season evolution occurred tonight in the EURO League and what that means in general is that the younger players and teams should do better in the second half and the older guys and teams (Paris, we’re looking at you) should have a more difficult time. But there are some surprises too. In theory, how much…
