Among several long-term deals signed Wednesday was an important part of the Zurich Lions. Drew Stafford, 30, who scored a career-high 71 points last season for the Lions, signed a three-year deal worth $4.5 million per year. Zurich has shipped out a few talented forwards in the last year, including Patrick Kane this month, and…
Between seasons, the following players exercised their player options: (List copied and pasted from Websim Journal. Some players on the list have been traded to other teams, or bought out by their teams, since.) M. RYDER stays another year with Athens M. CARLE stays another year with Berlin A. MCDONALD stays another year with Bern J.…
Forwards were picked with 22 of the first 23 selections of the second round, but when Moscow claimed Sam Godfrey with the round’s last pick, it started a mini-run of defensemen. Four of them were taken in a 6-pick stretch. The first pick of Round 3 was Ryan Gunderson, a speedy American defenseman who was…
Season 4 of the EURO League saw 8 league records fall and one other one get tied. Individual Records Most PIM: P.K. Subban, Belfast, 186, beating the old record of 177 held by David Backes of Athens. Most Hits: Shea Weber, Copenhagen, 322, beating the old record of 312 held by Brent Seabrook of Bern. Seabrook had 321…
Center Gregory Beron became the second Frenchman taken in the draft, being selected 33rd overall today by the London Dons. He said he plans to take the Channel Tunnel from Calais to Dover later today to meet with his new bosses. General Manager Geoffrey Paul has a left wing, a right wing and a center…
Robert Rooba grew up in Estonia, less than 90 kilometers due south of Helsinki, Finland, and he and his father attended dozens of Jokerit games over the last four seasons. When it was apparent the younger Rooba was going to be good enough to play in the league, he joked with his dad that he would soon be sitting…
Very serious jockeying for position has already started in the EURO League leading up to Season 5. Some of the best teams in the league have acquired some of the league’s premier players in trades, and we still have a free agent frenzy to play out. In the Northern Conference, all 8 playoff teams have…
Munich opened the day with the 13th pick of the draft and GM Chad Legge went off the board to pick a prospect defenseman. Roland McKeown, 19, was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings and traded to Carolina in the Andrej Sekera deal. He currently plays for Kingston in the Ontario Hockey League and appears to be…
Viktor Antipin broke into a broad smile when Oslo GM Chris Lee called his name to open the Season 5 EURO draft Sunday. Lee also smiled. And odds are Morgan Rielly smiled as well. Rielly, 21, was the Outlaws’ top blueliner of the future, considered to have more potential than older teammates Eric Gelinas, 24, and…
Nominees announced for induction into the first entry class of the EURO Hockey League Hall of Fame To gain entry to the EURO Hall of Fame a player will have to earn a certain number of points, so there could be years in which no one is voted in. Voting will be done by individual Websim messages…
