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…
Helsinki Captain Tyler Seguin holds up the EURO Cup in Berlin after the Jokerits beat The Smurfs in four games. The Jokerit beat Berlin 4-1 Monday to capture their second EURO Cup in 3 seasons and their second in league history. Both times, Helsinki won it in four games over Berlin. The game was was…
Quick Glance: We’ve seen this movie before. A few times. Under their current general managers these two teams have always been at the top of the standings and have always been a threat to win the Cup. In Season 12, they met in the Cup Finals and Berlin won it. Season 13 was an instant…
Quick Glance: The fact that Berlin spanked their little brother in Germany 5 out of 6 times this season is a bit irrelevant now. Little bro is flying high after an exciting Round 2 upset win over Bern, the team that finished the regular season first in the Southern Conference. The Red Bulls are young,…
Quick Glance: This will be exciting. You need a microscope connected to a telescope connected to a magnifying glass – or something like that – if you are trying to discover which team has the edge. It’s the league’s top two teams in the regular season and they’re so closely matched they both tallied 120…
Quick Glance: On paper, according to Websim’s “Team Evaluations,” Berlin has the better offense, defense, goalies, powerplay, penalty killing, coaches, depth … and everyone knows they have the better cheerleaders. But turn the page to General Manager and Bratislava has a huge advantage there. It showed during the regular season when the Eagles won 5…
Quick Glance: During the regular season, Munich showed they have a dangerous defense corps and two strong lines. In the playoffs, they are only seeing the best teams and Bern is one of them. The Bears’ top line of Nico Hischier, Sebastian Aho and Jake Debrusk will be a challenge to skate with but the…
Quick Glance: Belfast will need everything to go right to get past Minsk. Of course, they will need great goaltending from Braden Holtby or perhaps Alexander Salak. But they will also need to somehow force their way through Minsk’s rock-solid defense and pierce the Hussars’ strongest shield, Attila Adorjan. To do that, they will need…
Quick Glance: Two Northern Conference powerhouses will battle in Round 2. Helsinki seems to have the edge. They finished higher in the regular season (120 points to Copenhagen’s 106) and they have eliminated Copenhagen both times they met in the playoffs recently (Seasons 13 and 16). The Tridents will be facing a familiar face in…
Quick Glance: Mathew Barzal and Lisbon will be the first to find out if Calvin Pickard still has what it takes to push the Smurfs through the playoffs. He is penciled in as the starter for Game 1. After being the main man in Berlin for a decade and getting the team into 7 Cup…
