Rose in Accounting and I were talking in the office the other day. I listened to her boring story about her niece’s wedding plans and then she didn’t seem to listen to my story about my son’s graduation. Then the topic of the upcoming playoffs came up and we seemed to have pretty divergent views.…
The Season 3 playoff matchups are almost set in stone, but not quite. Four games left on the schedule could affect first-round matchups. On Friday, Gothenburg will host Moscow and Geneva will host Bern for the back end of their home-and-home series. If Bern wins, they will play Berlin in the first round; if they…
With just a handful of regular season games remaining in the third season of EURO League, a torrid playoff race in the Northern Conference is overshadowing some other good stories. Here’s what you have to squint to see in the glare of the four-team race for the North’s final playoff spot: SPAIN GAINS – The…
When the EURO League started less than three seasons ago, it was two Swiss teams that broke out of the gate fastest. This season, however, all their German neighbors have passed them in the Schloder Division standings. The changing of the guard was part of the plan really. Bern and Geneva were drafted to win…
Copenhagen and Stockholm are only a 1-hour, 10-minute flight from each other, but their EURO League teams seem much farther away this season. Copenhagen is enjoying another good season and is neck and neck with defending league champion Paris in the race for the President’s Trophy. Both teams have 101 points this season, with the…
There are about 30 games to play in the regular season and there is a six-team scramble in the Northern Conference for playoff spots. In the Southern Conference, four teams are virtually tied for the last three spots, meaning one will be left without a chair when the music stops. Southern Conference Paris is at…
There are about 30 games to play in the regular season and there is a four-team scramble (possibly six teams, if you pull the magnifying glass back a bit) in the Northern Conference for playoff spots. In the Southern Conference, four teams are virtually tied for the last three spots, meaning one will be left…
As four teams pull away from the pack in the chase for the President’s Trophy, let’s focus attention a few spots down to a team riding a 6-game win streak whose hallmark is toughness and strong defense. When you play the Helsinki Jokerit, you can count on a few things: death, taxes and powerplay chances…
It’s either that nobody wants Shea Weber, or everybody wants him. Our guess is the latter. For the second time in 35 days, the perennial all-star defenseman has been traded. Copenhagen becomes the third Ahearne Division team Weber has played for this season. The Tridents wanted the 28-year-old badly, sending promising Kevin Shattenkirk, 24, and…
Only two teams finished in the top 5 in both Seasons 1 and 2, and both are in the Top 3 this year. One is Copenhagen and the other is that sly entry from Bavaria, the Munich Fox. Paul Faulkner’s team put together a 104-point season in year 1 and equaled the feat a season…
