While some dynamic duos of players have gotten off to stellar starts and have zoomed to the top of the scoring list, many star players have been totally stymied so far. Fast starts: Twenty players have had a point in each game they have played in thus far and one – Nicklas Backstrom of Minsk…
One goal separated winners from losers in four EURO season openers on Monday night. The tightest game of all was played in Finland, where the hometown Jokerit outshot Geneva 41-31, led 2-0 at one point, but ended up losing in a shootout. Geneva took the two points when Marian Gaborik and Thomas Vanek scored in…
Three teams scored 6 or more goals Sunday as the third Euro League started with several bangs. Seven different Edinburgh players scored goals on London goalie Marc-Andre Fleury in the first 30 minutes, forcing London coach Ken Hitchcock to give Braden Holtby a premature pro debut. Holtby responded by stopping all 13 shots he faced.…
Season 3 of the EURO Hockey League gets under way today with six games, including one that has the contestants with their chests puffed up more than one would imagine for the first step in a 82-game journey. Roberto Luongo and Alexander Ovechkin lead Copenhagen into Paris, where before the game starts, they will have…
By Dylan Callow This is the 2nd part of 4 in the season preview series. We’re going to take a quick look at the Demitra Division tonight and make a prediction on their final standings. Here’s my evaluation (keep in mind we haven’t finished trading so it’s not set in stone). I am evaluating the Goaltending, Top…
By Dylan Callow This is the 1st part of 4 in the season preview series. We’re going to take a quick look at each division and rate the teams to make a prediction on their final standings. Here’s my evaluation (keep in mind we haven’t finished trading so it’s not set in stone). I evaluate the Goaltending,…
The EURO League saw a few more changes in the last three days as teams continued to tweak their rosters. Nothing too earth-shattering; a lesser free agent here, a former cast-off there, and then suddenly – out of the azur – Milan’s Antti Niemi is in Gothenberg! Move the rocking chair, Marty Brodeur, there’s a…
Geneva general manager Joonas Komppa went all in. After all the intrigue and worrying, free agent goalie Kari Lehtonen will stay in a Generals sweater for a long time, making the maximum $9 million per year with a player option for the fourth year. But a few other general managers made news as well this…
These have been nerve-racking days for Kari Lehtonen, the outstanding goalie for the Geneva Generals. Lehtonen’s contract is up and his future is the biggest news this week in the EURO League. The Finn is generally regarded as one of the three top goalies in the league with Pekka Rinne of St. Petersburg and Jonathan…
With Copenhagen’s selection of Nick Petan, the EURO League draft is complete and hockey knowledge will now take a back seat to financial wizardry. An even 100 players are Type 3, unrestricted free agents. Some, like 33-year-old Jim Vandermeer and 32-year-old Rick Dipietro, have never played for a EURO team and will probably not get…
