Eight players who were on rosters for Season 15 have retired from the league. They join 67 others whose names have been removed from the players list on the Attributes page of the Websim website. While Alexander Ovechkin scored 6 points in his 8 games, the only retiree who saw significant ice time was Marcus…
Connor Bedard is the top prize in the EURO League draft that will take place this week, but the gap between him and every other prospect has shrunk, thanks to an injury he has sustained. First-year NHLers who play a certain number of games (about 35 for skaters and 15 for goalies) get their Websim…
In the Jukka Tuominen era, Helsinki was used to knocking on the door of the EURO League penthouse, but they always met disappointment. Three seasons in a row (11 through 13), the Jokerit finished the regular season with the most points in the league. But the Cup always seemed to end up in Copenhagen or…
EURO general managers will have quite a decision to make at the end of the year in deciding which player gets the coveted Rookie of the Year trophy. We don’t remember any year with so many quality candidates. It will probably boil down to who Websim’s system places at the top of the five-player candidates list.…
Websim’s mid-season evolution is the time when – for the most part – all of the league’s older players age a little faster, while the younger players mature a bit. Stockholm HC benefitted the most this season, with four players whose OV and PO ratings went up 2 points. Forwards Adrian Kempe, Daniel Sprong and…
Nathan MacKinnon of Belfast came into the Season 15 All-Star Game second in the league in scoring and in goals. And despite it being the all-star break, he didn’t take the day off. The Northern Conference won the game 9-4 and they now lead the series 10-4. MacKinnon must be a car collector too, because…
For the fourth consecutive time, Patrik Laine of Amsterdam has taken the Hardest Shot contest in the EURO All-Star Game Skills competition. That puts him into legend territory. In the early years of the competition, Dustin Byfyglien and Shea Weber were the kings of that event. Both won it 3 times and now Laine is…
HANOVER, Germany- Defending Cup champion Copenhagen and current league leader Paris each had 5 players voted to the Season 15 All-Star Game in voting held by general managers. Coaches for the game will be two of the best NHL play-by-play announcers of all time. They both recently retired. Doc Emrick will coach the Northern Conference…
To find out who the fastest skater, hardest shooter and most accurate marksman in the league are, you first have to figure out the top skills competitors on each team. That has been done. In Helsinki, the competition was so intense, a fight broke out involving longtime teammates Brendan Gallagher and Brock Boeser. In Berlin,…
Plans are under way for the Season 15 EURO All-Star Game, to be held on the weekend of July 8 and 9. General Managers in the EURO League will be asked to vote on the host city for this year’s all-star game. The host city will not have to do anything special for the event and…
