Two of the EURO League’s most electrifying wingers have decided who they will play for in the coming season. Filip Forsberg, 34, will stay with the Paris Rouge Eiffels this season, signing a deal that will earn him $7.4 million in each of the next two years. It was widely reported that the Swedish point…
EDINBURGH – Young hockey players Gavin McKenna, Emmitt Finney, Ivar Stenberg and lots of others will soon hear their names announced over the draft podium microphone. The Season 19 Draft will start with a pick by Madrid. The draft lottery was held Thursday morning and two teams moved up on the draft list. London jumped…
Four of the league’s 24 teams have traded away their first-round picks and won’t be participating in the first round unless trades are made to get them in. Oslo will have three selections in the first round (numbers 2, 11 and 22 before the draft lottery), while Madrid will have two (1 and 17) and…
With the changing of another season, 103 players have handed in their retirement papers with Rose at league headquarters. She will have a lot of filing-type work ahead of her for the next few days. Some of those 103 played a lot and had great careers. Thirty-one never got to play a game in the…
History indicates that if you want to win a Cup in the EURO League, you have to place your team very high in the regular season standings. Teams that finished 1st won 5 times; teams that placed 2nd won 6 Cups; 3rd place finishers won 3 times; 4th place finishers won 3 Cups and Berlin…
Early on, Helsinki General Manager Jukka Tuominen called this season a “rebuilding year” for his club. And to be fair, some demolition work did take place. Only the when all the dust settled, all the other teams were left in ruins and it was the Jokerit who were the lone team left standing to hoist…
Quick Glance: Obviously, we have two powerhouses ready to do battle. The Finals pits the team that finished first overall in the regular season against the No. 3 team that was just 3 points behind them. They were also the top two scoring teams this season. The biggest bit of news before the first puck…
Quick Glance: Two strong teams have made it to the Southern Conference finals and for both, the first two rounds of the playoffs were a breeze. At first glance, it looks like we can expect a low-scoring series. Both teams seemed content to play careful hockey so far in the playoffs and they both ranked…
Quick Glance: Paris finished 10th in the regular season standings and has since become the league’s feel-good story after ousting Number 4 overall Minsk and then Number 2 overall Copenhagen. Next up, the team in between them both: Helsinki. Paris ultra-experienced players know the puck can move faster than they can so they stress passing…
The EURO League has just witnessed the birth of a longtime all-star defenseman. Thanks to the great season he had in his NHL debut with the New York Islanders, Matthew Schaefer earned a PO rating of 101 in the initial ratings just released by administrators. He is already an 82 OV rating and he could…
