Mark Fraser, a fan favorite in Gothenburg for a decade, has retired from the sport as the EURO League’s all-time leader in fights. The 37-year-old Canadian defenseman battled 87 times and was declared the winner 22 times, which is also the most ever in the league. But Fraser was more than a policeman on the…
The Berlin Smurfs defeated Helsinki 6-1 on Saturday to win their second straight EURO League Cup. The Germans were outshot 37-27 but still won convincingly by combining great goaltending by Calvin Pickard with deadly accuracy at the other end. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, the team captain and leading scorer in the playoffs, was named first star after…
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Copenhagen General Manager Martin Sayle will have a lousy Season 14 draft position because his team will finish near the top of the league in Season 13. But even before the draft starts, Sayle and Trident fans will feel like they just gained 3 first-round picks. That’s because of the draft selections Sayle made in…
With 2 to 8 games left in the season, there are still several questions fan bases are asking. Starting from the bottom and working up: Best Position in the Draft Lottery: The team that finishes last doesn’t always get the first pick, thanks to the draft lottery, but they will have the best chance of…
Season 13 of the EURO League will be in the history book by the first week of May. Coincidentally, the real NHL season will have just ended, meaning Websim’s new set of attributes for current NHL rookies will be out just when we need them. The NHL draft will be conducted two months after that.…
Early in the second period in a game two weeks ago against Moscow, the Hussars worked the puck around the Maniacs’ zone while on the powerplay. Aaron Ekblad had it, contemplated bouncing the puck off the boards to Petr Vrana on the left wing, but instead made a D-to-D pass to Maxim Chudinov, who already…
Being a goalie in the Season 13 All-Star was more difficult than it was being a skater. The league’s best wanted to show off their skill and checking and playing hard-nosed defense was definitely not a priority. Still, Helsinki’s Karri Ramo and Belfast’s Alexander Salak were pretty good and the Northern Conference continued its domination…
Patrick Laine of St. Petersburg repeated as Hardest Shot champion when the EURO League Skills Competition was held Saturday in Zurich, Switzerland. He won the title the last time the competition was held, in Season 11, and was third the season before. Everyone in Zurich was waiting for Erik Karlsson of Paris to claim the…
The teams have been named for the Season 13 All-Star which will be held this weekend in Zurich. While Cup champion Berlin and defending regular season champ Helsinki led the way with 6 and 5 all-stars respectively, the biggest story out of the GM voting was that Copenhagen’s “second-line” right winger edged the Tridents’ top…
