Quick Glance: If you look at the two teams’ defensive numbers (goals against and shots allowed averages), you will see they are very close. In the other end of the rink, Belfast has been able to apply more offensive pressure, but where the Giants really seem to have an advantage is when there are players…
Quick Glance: Record-setter Connor McDavid was an unstoppable force the second half of the season and the only thing that slowed him down even just a little was the break in the schedule between the regular season and the playoffs. But if you focus solely on McDavid, Helsinki has plenty of other weapons to cause…
Quick Glance: Minsk has really shown they can lock down the defensive zone with a structure that includes a collection of forwards who really care about the defensive part of the game. The team was second in the league in shots allowed per game. Paris, as we all know, has lots of experience. The question…
Season 18 was like no other in EURO League history with a total of 12 team and player accomplishments – at both ends of the spectrum – making their way into the record book. Munich finished the season with an astounding 24 straight victories but as impressive as that is, they only won the regular…
As the EURO League prepares to start the playoffs, some player agents don’t really care. They are already thinking of Season 19 and they may have already started working the phones with a focus on convincing general managers to shell out big bucks next season for their clients. At least 37 players – through their…
With a day off from games in the EURO League, how about a quick dive into some statistics? Today we are focusing on puck possession – or at least trying to – by looking at the stats available on Websim’s pages. Here’s our formula: we took a player’s takeaways minus his giveaways to come up…
VIENNA – The EURO League Hall of Fame has just expanded from five players to nine. On the fifth HOF ballot, general managers voted in these four former superstars: Erik Karlsson, D Anze Kopitar, C Jonathan Toews, C Evgeni Malkin, C Five other former players did not receive the required number of votes but each…
A fifth class of candidates has been announced for induction into the EURO Hockey League Hall of Fame. General Managers can vote before Feb. 21 by clicking on this link for the ballot. There are currently five players and a “builder” who were voted into the Hall of Fame. To gain entry to the EURO…
Ultra competitive players will have a little less than half a season to unseat Munich’s Moritz Seider from the top of the list of best individual performances of Season 18. According to Websim’s Star Points formula, the Red Bulls blueliner had the best game so far this season when on Oct. 23 (game time) he…
Before the EURO League All-Star Game, Northern Conference coach Martina Navratilova encouraged her players to take in the GM sock puppet shows, saying it would help them relieve the anxiety and glare that comes with the sport’s brightest spotlight. She was really wrong. Come game time, the players seemed sluggish and unfocused. Coach Dominik Hasek…
