Antoine Morand is used to scoring points at a rate of about one per game. He may not be able to continue scoring at that rate with the Anaheim Ducks in his first season when he gets his attributes, but boy, Zurich Lions fans would be so happy if he did. Morand plays center, is a…
At the end of the first round, the champs took a defensive forward who can help pretty soon, and at the end of Round 2, General Manager Igor Kirunov went with one of the youngest players he could get. Alex Formenton, 18, scored about a point per game with the London Knights of the Ontario…
Big, quick and skilled is how scouts describe Maxime Comtois, a Canadian left wing who was previously drafted by the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks. He just because property of the Bern Interrail. With the Victoriaville Tigres in the QMJHL, Comtois saw his production drop a little from 2016 to 2017, but then he saw it improve…
Jack Studnicka’s point totals with the Oshawa Generals went up from 52 to 72 in the last year and he was named captain of the team. Belfast Giants General Manager Chris Patton noticed and made the 6-1 Canadian center the 43rd player taken in the draft. Studnicka joins Brett Howden, Cal Foote and Jacob Larsson…
Picks 36 through 42: Geneva – The Generals’ current goalies – Frederik Andersen and Michael Hutchinson – are 29 and 27 with 19-year-old Filip Gustavsson in the system as well. Ivan Nalimov, a 21-year-old Russian, was drafted at pick 36 and he and Gustavsson will be teammates vying for the top job once Andersen vacates…
Alexander Volkov was born in Moscow but he’s spent almost all of young hockey career playing in St. Petersburg. After being drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL, he ventured across the sea to play in the AHL, but the 20-year-old RW might have a return to St. Petersburg in his future. Krasnyye…
Prague General Manager Peter Ott looked to Sweden to select the first defenseman in 10 picks when he called the name of Gustav Lindstrom. The 6-2 teen-ager from Ostervala will learn the basics with the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL as he prepares for his EURO career as a prospect without attributes. There is…
Danish left wing Matthias Asperup, 19, is now a member of the Bern Interrail and must now, by law, hate the Berlin Smurfs. Asperup plays in Denmark and has represented the country in more than 100 international games during his lifetime. The draft guide said this about him: Asperup might develop into a decent puckhandler/ possession…
After taking a stable, reliable defensemen in Round 1, the Oslo Outlaws added a skilled winger in 5-9 Henrik Haapala from Finland. Haapala has wheels and hockey smarts and is a good shooter. Scouts said they would like to see him work better with teammates and pass more and people tend to compare him to…
In the first round, Zurich GM Dennis Sullo picked a Moscow-born right wing. In the second round, he picked a Moscow-born right wing. Expect a call from Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Dennis. Alexey Toropchenko, a 6-foot-tall, 21-year-old Moscow native joins Alexandre Polunin on the Lions and both are expected to add offense. Toropchenko is not…
