MUNICH, GERMANY – Es wäre bezeichnend für das Spiel gewesen. Und bezeichnend für die Einstellung der Düsseldorfer Mannschaft im 2. Drittel und die fehlende Unterstützung für ihren Torhüter. Als im Mittelabschnitt noch 5 Sekunden gespielt waren und der Puck sich in … Continue reading
FINLAND, – People who think that players past 35 years are past their prime have been proven wrong. In the NHL the granddad’s like Nicklas Lidstrom and Teemu Selanne still make a real difference to their respective teams. However, in … Continue reading
FINLAND , – Another round of fixtures are now in the SM-Liiga history books. If last week offered objects thrown on the ice, this week’s fixtures got coaches’ blood pressures boiling, both from team performance and in post game press … Continue reading
FINLAND: SM-Liiga saw a lot of action in the past week and some of the action resulted in heated debates around the water cooler. Main topics of conversation centred around two topics; hits to the head and raining money. The … Continue reading
FINLAND: SM-Liiga has come back after the Christmas break with a bang. The first few games after Boxing Day were undoubtedly a bit sluggish as the teams were skating of the Christmas turkey and ham. Here is the round-up of … Continue reading
FINLAND – SM-Liiga has seen two more coaching changes, this time from high-profile teams. Over the weekend it was announced that Oulun Karpat had parted ways with their head coach and brought in Hannu Aravirta. Aravirta is a veteran coach … Continue reading
