Euro Hockey Time

Superleague started yesterday weeeeeeeeeeee! The Superleague is in the process of retooling their site so I don't have all the scores up and running right this instant. SM-Liiga starts Saturday. War Karri Akkanen getting 200 PIMs in Finland's highest league.

Here are the Lightning's European prospects with their current teams (if known):

Czech Republic
Marek Posmyk, HC Plzen(CZE-XL)

Ivan Rachunek, ??? (Was Zlin, CZE-XL)

Finland
Karri Akkanen, Ilves Tampere(FIN-SML)
Raimonds Dainilics, Assat JrA (FIN-JRA)
Erikki Rajamaki, Ilves Tampere(FIN-SML)

Germany
Sascha Goc, Adler Mannheim(GER-DEL)

Russia
Dimitri Bezrukov, Neftekhimik Nitzenkhamsk(RUS-SL)
Anton But, Yaroslavl Lokomotiv(RUS-SL)
Alexei Glukhov, Khimik Voskresensk(RUS-SL)
Dimitri Kazionov, Lada Togliatti(RUS-SL)
Evgeny Konstantinov, Severstal Cherepovets(RUS-SL)
Vasily Koshechkin, Lada Togilatti(RUS-SL)
Alexander Polushin, CSKA(RUS-SL)
Pavel Sedov, Khimik Voskresensk(RUS-SL)
Albert Vishnyakov, Ak-Bars Kazan (RUS-SL)

Ilja Solarev, ??? (No Full Gig Last Season)
Vitali Smolianinov, ??? (Was Vorenzh, RUS-UL)
In Smolianinov's case, probably still is Vorenzh, just need to confirm it, and probably spelling it correctly would be cool too

Sweden
Johan Hagglund, Hammarby(SWE-ALS)
Frederik Norrena, Linkoping(SWE-ELT)

A lot of Russians. Not a lot of Finns. Definitely not enough Swedes. Still too many Czechs :D

I'll be throwing the super secret HF links page for Europe together in the next few days (on a new server!)... then once camp gets parsed out add in the North Americans and then the reporting fun can begin. I reiterate: weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

-Pete Choquette

SM-Liiga starts Saturday.

-Pete Choquette

Wrong. SM-Liiga starts Friday.

Thanks, Pete. Looking forward to your reports/analysis.

Superleague started yesterday weeeeeeeeeeee! The Superleague is in the process of retooling their site so I don't have all the scores up and running right this instant. SM-Liiga starts Saturday. War Karri Akkanen getting 200 PIMs in Finland's highest league.

Here are the Lightning's European prospects with their current teams (if known):

Czech Republic
Marek Posmyk, HC Plzen(CZE-XL)

Ivan Rachunek, ??? (Was Zlin, CZE-XL)

Russia
Dimitri Bezrukov, Neftekhimik Nitzenkhamsk(RUS-SL)
Anton But, Yaroslavl Lokomotiv(RUS-SL)
Alexei Glukhov, Khimik Voskresensk(RUS-SL)
Dimitri Kazionov, Lada Togliatti(RUS-SL)
Evgeny Konstantinov, Severstal Cherepovets(RUS-SL)
Vasily Koshechkin, Lada Togilatti(RUS-SL)
Alexander Polushin, CSKA(RUS-SL)
Albert Vishnyakov, Ak-Bars Kazan (RUS-SL)

Pavel Sedov, ??? (No Full Gig Last Season)
Vitali Smolianinov, ??? (Was Vorenzh, RUS-UL)
In Smolianinov's case, probably still is Vorenzh, just need to confirm it, and probably spelling it correctly would be cool too

Still too many Czechs :D

-Pete Choquette

You call, 2 Czechs too many? Granted the 2 we have aren't the best, still against them for the teams they play for and where they were born? Some of the best players in the world come from that little country. :handclap:

I wonder where this team would be if not for a certain Czech from last season Vaclav Prospal? My guess, is we would of been sitting out of the playoffs yet again. So a Czech helped take us to the playoffs, and I'm not about to trash a Czech when they helped take us that far!

Too many Russians, thanks to the Dudley era.

I just don't understand how you can write an unbiased report on prospects when you have an overwhelmingly unhealthy bias against Czech players? I thought being a good reporter meant walking in neutral and letting results bring you the writing. :teach:

Chill out, Apollo. It's kinda an inside joke with Pete and posters who are familiar with Pete's writing. Hence, the reason Pete added the big grin emoticon after the comment.

Pete's not a Czech bigot... just vocal about some of the personalities of certain Czech players, which you have to admit seems to standout in world of hockey. :)

He may also end up in a league like the USHL, EJHL, or NAHL thereby throwing him, and the challenge of spelling his name, into Chad's column. Wishful thinking.



Thanks to Jay "I love North Americans" Feaster, Chad's workload keeps getting bigger.

I'm still working on Hrdel's name, I don't have time for the Latvian's just yet.

Wrong. SM-Liiga starts Friday.

You are correct sir. It starts 9/12. When posting at 4:06am, what day 9/12 is tends to be difficult to point out.

I forgot Norrena on the list.

Chill out, Apollo. It's kinda an inside joke with Pete and posters who are familiar with Pete's writing. Hence, the reason Pete added the big grin emoticon after the comment.

Yes. Truth is I'd draft a blind one legged chimpanzee if I thought he could help my team win a Stanley Cup, even regardless of if it was a Czech blind one legged chimpanzee :)

-Pete Choquette

Actually Fredrik Norrena is playing in Linköping (SWE-ELT) nowadays.

Thank you sir.

-Pete Choquette

Truth is I'd draft a blind one legged chimpanzee if I thought he could help my team win a Stanley Cup, even regardless of if it was a Czech blind one legged chimpanzee :)

Even if the Czech blind one legged chimp was a headcase? :D

Actually Fredrik Norrena is playing in Linköping (SWE-ELT) nowadays.
True

I attemtped to post about it a week or so ago, my computer screwed up and I promptly forgot about it. :D

Even if the Czech blind one legged chimp was a headcase?

Isn't having Czech and headcase in the same sentence redundant? :)

-Pete Choquette

Alrighty, let the fun commence:

9/5-
Mannheim 2
Kassel 1

Goc no scoring.

9/7-
Krefeld 3
Mannheim 1

Goc 2 PIMs.

9/10-
Amur 2
Niznekhamsk 1

Bezrukov no scoring.

CSKA 5
Ak Bars 0

Polushin 1 goal. Vishnyakov no scoring.

Cherepovets 3
Novokunetsk 0

Konstantinov DNP.

Yaroslavl 3
Dynamo 1

But 1 assist.

9/11-

Omsk 3
Khimik 1

Glukhov/Sedov no scoring.

Lada 3
Ufa 2 OT

Kazionov 1 goal. My pick for breakout Lightning Euro of the year. RSL site doesn't say who was in net.

Frankfurt 5
Mannheim 0

Goc no scoring.

9/12-
Mannheim at Kolner, Ilves at Taparra, Ak Bars at Amur, Magnitogorsk at Yaroslavl, Novosibirsk at Cherepovets, Plzen at Pardubice

9/13-
SaiPa at Ilves

9/14-
Trinec at Plzen

9/15-
Omsk at Ak Bars, Cherepovets at Dynamo, Yaroslavl at Lada, CSKA at Novokunetsk, Khimik at Niznekhamsk

Swedish hockey starts 9/17 for Hammarby and I don't see a schedule on Linkoping's site (which is very scaled back this season).

Spreadsheet fun begins tomorrow I guess.

-Pete Choquette

Raimonds Danilics will be playing junior for Assat in Finland according to one of the good folks on the Finland board. Their first game is 9/13.

-Pete Choquette

Pavel Sedov and Alexei Glukhov were farmed by Khimik to start the season. Sedov isn't even listed on their basic roster for the season, although he's still on their home page.

-Pete Choquette

Karri Akkanen will probably be splitting time between Ilves Jr. A and Ilves SM-Liiga team again this season. He isn't listed on their big roster on the SM-Liiga website to start the year but is on their Jr. A roster. Ilves Jr. A team starts tomorrow. Ilves is losing their opener 2-1 at the end of 2 periods... Rajamaki with 2PIMs so far.

Dainilics to Assat Jr. A confirmed.

-Pete Choquette

9/12-

Taparra-3
Ilves-1

Rajamaki 2PIMs. Akkanen to farm.

Plzen-3
Pardubice-1

Posmyk DNP.

Point of order: No Mannheim game today. EuroHockey.net's schedule was incorrect.

Amur-2
Ak Bars-2

Vishnyakov no scoring.

Niznekhamsk-4
CSKA-1

No scoring Bezrukov or Polushin.

Novosibirsk-2
Cherepovets-0

Konstantinov DNP.

Yaroslavl-7
Magnitogorsk-2

But 1G 1A 2PIMs. Have I mentioned he's good?

Tomorrow: Akkanen, Dainilics, Rajamaki.

-Pete Choquette

Konstantinov DNP

Are they ever going to get him in or what? Thought he went over there to play? He might as well sit in our press-box. At least then he'd be getting some practice with Reeser.

Are they ever going to get him in or what? Thought he went over there to play? He might as well sit in our press-box. At least then he'd be getting some practice with Reeser.
This is the 2nd game from what I can see! Give it time.

It's not Euro, but the Q season has started.

Rimouski won two nights ago 4-3. Crosby with the hatter, Hrdel with 0+0, 3 shots.

O'Brien and Boutin in TB while their teams played each other in the Q opener Thur.

Personal gut feeling: Konstantinov will only play 15-20 games this season for Cherepovets.

-Pete Choquette

9/13-

LukkoA-5
IlvesA-4

Akkanen no scoring. Finished -2 on the game. Special thanks to Lukko who also have an Akkanen on their team which confused the bejesus out of me.

TaparraA-5
AssatA-1

Dainilics DNP.

Ilves-5
SaiPa-3

Rajamaki no scoring. +2 through 2 games.

HPK 2-0 winning by a combined total of 12-2 in their first couple of games. Guess they don't miss Miettinen, Santala, and Somervuori after all.

Tomorrow: Posmyk, Akkanen, Dainilics.

-Pete Choquette

Personal gut feeling: Konstantinov will only play 15-20 games this season for Cherepovets.

-Pete Choquette
Two questions:
1. How many games in a season for this league?

and (totally unrelated)

2. Do you want this thread stickied?

Swedish hockey starts 9/17 for Hammarby and I don't see a schedule on Linkoping's site (which is very scaled back this season).
They had some trouble with their site the past week, so you probably saw a temporary site.

http://www.linkopinghc.se/lhc/elit/games/games1.php

So Linkoping starts 9/24? Sounds about right. Hopefully swehockey.se relaunches their online section soon.

There are 50 regular season games in a season for a Superleague team. I'd expect Cherepovets to make the playoffs so there will be a few more. 15-20 games may be generous for Evgeny. Their starter Viktor Chistov has been around their organization a long time and they trust him and they also have Jamie Ram on their roster who was a Ranger$ prospect once upon a time and has started in the AHL, SM-Liiga, and Elitserian.

Sticky it if you want to.

-Pete Choquette

15-20 games may be generous for Evgeny.

For that, they might as well assign him to an Upper League team.

9/14-

Trinec-3
Plzen-2

Posmyk DNP.

JokeritA-6
AssatA-2

Dainilics DNP.

IlvesA-4
K-VantaaA-1

Karri Akkanen 1A then kicked out of the game. 20PIMs for the game.

Tomorrow: All the Russians.

-Pete Choquette

IlvesA-4
K-VantaaA-1

Karri Akkanen 1A then kicked out of the game. 20PIMs for the game.



I thought you said Akkanen was going to start out in the SM-Liiga?

I thought you said Akkanen was going to start out in the SM-Liiga?

He's on their expanded roster but didn't make their opening night group so they basically farmed him to start the year. He'll be one of their first call ups.

And apparently even the Lightning don't know what is going on with Rachunek.

-Pete Choquette

9/15-

Dynamo-2
Cherepovets-1

No mention on who was in net on the box score. Ovechkin with another goal.

CSKA-1
Novokunetsk-0

Polushin no scoring. Zherdev from Kostitsyn the only goal.

Niznekhamsk-5
Khimik-0

Bezrukov 1A. Glukhov, Sedov no scoring.

Omsk-2
Ak Bars-1

Vishnyakov no scoring.

Yaroslavl-2
Lada-1

Kazionov 2PIMs. But no scoring. Koshechkin takes the loss.

Tomorrow: Posmyk.

-Pete Choquette

Glukhov, Sedov no scoring.



Koshechkin takes the loss.



Good to see all them getting Super League time. I'm very surprised Sedov is playing up there, and to a lesser extent Glukhov.

In all honesty, they're probably not playing in these games at all, but they don't even report starting goaltenders half the time and never post starting lineups on the Superleague site. When Max relaunches RHI.com it will help greatly.

In all likelihood, seeing as Sedov wasn't listed on the opening day Superleague roster on Khimik's site (yes I know he's on the homepage, but click the opening day roster press release) and Glukhov is only listed as a player elligible for callup from the farm it is likely they began the season in the Upper League for whatever team is Khimik's farm team. I don't have that information yet as Upper league rosters haven't been released on the Superleague site which is why I haven't been able to confirm where Smolianinov and Solarev are yet, although the former likely plays for HC Voronezh and the latter probably plays for Molot Perm now that they've been relegated to the Upper League.

So, best guess is you won't see Sedov in the Superleague for more than a cup of coffee, and that Glukhov will probably play like half the year there. They added some guys like Tenkrat to their roster to try and make them competitive in the Superleague which has pushed Glukhov down the roster a bit.

We got an e-mail saying Sedov is playing in the Superleague, but I have reason to doubt the correctness of that information because the same e-mail said Rachunek is still playing with Zlin and at this stage he isn't... and Chad can vouch for that because I linked him to the info.

I'm trying to track down this information with Max and Eugene on the message boards. It may take time to get answers, but at this stage doing it through HF has been quicker (Dainilics) and more accurate (Rachunek) than doing it through the team's official channels.

-Pete Choquette

9/16-

Plzen-3
Budejovice-1

Posmyk DNP.

Tomorrow: All the Russians plus Johan Hagglund.

-Pete Choquette

9/17-

Hammarby-6
Vallentuna-0

Hagglund 1G. Playing 3rd line LW to start the season.

Magnitogorsk-3
Cherepovets-2

Konstantinov-DNP

Novosibirsk-4
CSKA-0

Polushin no scoring.

Niznekhamsk-2
Omsk-1

Bezrukov no scoring.

Kazan-6
Khimik-1

Vishnyakov, Glukhov, Sedov no scoring.

Ufa-2
Yaroslavl-1

But 2PIMs.

Lada-2
Novgorod-1

Kazionov no scoring. Koshechkin DNP.

Nobody tomorrow.

-Pete Choquette

9/18-

No games.

Tomorrow: Posmyk, Rajamaki, Goc

-Pete Choquette

9/19-

Litvinov-3
Plzen-1

Posmyk DNP.

Ilves-5
Assat-2

Rajamaki no scoring.

Mannheim-5
Augsburger-2

Goc 1A.

Tomorrow:Akkanen, Dainilics, Glukhov, Sedov, Polushin, Kazionov, Koshechkin, and Konstantinov.

-Pete Choquette

9/20-

KarpatA-3
IlvesA-2

Akkanen DNP (likely suspended).

AssatA-5
VantaaA-2

Dainilics DNP.

Khimik-1
Novosibirsk-1

Glukhov/Sedov no scoring.

CSKA-5
Magnitogorsk-2

Polushin 2 goals. Named first star of the game.

Lada-1
Cherepovets-0

Kazionov no scoring. Konstantinov/Koshechkin DNP.

Tomorrow: Posmyk, Akkanen, Dainilics, Bezrukov, But, Vishnyakov, Hagglund.

-Pete Choquette

10/20-

KarpatA-3
IlvesA-2

Akkanen DNP (likely suspended).

AssatA-5
VantaaA-2

Dainilics DNP.

Khimik-1
Novosibirsk-1

Glukhov/Sedov no scoring.

CSKA-5
Magnitogorsk-2

Polushin 2 goals. Named first star of the game.

Lada-1
Cherepovets-0

Kazionov no scoring. Konstantinov/Koshechkin DNP.

Tomorrow: Posmyk, Akkanen, Dainilics, Bezrukov, But, Vishnyakov, Hagglund.

-Pete Choquette

FYI - I think you are rushing the season alittle....it's still only Sept!! ;)

FYI - I think you are rushing the season alittle....it's still only Sept!!

European leagues start a month earlier than the NHL.

-Pete Choquette

European leagues start a month earlier than the NHL.

-Pete Choquette
Look at the dates you're giving, Pete. ;)

9/21-

Zlin-5
Plzen-3

Posmyk DNP.

JYP A-5
AssatA-1

Dainilics DNP.

IlvesA-1
KalPaA-1

Akkanen DNP.

AkBars-3
Niznekhamsk-0

Bezrukov 4PIMs. Vishnyakov no scoring.

Yaroslavl-5
Novgorod-2

But 1A.

Hammarby-5
Huddinge-2

Hagglund DNP.

Tomorrow: Kazionov, Koshechkin, Polushin, Sedov, Glukhov, Konstantinov.

-Pete Choquette

9/22-

Novosibirsk-5
Khimik-4

Glukhov/Sedov no scoring.

CSKA-0
Dynamo-0

Polushin no scoring.

Lada-4
SKA-2

Kazionov 1G 1A. Koshechkin DNP.

Cherepovets-4
Ufa-1

Konstantinov DNP.

Tomorrow: Hagglund.

-Pete Choquette

Look at the dates you're giving, Pete. ;)

Thanks Sotnos, I guess I was too vague......;)

9/20-



Polushin 2 goals. Named first star of the game.




:D

9/23-

Hammarby-2
Almtuna-0

Hagglund DNP.

Tomorrow: Rajamaki, Norrena.

-Pete Choquette

9/24-

Ilves-3
Blues-2

Rajamaki no scoring.

Linkopings-4
Djurgardens-0

Norrena with the shutout. 34 saves on 34 shots.

Tomorrow: Rajamaki, Goc, All the Superleague Russians, Hagglund.

-Pete Choquette

9/25-

Ilves-4
Pelicans-4

Rajamaki no scoring. 1st place HPK against 2nd place Ilves on tap 9/27.

Mannheim-4
Freiburg-2

Goc 1A, 2PIMs. (Missed from 9/21)

Mannheim vs. Elsbaren today 9/25 not reporting yet.

AIK-3
Hammarby-2

Hagglund DNP.

Dynamo-6
Khimik-3

Glukhov and Sedov are listed on Khimik's farm team roster. Ovechkin another goal.

Kazan-4
Novosibirsk-3

Vishnyakov no scoring.

Niznekhamsk-3
Novokuznetsk-3

Bezrukov no scoring.

Cherepovets-2
Novgorod-0

Konstantinov DNP.

SKA-4
Yaroslavl-2

But no scoring.

Lada-2
CSKA-0

Koshechkin DNP. Kazionov, Polushin no scoring.

Tomorrow: Posmyk.

-Pete Choquette

Thanks Sotnos, I guess I was too vague......;)

Nah, I think you just hurt the poor guy's feelings miss K. :)


It's odd how several of our prospects haven't played in most of the games so far this year.

9/26

Plzen-3
Slavia Praha-2

Posmyk DNP.

From yesterday (9/25):

Mannheim-4
Elsbaren Berlin-0

Goc no scoring snapping his supurb 2 game assist streak which may be longer than anything he had all of last season.

Tomorrow: All the Finnish based players, all the Russians, and Fredrik Norrena, a Finn playing in Sweden.

-Pete Choquette

9/27-

Ilves-1
HPK-0

Rajamaki 2PIMs.

AssatA-4
IlvesA-3

Akkanen no scoring. Dainilics DNP.

Magnitogorsk-7
Khimik-1

I know a team that just isn't ready for the Superleague. Glukhov/Sedov no scoring, and as I said, they're probably playing for Khimik2.

Niznekhamsk-1
Novosibirsk-1

Bezrukov no scoring.

Novokuznetsk-2
Ak Bars-1

Vishnyakov no scoring. Probably playing for Ak Bars' farm team as well. Unfortunately, Ak Bars' website is better for trying to purchase Russian brides than it is tracking down information.

Yaroslavl-4
Cherepovets-1

But no scoring. Konstantinov DNP.

Ufa-2
CSKA-1

Polushin no scoring.

Lada-5
Amur-0

Kazionov 1A. With the assist Kazionov now tied with But for the lead in points amongst all Lightning Euro prospects. Vasily Koshechkin entered the game with 7:19 to play in the 3rd... allowed 0 goals (obviously). Koshechkin's GAA now drops to roughly 1.78.

Linkoping-5
Sodertajle-4 OT

Bad game for Norrena, alowing 4 goals on 22 shots, but he still gets the win. Now sits with a 1.96 GAA and a .926sv% in 2 games.

Tomorrow: Posmyk, Akkanen, Goc, Hagglund.

-Pete Choquette

P.S. Jon Boutin needs to start representing the FC Nation proudly or we're going to disown him.

Alrighty... found some more information out tonight:

Ilja Solarev is playing for Motor Barnaul in the Upper League, and Motor Barnaul has a better website than 95% of the Superleague teams. So, Motor Barnaul, you are now my favorite team in the Upper League. War Motor Barnaul.

Solarev 2GP 0G 0A 0P 0PIMs (-1)

Your updated Russian stats:
Bezrukov 6GP 0G 1A 1P 4PIMs
But 6GP 1G 3A 4P 6PIMs
Glukhov 2GP 0G 0A 0P
Kazionov 6GP 2G 2A 4P 2PIMs
Polushin 8GO 3G 0A 3P 0PIMs
Sedov 2GP 0G 0A 0P
Vishnyakov 2GP 0G 0A 0P

Konstantinov 0GP
Koshechkin 2GP 0-1-0 1.78GAA

And those are all confirmed except Koshechkin's GAA, which is a rough estimate.

So, God bless Metallburg's website, and War Motor Barnaul.

And the search for Vitali Smolianinov continues...

-Pete Choquette

9/28-

Plzen-2
Liberec-2

Still no Posmyk.

IlvesA-5
KJT A-4

Akkanen DNP.

Mannheim-3
Dusseldorf-1

Goc no scoring... boxscore doesn't have PIMs in it yet. Mannheim climbs to second place on the DEL table.

Hammarby-1
Nykoping-0

Hagglund DNP.

I grow disappointed by the lack of game action our mid-low range prospects are getting in Europe. Its sad when Ilja Solarev has a better gig than other guys with twice his talent.

Tomorrow: Nobody.

-Pete Choquette

Ivan Rachunek to Ceske Budejovice. Confirmed.

-Pete Choquette

Ivan Rachunek to Ceske Budejovice.

Is that in the Czech XL?

Is that in the Czech XL?

Foshizzle. I think that means yes.

Big page update coming soon. And I mean BIG. 18 of 19 players covered. Thank God they signed Somervuori and Holmqvist and Bergfors went to Wichita.

Tomorrow is a big slate: all the Czechos, Dainilics and Rajamaki, all the Russians sans Konstantinov (not that he'll ever get to play anyway), and a Swedish cameo by the movie star good looks of Fredrik Norrena (the pick that used to be Joe Boumedienne).

-Pete Choquette

9/30-

Vitkovice-4
Plzen-0

Posmyk DNP.

Kladno-3
Budejovice-1

Rachunek no scoring. Budejovice is now 0-8 for the season.

LukkoA-4
AssatA-3

Danilics DNP.

Ilves-4
Lukko-1

Rajamaki 1G 1A names 2nd star of game.

CSKA-4
Yaroslavl-4

But, Polushin no scoring.

Niznhekamsk-2
Magnitogorsk-0

Bezrukov no scoring.

Kazan-4
Dynamo-1

Vishnyakov no scoring.

Ufa-4
Khimik-2

Glukhov, Sedov no scoring.

Omsk-4
Lada-1

Koshechkin DNP. Kazionov 2 PIMs.

Farjestads-5
Linkopings-1

Norrena DNP.

Tomorrow: Akkanen, Konstantinov, Hagglund.

-Pete Choquette

P.S. Hawkeye, if you or your little sidekick are reading this thread, I hope you go blind.

Euro Report 10/1 (http://www.hockeysfuture.com/article.php?sid=6295&mode=threaded&order=0)

First report of the year is up.

Happy October, everyone.

Nice work, as always. Thank god it's hockey season again.

BTW, some weird character translation issues with the apostrophes on that file. Needs to be cleaned up slightly.

We're working on it. The first one is always the hardest.

-Pete Choquette

10/1-

IlvesA-5
BluesA-4 OT

Akkanen DNP.

Cherepovets-2
SKA-1

Goaltenders not listed. Will cross check later once info becomes available.

Hammarby-2
AIK-0

Hagglund no scoring. Played 3rd line LW.

Tomorrow: Rajamaki, Goc, All the Russians but Konstantinov, Norrena.

-Pete Choquette

Nice write up on the Euro Report.

Three prospects that I am excited for this season already Polushin, Kazionov, and yes Koshechkin. I'm hoping Koshechkin can go up the top 10 after this season, because at this rate Konstantinov will be dead last.

Alex Polushin had 1G 1A today against the second worst team in the Superleague. He now has 4-1-5 in 10 games. He only had 5 goals and 11 points all of last season. At this pace, if he plays as many games as last season, he'll have around 24 points.

Put that in perspective, But had 29 last season and 24 the year before and became a fixture on the EuroTour teams and was an All-Star both seasons.

-Pete Choquette

10/2-

Karpat-4
Ilves-3 OT

Rajamaki 1G 4PIMs. Erikki on fire.

Nurnberg-3
Mannheim-2

Goc no scoring.

Dynamo-3
Niznhekamsk-0

Bezrukov no scoring. Ovechkin another goal.

Kazan-3
Magnitogorsk-1

Vishnyakov no scoring.

Lada-2
Khimik-1

Kazionov no scoring. Koshechkin DNP. Glukhov/Sedov no scoring.

Yaroslavl-3
Amur-1

But 2PIMs.

CSKA-3
Novgorod-1

Polushin 1G 1A, 4PIMs.

MODO-2
Linkopings-1

Norrena takes the loss.

Tomorrow: Czechos and Hagglund.

-Pete Choquette

10/3-

Trinec-4
Budejovice-1

Ivan Rachunek no scoring. -3 for the game. Budejovice is AWFUL. God-AWFUL.

Plzen-3
Orli-1

Posmyk DNP.

Skelleftea-6
Hammarby-3

Hagglund 4PIMs. Even for the game though.

Tomorrow: Scandanavia runs wild.

-Pete Choquette

Marketing slogan which could be used for Severstal Cherepovets:

"Severstal Cherepovets, where old Lightning players and Evgeny Konstantinov go to die."

Drew Bannister
Sergey Gusev
Maxim Galanov
Jeff Toms
Alexander Semak
Evgeny Konstantinov

All on the roster. Also the immortal Yan Golubovsky: former pride of the Detroit Red Wings scouting department.

-Pete Choquette

Be back in a little while. I know you're all sitting up at 12:30am waiting with breathless anticipation to know if Karri Akkanen scored today or not.

No. No he didn't. He disappoints me as a fellow double 6'er in height.

-Pete Choquette

10/4-

BluesA-6
AssatA-2

Dainilics DNP.

JYP A-3
IlvesA-2

Akkanen 2 PIMs. Even.

TPS-3
Ilves-2

Rajamaki 2 PIMs. The immortal Mikko Eloranta with the GWG for TPS.

MIF-3
Linkopings-2

Norrena takes the loss. 23 saves on 26 shots will hurt the old sv%.

Hammarby-3
Pitea-1

In front of a packed crowd of 427. All, no doubt, were there to see a certain 3rd line LW named Johan who had no scoring and was +1.

Tomorrow: Czechos and Russians oh my!

-Pete Choquette

10/5-

Budejovice-3
Litvinov-1

Rachunek DNP. Budejovice wins their first game of the season.

Karlovy Vary-3
Plzen-2

Posmyk DNP.

Hannover-3
Mannheim-2

Goc no scoring. Even.

CSKA-5
Cherepovets-2

Alex Polushin 1G 1A. Polushin now with 5G 2A 7P in 11 games.

Khimik-4
Novgorod-2

In the Russian equivalent of the NFL's Bay of Pigs. Glukhov/Sedov no scoring.

Yaroslavl-1
Omsk-0

But no scoring.

Ufa-5
Niznhekamsk-2

Bezrukov no scoring.

Kazan-2
Lada-1

Vishnyakov/Kazionov no scoring. Koshechkin DNP.

Tomorrow: No games.

-Pete Choquette

But seems to have hit a real dry spell. You sure you didn't jinx him with your comment about his scoring being one of few sure things?

But seems to have hit a real dry spell. You sure you didn't jinx him with your comment about his scoring being one of few sure things?

He was hurt and missed a couple of games last week.

And hopefully there's no super secret links page picture curse either...

-Pete Choquette

10/6-

No games today.

Tomorrow: All the Russians and Norrena.

-Pete Choquette

10/7-

SKA-3
CSKA-1

Polushin no scoring.

Cherepovets-3
Amur-0

Konstantinov DNP.

Yaroslavl-4
Khimik-2

But no scoring. Glukhov, Sedov DNP.

Ufa-4
Kazan-2

Vishnyakov DNP.

Lada-1
Nizhnekamsk-0

Kazionov, Bezrukov no scoring. Koshechkin DNP. They're riding Labbe pretty hard in the early season.

Linkopings-7
Brynas-2

This was just an *** whipping. Norrena wins with 16 saves on 18 shots.

Tomorrow: Hagglund.

-Pete Choquette

10/8-

Hammarby-3
Almtuna-2

Hagglund no scoring. Listed at 4th line RW but looks like he didn't play a shift.

Tomorrow: Rajamaki, Norrena.

-Pete Choquette

10/9-

HIFK-5
Ilves-1

Rajamaki no scoring. -3 for the game.

Linkopings-3
Leksands-2

Norrena wins with 22 saves on 24 shots.

Tomorrow: Czechs, Finnish Jrs, Goc, All Russians But Polushin, Hagglund

-Pete Choquette

10/10-

Vsetin-2
Plzen-1

Posmyk DNP.

Pardubice-6
Budejovice-0

Rachunek DNP.

JokeritA-6
IlvesA-3

Akkanen DNP.

AssatA-2
SaipaA-2

Game not over. Dainilics DNP.

Mannheim-
Iserlohn-

Not reporting yet.

Lada-3
Novosibirsk-1

Kazionov 1G. Back on track. Koshechkin DNP.

Nizhnekamsk-8
Novgorod-1

Bezrukov 1A.

Kazan-5
Yaroslavl-1

But 1A. Vishnyakov DNP.

SKA-2
Khimik-0

Glukhov/Sedov DNP.

Omsk-3
Cherepovets-3

Happy trails Evgeny Konstantinov. Severstal Cherepovets hardly knew ye.

Hammrby-8
Tegs SK-0

This also was an old school *** whooping. Hagglund no scoring.

Tomorrow: All the Finns, Polushin.

-Pete Choquette

Just to let you know Raimonds Danilics has chaged teams - he has left Pori Assat team and joined Lukko Rauma in the same league. He has already played two games on 10th and 11th of Oct.
He has joined fellow latvian, Nashville dreftee, Lauris Darzins in Rauma.

Thanks Ilvins!

Just to let you know Raimonds Danilics has chaged teams - he has left Pori Assat team and joined Lukko Rauma in the same league. He has already played two games on 10th and 11th of Oct.
He has joined fellow latvian, Nashville dreftee, Lauris Darzins in Rauma.

Yes, thanks.

-Pete Choquette

10/11-

Plzen-4
Sparta-2

Posmyk DNP.

VantaaA-2
LukkoA-1

Dainilics no scoring.

SaiPaA-5
IlvesA-1

Akkanen DNP.

Jokerit-2
Ilves-1

Rajamaki 2PIMs.

From 10/10:

Mannheim-3
Iserlohn-1

Goc 2PIMs. -1.

CSKA-1
Amur-0

Polushin DNP upon further review.

Tomorrow: Everyone but Posmyk, Rajamaki, and Polushin.

-Pete Choquette

10/12-

Liberec-7
Budejovice-3

Rachunek DNP. Sad but true: Liberec has the 2nd worst record in the league and even they can roll Budejovice easily.

PelicansA-6
IlvesA-1

Akkanen DNP.

LukkoA-3
SaiPaA-1

Dainilics no scoring.

Hamburg-3
Mannheim-1

Goc 2PIMs. Even.

Novokuznetsk-3
Lada-2

Kazionov no scoring. Koshechkin DNP.

Niznhekamsk-2
Yaroslavl-0

Yaroslavl is struggling. But DNP. Bezrukov no scoring, and injury to insult he got one of his assists from earlier in the season taken away.

Kazan-7
Novgorod-1

Vishnyakov DNP.

Cherepovets-4
Khimik-2

Glukhov/Sedov DNP.

Hammarby-7
Bodens-2

Hagglund DNP.

Lulea-4
Linkopings-3

Norrena DNP.

No games tomorrow.

-Pete Choquette

I swear, among a lot of our Euros, Coleman, Boutin, Pearce, Perrin, Holmqvist, Dicaire, and Artukhin, there's WAY too many "DNP" listings on these pages.

I swear, among a lot of our Euros, Coleman, Boutin, Pearce, Perrin, Holmqvist, Dicaire, and Artukhin, there's WAY too many "DNP" listings on these pages.

Hershey is carrying seven or eight AHL vets, of which Perrin, Willis, and Trepanier all qualify. AHL rules state that Hershey can only ice six AHL vets per game. I imagine Willis and Trepanier will be mainstays on the lineup, along with a few others. I look for Perrin to get scratched every third game or so, unless he plays himself into a position where Fixter can't take him out of the lineup. While Perrin had a solid camp in Tampa, his camp performance in Hershey was largely nondescript. To Fixter right now, he hasn't stood out from the crowd yet. Perrin has some work to do.

With Dicaire, he has some stout competition for playing time in Utah. He basically showed up in Salt Lake pretty much out of the blue, and after camp was basically over. They don't know him from jack out there. He had strong camps in Tampa and Hershey, but he's got to prove it all over again with a new staff. The affiliation junk has definitely crapped all over Gerard. With blueline puck-movers like Berenzweig and Trevor Daly in the forefront, he's going to have to turn some heads to get consistent time. Good news is that he's done that before, and that he wasn't a scratch in the second game. First non-minor injury on the Tampa blueline, I predict Dicaire will be yanked out of Utah and called up to the Bolts unless he can establish himself as a regular starter. You guys would be surprised to find out how close Dicaire played himself onto the Bolt roster.

Arthukhin is penciled in for fourth line duty on a very forward-deep Hershey team. Look for him to be scratched often unless they need to ice an "enforcer" against an especially physical team. Sucks for R2. He needs to be Pensacola badly.

Holmqvist will get the odd scratch here and there until he settles in and consistently hits the scoresheet. Hamilton is VERY deep on the blueline. Sounds like he played a safe and solid defensive game for the Hamilton opener, which is understandable, but it is his offense that is going to set him apart.

Svitov and Aleexev are going to have to produce for their respective clubs or they WILL find out what the hot dogs taste like. Hamilton and Hershey are just too deep.

In the cases of Glukhov, Sedov, and Vishnyakov... a DNP in the Superleague means they're probably playing in the Farm League, which I have yet to get access to in terms of stats.

Some of these European guys, and you can probably guess which ones, have injury problems.

My only worries about playing time involve Koshechkin and Akkanen at this stage.

-Pete Choquette

10/14-

Plzen-4
Kladno-1

Posmyk DNP.

Budejovice-0
Slavia Praha-0

Rachunek DNP.

Ilves-7
JYP-3

Somewhere, Padawan weeps alone. Rajamaki 1G 1A.

HV 71-5
Linkopings-2

HV 71 just scored an empty netter. Norrena DNP.

Tomorrow: All the Russians and Hagglund.

-Pete Choquette

According to our good friends from Russia, Vitaly Smolianinov is no longer playing in Russia. That is unconfirmed, but no one can seem to find him on any Russian team, nor has Eurohockey listed him as moving to another country.

I have a little more checking up to do, but at this stage it looks like old Vitaly might be out of hockey this year a la Solarev last year.

-Pete Choquette

10/15-

CSKA-3
Khimik-2

Polushin no scoring. Glukhov/Sedov no scoring.

Nizhnekamsk-2
SKA-0

Bezrukov no scoring.

Cherepovets-2
Kazan-0

Vishnyakov no scoring.

Novokuznetsk-3
Yaroslavl-2

But 1G 1A to at least get himself back on track.

Lada-1
Dymamo-1

The two top teams on the Superleague table battling here tooth and nail. Kazionov no scoring. Koshechkin DNP. Dynamo's lone goal scored by The Travelin' Man, Ruslan Zainullin.

Hammarby-7
Huddinge-2

Hagglund on 3rd line LW with no scoring.

Glukhov, Sedov, and Vishnyakov will all play the vast majority of their games in the Farm League, which doesn't have a comprehensive stat source for the entire league.

Tomorrow: Rajamaki, Norrena.

-Pete Choquette

10/16-

Ilves-4
Tappara-2

Rajamaki no scoring. +2.

Vastra-2
Linkopings-1 PS

Norrena drops a nail biter in penalty shots. 22 saves on 23 shots in regulation but 2/3 in penalty shots. A shame his guys couldn't step up and get him just ONE goal in penalty shots. His save% is now .912 which is 5th in the Elitserian. 4th in GAA.

Tomorrow: Czechs, Russians, Sascha Goc.

-Pete Choquette

10/17-

Alrighty, lets go Czech hunting, shall we?

Parbudice-4
Plzen-1

Posmyk DNP.

Budejovice-4
Zlin-1

Don't call it a comeback. Budejovice with their 2nd win of the season. Rachunek DNP.

Mannheim-4
Kolner-3

Goc DNP.

Khimik-2
Amur-2

Glukhov/Sedov no scoring. They HAVE played in each of the last 2 games.

CSKA-2
Omsk-0

Polushin DNP. CSKA in 6th starting to come on strong.

Kazan-5
SKA-2

Kazan is rolling in 3rd place. Vishnyakov DNP.

Cherepovets-3
Nizhnekamsk-2

Dimitry Bezrukov's first goal of the season.

Yaroslavl-2
Novosibirsk-1

But no scoring. Loko in 4th place even though they're playing like crap by their standards.

Lada-2
Magnitogorsk-0

Kazionov 1A. Koshechkin DNP. Lada now in 1st place.

Updated stats for Russian Superleague:

Anton But: 12GP 2-5-7 8PIMs
Alex Polushin: 13GP 5-2-7 4PIMs
Dimitry Kazionov: 14GP 3-3-6 4PIMs
Dimitry Bezrukov: 14GP 1-1-2 4PIMs
Albert Vishnyakov: 3GP 0-0-0 0PIMs
Alexei Glukhov: 4GP 0-0-0 0PIMs
Pavel Sedov: 5GP 0-0-0 0PIMs

Vasily Koshechkin: 2GP, 0-1-0, 1.78GAA

Tomorrow: Finns Finns Finns, including a Finn in net in Sweden!

-Pete Choquette

10/18-

LukkoA-8
KalPaA-3

Dainilics no scoring.

HIFK A-4
IlvesA-3

Akkanen DNP. I need to ask some of the Finns if he's hurt or transferred. He is not listed on Ilves Jr.A or SM-Liiga roster on their site. Erikki Rajamaki has been named an assistant captain.

Ilves-4
Pelicans-1

Rajamaki 1G, 2PIMs.

Timra-3
Linkopings-1

Norrena takes the loss. 18 saves on 21 shots.

Tomorrow: Czechs, Finn Jrs, Goc, Hagglund

-Pete Choquette

The skinny from the fine and prompt folks on the Finland board is that Akkanen is about to be transferred to Tappara in a deal that is apparently done and will be finalized very soon.

If he can get more IT with Tappara, this is a good thing.

-Pete Choquette

10/19-

Vitkovice-4
Budejovice-3

Rachunek DNP.

Plzen-3
Trinec-2

Posmyk DNP.

JYP A-4
LukkoA-1

Dainilics no scoring.

Mannheim-5
Kassel-4

Goc 4PIMs. +2.

Hammarby-7
Vallentuna-0

Hagglund 1A 2PIMs.

Tomorrow: All Russians sans Kazionov/Koshechkin.

-Pete Choquette

10/20-

Rushin' Attack!

Dynamo-2
Yaroslavl-0

But no scoring. Ovechkin another goal.

Nizhnekamsk-3
Amur-2

Bezrukov 1A.

Kazan-4
CSKA-3

Polushin no scoring. Vishnyakov no scoring.

Khimik-3
Omsk-1

Upset! Sedov 2 PIMs. Glukhov no scoring.

Tomorrow: Lada Boys, Swedes.

-Pete Choquette

According to our good friends from Russia, Vitaly Smolianinov is no longer playing in Russia. That is unconfirmed, but no one can seem to find him on any Russian team, nor has Eurohockey listed him as moving to another country.

I have a little more checking up to do, but at this stage it looks like old Vitaly might be out of hockey this year a la Solarev last year.

-Pete Choquette

I have a feeling he is playing for Karaganda in some Russian Division.
Not sure, but maybe worth looking into if you want to locate him.

Hopefully of some help...

Well I'll be darned, Kazakhmys Karaganda just got him listed on their roster. Good catch. He wasn't listed there a few weeks ago when I checked on Metallburg.ru. They don't even have his first name on Barnaul's site.

4GP 0G 0A 0P 6PIMs according to Motor Barnaul's site.

Well golly, I've "Caught 'em All".

You ARE Rick Dudley aren't you?

I still don't like you :)

-Pete Choquette

10/21-

Lada-3
Salvat-1

Kazionov 2 assists. They pulled one of his earlier assists a couple of games ago so he now has 7 points. Koshechkin DNP.

Alex Polushin missed the last CSKA game too.

I had the date of the next Hammarby game wrong. They DNP today.

HV 71-3
Linkopings-1

Norrena with the loss. 31 saves on 34 shots.

Tomorrow: Akkanen (if he is still with Ilves), Bezrukov, But, Polushin, Vishnyakov, Hagglund

-Pete Choquette

Well I'll be darned, Kazakhmys Karaganda just got him listed on their roster. Good catch. He wasn't listed there a few weeks ago when I checked on Metallburg.ru. They don't even have his first name on Barnaul's site.

4GP 0G 0A 0P 6PIMs according to Motor Barnaul's site.

Well golly, I've "Caught 'em All".

You ARE Rick Dudley aren't you?

I still don't like you :)

-Pete Choquette

Hehe, Pete... Let me know if you need any other help, always glad to help a hard-working soul like you. BTW, you do a great job with the Euro updates.

I still don't like your tone at times, but I'll get over it... :D

10/22-

IlvesA-5
TapparaA-0

And KarriA playing for NEITHER side. Will have to check Tappara's next SM-Liiga game out.

CSKA-4
Nizhnekamsk-1

Bezrukov 2PIMs. Polushin DNP according to the box I've seen. I'm afraid he's hurt.

Kazan-3
Amur-1

Vishnyakov DNP.

Magnitogorsk-6
Yaroslavl-2

WTF is wrong with the Lokomotiv? They're 7th on the table and sinking like a rock. But 1G, retakes the lead amongst all Lightning Euros in points.

Hammarby-4
Nykoping-0

Yo Hagglund with an assist.

Tomorrow: Rajamaki and Norrena.

-Pete Choquette

10/23-

HPK-3
Ilves-2 OT

Rajamaki 1A +2. Vlad Vujtek with the GWG.

Linkopings-4
MIF-1

Norrena wins. 26 saves on 27 shots.

Tomorrow: Czechs, Rajamaki, Goc, Hagglund, and maybe Akkanen.

-Pete Choquette

10/24-

Pay no attention to the notes I'm putting on all these scores. Its just so I can update my spreadsheet off of them later.

Budejovice-4
Plzen-3

Budejovice pulls within just 3 points of climbing out of the Extraliga cellar. Ivan Rachunek with an assist. Posmyk's first game of the season, 2PIMs, -1.

Plzen plays next 10/26.
Budejovice plays next 10/26.

Tappara-5
Ilves-2

No Akkanen sighting. Rajamaki 1G, 2PIMs.

Ilves plays next 10/30.

Frankfurt-3
Mannheim-1

Goc no scoring. Former Sissy Cats property Ratchuk with 2 goals for Frankfurt.

Mannheim plays next 10/26.

Hammarby-4
Sundsvall-2

Somewhere Freddy Modin weaps for his hometown team. Hagglund no scoring.

Hammarby next plays 10/26.

Tomorrow: Akkanen(maybe), Russians, Norrena.

-Pete Choquette

Something about Posmyk playing the first game of his season after being loaned out to another team?

-Pete Choquette

10/25-

Akkanen's transfer is official and that he is slated to play for Tappara's Jr. A team. One of the Ilves fans told me Ilves' coach basically threw Akkanen off the team for poor work ethic and bad conditioning. Not good.

TPS A-4
TapparaA-3

Akkanen no scoring but he WAS in the lineup. -1.

Yaroslavl-3
Lada-2

Kazionov 2PIMs. But no scoring. Koschechkin DNP.

CSKA-1
Novokuznetsk-0

Polushin DNP.

Nizhnekamsk-4
Khimik-2

Bezrukov 1A, 2PIMs. Pavel Sedov's first Superleague goal. It only took 20 games over the span of 3 years. Un-freaking-believable. Glukhov 2PIMs.

Omsk-4
Kazan-0

Vishnyakov DNP.

Linkopings-3
Djurgardens-0

Norrena's second shutout of the year. 24 saves on 24 shots. Linkopings jumped ALL OVER DIF with 43 shots.

Tomorrow:Czechs, Finnish Jr As, Goc, Hagglund.

-Pete Choquette

I have to go pick up a delicious Babe's Pizza now ...

Double decker?

::drools::

Mmmmmm ... Babe's.

Is there any other kind of pizza you get at Babe's?

-Pete Choquette

Yaroslavl canned their coach Thursday after the slow start... so But will get a new coach very soon.

-Pete Choquette

10/26-

Plzen-4
Litvinov-4

Marek Posmyk kicking the assist old skool with 4PIMs and Even. There has been a Marian Kacir siting on Litvinov, not to mention Kevin Wey's favorite Czech ever, Vlastimil Kroupa.

In case you all cared, Posmyk played one tune up game with HC Slovan of the 1st League with a whopping 2PIMs before entering the Plzen lineup. Do I care enough to add an extra column to my Euro report for that one game? No. No I don't.

Sparta-3
Budejovice-2

Rachunek DNP. Someone needs to explain to me how Rachunek gets an assist and finishes +1 and still gets scratched the next game. Methinks there's a reason Budejovice is in dead last.

Lukko A-6
Jokerit A-3

Dainilics no scoring. He has 8 shots on goal in 6 games at least.

TapparaA-5
KalPaA-3

Karri Akkanen 1A 2PIMs +1. Akkanen's first point with Tappara.

Ingolstadt-2
Mannheim-0

Goc no scoring. Even.

Hammarby-3
Bjorkloven-2

The redneck jokey response: If they're loven Bjork so much, why don't they move to Iceland and marry her? Irony: There's a guy named Stefan Bjork playing on the blueline for Hammarby. Bottom line: Hagglund DNP. Stat of the young season: In ten games Hagglund has yet to accrue a minus for Hammarby.

Tomorrow: Russians.

-Pete Choquette

:lol:

The redneck jokey response: If they're loven Bjork so much, why don't they move to Iceland and marry her? Irony: There's a guy named Stefan Bjork playing on the blueline for Hammarby.
Koivu=Björk in finnish... I think björk is birch in english...

There has been a Marian Kacir siting on Litvinov

Wow, talk about old OLD school Lightning.

10/27-

Yaroslavl-1
Salvat-1

But no scoring.

CSKA-2
Sibir-1

Polushin DNP.

Novgorod-3
Lada-0

Kazionov 2PIMs. Koshechkin came in to relieve Labbe after the third goal and allowed no goals in the final 21:29 of the game. Koshechkin himself also got 2PIMs too. There has been a Pavel Torgajev siting on Novgorod.

Koshechkin now has roughly a 1.35 GAA.

Kazan-2
Khimik-0

Vishnyakov played but no scoring. Glukhov played but no scoring. Sedov DNP.

Omsk-7
Nizhnekamsk-3

Bezrukov 2PIMs.

Tomorrow: Czechos.

-Pete Choquette

Erikki Rajamaki has been dealt to the St. Louis Blues for an 8th round pick. Happy trails Rikki.

-Pete Choquette

I wonder how this deal came about.

STL must have seen something they liked.

He's been playing well lately. I believe he's been at around .75PPG in the last 10-12 games since his slow start in the SM-liiga. If the Blues scouts caught him in one of the multi-point outings he had I guess they could've gotten excited about him. Seems to me the Lightning pretty much threw in the towel on him after he quit Colgate. He's got decent size and he's more physical than the average Euro but I still can't see him as more than a lower line player.

Considering we've gotten guys like Soucy, Reid, and Craig in the 8th round, I'll take the pick we got happily. Our scouts have a way of finding gems, although this last year I didn't like much of our day two pickings.

-Pete Choquette

Our scouts have a way of finding gems, although this last year I didn't like much of our day two pickings.



Gerald Coleman looks promising (7th Round).

I'm still hoping fellow WHLer Nick Tarnasky can pan out much like Darren Reid, but we have to wait a few years on him.

Hrdel (possibly a career minor leaguer) could surprise some (if he is taking notes from Crosby) :D

I think Coleman has A TON of work to do to get to an NHL level. Out of our 2nd day crop from the 2003 draft I have always liked O'Brien and Greco the best personally.

-Pete Choquette

I think Coleman has A TON of work to do to get to an NHL level. Out of our 2nd day crop from the 2003 draft I have always liked O'Brien and Greco the best personally.



Well of course everyone has a ton of work to do before getting to the NHL level. O'Brien was a nice pickup too, forgot about him. Greco from what I hear isn't all that special. We will have to see how he pans out, but from what I hear from some people who watch the Steel on a regular basis, they were pretty surprised he went in the draft :dunno:

10/28-

Zlin-3
Plzen-0

Posmyk 2PIMs, Even.

Budejovice-3
Karlovy Vary-1

Rachunek DNP.

Tomorrow: Dainilics, Hagglund

-Pete Choquette

10/29-

TPS A-7
LukkoA-2

Dainilics no scoring.

Hammarby-1
Nykoping-1 (End of 1st)

Hagglund DNP.

Tomorrow: All Russians except Bezrukov/Vishnyakov, Norrena

-Pete Choquette

10/30-

Sibir-3
Khimik-2 OT

Glukhov/Sedov no scoring.

Magnitogorsk-8
CSKA-2

Polushin out for 4 months.

Lada-3
SKA-2

Kazionov 1G... but the RSL site has the goal credited to someone else, so this may be changed. Goaltender not listed, will check on Koshechkin later. Alex Selivanov on SKA.

Yaroslavl-3
Novgorod-0

But no scoring.

Sodertalje-2
Linkopings-1

Norrena takes the loss. 24 saves on 26 shots.

Tomorrow: Czechs, Finns, Goc, Bezrukov, Vishnyakov

-Pete Choquette

Pete, I read your comments in Lightning european report on Danilics lack of production so far in Finnish Jr.league. You state that Danilics could not crack Assat lineup so he moved to Lukko. I doubt this is the case as Lukko is in second place at the moment and Assat is 14th in the finnish junior league, so Lukko has much stronger team. I think his point production will pick up as the season progresses, and as he gets used to foreign country, language and much stronger competition than in Latvia. BTW he and fellow latvian Lauris Darzins from the Lukko Jr.team will be invited to Latvian men's team for participation in EuroChallenge second round tournament, taking place in Denmark, 7-9 of November.

If it wasn't the case then why didn't Assat ever play Raimonds?

-Pete Choquette

10/31-

Slavia-5
Plzen-3

Posmyk -1, 2 PIMs.

Budejovice's game moved to tomorrow.

HIFK A-5
LukkoA-1

Danilics no scoring, -2.

TapparaA's game moved to tomorrow.

Ausberger-6
Mannheim-4

Goc 1A, 2 PIMs Even.

Kazan-2
Nizhnekamsk-1 OT

Bezrukov no scoring. Vishnyakov 2 PIMs.

Koshechknin DNP yesterday.

Russia goes on Karjala Cup break after tomorrow's games.

Tomorrow: Rachunek, Finns, But, Khimik and Lada boys, Hagglund, Norrena

-Pete Choquette

11/1-

Budejovice-4
Orli-2

Rachunek DNP.

BluesA-11
LukkoA-1

Ouch. Danilics no scoring. -2.

TapparaA-6
SaiPaA-1

Akkanen 4 PIMs. Even.

Khimik-3
Novokuznetsk-2 OT

Sedov/Glukhov no scoring.

Lada-2
Cherepovets-1

Kazionov 2 PIMs. Koshechkin DNP.

Novgorod-3
Yaroslavl-2

Very bad loss for Yaroslavl. But no scoring. Superleague now on Karjala Cup break.

Sundsvall-4
Hammarby-1

Somewhere Modin is smiling. Hagglund DNP.

Linkopings-5
Farjestads-1

Norrena wins with 31 saves on 32 shots. Karjala Cup break now for Norrena and Linkopings.

Tomorrow: Czechs, Goc, Hagglund.

-Pete Choquette

Very bad loss for Yaroslavl

What the heck is going on with that team? I thought they were one of the top Super League teams last year?

What the heck is going on with that team? I thought they were one of the top Super League teams last year?

They lost Vorobiev and a couple of other guys and they recently fired their coach. They're not nearly as deep as they were in the past.

-Pete Choquette

11/2-

Budejovice-3
Vsetin-1

Rachunek DNP. Budejovice climbs out of last place.

Plzen-1
Liberec-1

Posmyk no scoring, -1. Czechs on Karjala break until 11/11.

Mannheim-6
Freiburg-0

Adler beats the spit out of the worst team in the DEL. Goc two goals! Holy flurkin' schmidt! Even.

Hammarby-5
Bjorkloven-1

Hagglund DNP. Alsvenskan off for Karjala break until 11/12.

Tomorrow: No games. Lightning prospects off until 11/9, barring someone filling me in on what the Finnish Jr. A schedule is like from here on out.

-Pete Choquette

Karjala Cup Rosters:

Finland:
G Fredrik Norrena
LW Erikki Rajamaki

Russia:
LW Anton But
LW Alexander Ovechkin

-Pete Choquette

Very interesting Rajamaki was named to the roster...hmm.

10/6-

Karjala Cup Day One:

Finland-3
Russia-2

Norrena with the win. 23 saves on 25 shots. Erikki Rajamaki 1A. Anton But on 2nd line RW, Even, 2 SOG.

Czech Republic-2
Sweden-1

-Pete Choquette

Norrena with the win. 23 saves on 25 shots.

Norrena's having a heck of a year, it seems. Good timing, since he'll be over here backing up Johnny Grahame next year. ;)

11/8-

Karjala Cup Round Two:

Russia-2
Sweden-0

But 4 PIMs, Even, 0 SOG. 2nd line LW.

Finland-5
Czech Republic-1

Norrena DNP. I think last year's performance with Vastra Frolunda pretty much proved Norrena isn't the type of goalie who makes a good backup. He needs a steady workload to stay sharp.

Tomorrow: Sascha Goc, the last round of Karjala Cup games

Finnish Jr. A restarts on 11/12.

-Pete Choquette

11/9-

Mannheim- 6
Adler All Stars- 12 (exhibition)

No box score.

Karjala Cup Final Round:

Czech Republic-3
Russia-2

But no scoring. Even. 0 SOG.

Finland-4
Sweden-1

Norrena 16 saves on 17 shots. Finland wins the Karjala Cup.

Next Games: 11/11

-Pete Choquette

11/11-

Budejovice-2
Kladno-1

Rachunek DNP.

Plzen-4
Vitkovice-3 (OT)

Posmyk no scoring, -1.

Tomorrow: Finnish Jr. A's, Russians, Hagglund

-Pete Choquette

11/12-

LukkoA-7
HPK A-4

Dainilics no scoring. Even.

TapparaA-3
BluesA-0

Karri Akkanen 12 PIMs, Even. Ahhhhh, there's the 6'6" Finn we all know and love.

Lada-2
CSKA-1

Kazionov no scoring. Koshechkin DNP.

Magnitogorsk-3
Khimik-1

Glukhov/Sedov no scoring.

Niznhekamsk-0
Sibir-0

Thrilling. Bezrukov no scoring.

Cherepovets-5
Yaroslavl-3

But 1G.

Novokuznetsk-3
Kazan-0

Vishnyakov no scoring.

Hammarby-4
AIK-1

Hagglund 1A, 4 PIMs, +2. Playing 3rd line RW. Johan Hagglund has still not accrued a single minus this season.

Tomorrow: Goc, Norrena.

-Pete Choquette

11/13-

Elsbaren-6
Mannheim-1

Goc no scoring. Even, amazingly.

MODO-4
Linkopings-1

Norrena loses. 26 saves on 30 shots.

-Pete Choquette

10/14-

Trinec-5
Budejovice-0

Rachunek DNP.

Orli-2
Plzen-1 OT

Posmyk no scoring, Even.

Yaroslavl-2
SKA-2

But 2 PIMs.

Khimik-3
Dynamo-2

Glukhov/Sedov no scoring.

Novokuznetsk-2
Niznhekamsk-1

Berukov no scoring.

Kazan-2
Sibir-2

No box yet.

Lada-3
Amur-2

Koshechkin DNP. Kazionov no scoring.

Hammarby-4
Tegs-1

Hagglund no scoring. Even.

Tomorrow: Finns+Norrena.

-Pete Choquette

Dimitry Bezrukov has transferred to Severstal Cherepovets.

-Pete Choquette

11/15-

PelicansA-5
LukkoA-1

Dainilics no scoring. -1.

KarpatA-3
TapparaA-0

Akkanen DNP. Probably got suspended again.

Linkopings-4
MIF-3

Norrena wins. 26 saves on 29 shots.

Tomorrow: Czechs, Dainilics, Goc, Hagglund.

-Pete Choquette

With Chretien calling it a day, I need to figure out a new avatar.

-Pete Choquette

11/16-

Litvinov-3
Budejovice-2

Rachunek DNP.

Plzen-4
Karlovy Vary-3 OT

Posmyk DNP.

KarpatA-8
LukkoA-3

Dainilics no scoring. Even.

DEG Metro Stars-2
Mannheim-1 PS

Goc assists on Adler's only goal. Goc has been named the new captain of Adler Mannheim since the incident that got Ustorf and Racine kicked off the team. Goc has also just re-signed with Mannheim through the '05-'06 season.

Hammarby-2
Bodens-0

Hagglund no scoring. Even.

Tomorrow: Dimitry Kazionov gets his ass in gear with the rest of the Russians.

-Pete Choquette

11/17-

Kazan-3
Dynamo-0

Vishnyakov DNP.

Yaroslavl-6
CSKA-2

But 2 PIMs.

Lada-5
Omsk-2

Kazionov no scoring. :mad: Koshechkin DNP.

Khimik-6
Salavat-1

Glukhov/Sedov no scoring.

Tomorrow: Czechs, Goc, Bezrukov, Norrena.

-Pete Choquette

11/18-

Parbudice-3
Budejovice-1

Rachunek DNP.

Vsetin-4
Plzen-1

Posmyk 2PIMs. -1.

Mannheim-5
Ingolstadt-2

Goc no scoring. Even.

SKA-2
Cherepovets-1

Bezrukov no scoring. Sergey Gusev the game winner for SKA.

Linkopings-5
Brynas-2

Norrena wins. 19 saves on 21 shots.

Tomorrow: Finnish Jr A's, the rest of the Russians, Hagglund

-Pete Choquette

11/19-

TapparaA-3
JokeritA-3 OT

Akkanen no scoring.

LukkoA-2
TPS A-2 OT

Dainilics no scoring.

Magnitogorsk-4
Kazan-2

Vishnyakov no scoring.

Lada-1
Khimik-1

Khimik is starting to play well. Koshechkin DNP. Kazionov 4 PIMs. Glukhov/Sedov no scoring.

Kazionov has apparently been awarded another assist from earlier in the season.

Yaroslavl-4
Amur-0

But 1A on the Dimitry Yushkevich game winner.

Hammarby-5
Almtuna-2

Hagglund 2PIMs. Even.

Tomorrow: No games.

-Pete Choquette

11/21-

Liberec-3
Budejovice-1

The Extraliga Bay of Pigs. Rachunek DNP.

Sparta-4
Plzen-1

Posmyk 2PIMs Even.

Mannheim-4
Nurnberg-1

Goc 1G. Goc is starting to open it up offensively.

Skelleftea-5
Hammarby-1

Hagglund no scoring. -2. His first two minuses of the season.

Tomorrow: Finnish Jr A, Russians

-Pete Choquette

11/22-

TapparaA-2
KalPaA-1

Akkanen 2 PIMs.

LukkoA-3
SaiPaA-2

Danilics no scoring.

Cherepovets-3
CSKA-3

Bezrukov no scoring.

Kazan-3
Lada-2 OT

Koshechkin DNP. Kazionov no scoring. :mad:

Khimik-2
Novgorod-1

Glukhov/Sedov no scoring.

Yaroslavl-3
Omsk-3

But no scoring.

-Pete Choquette

11/23-

Slavia-3
Budejovice-1

Rachunek DNP.

Kladno-3
Plzen-2

Posmyk no scoring -1.

Mannheim-4
Hannover-2

Goc no scoring. -1.

Pitea-4
Hammarby-1

Hagglund 1A. +1.

Linkopings-3
Lulea-2

Norrena wins. 19 saves on 21 shots. Norrena now 10-7, second in Sweden in sv%. 1st in GAA.

Tomorrow: Russians

-Pete Choquette

11/24-

Cherepovets-6
Amur-2

Bezrukov no scoring.

Nizhnekamsk-4
Lada-2

Kazionov no scoring. :mad: Koshechkin comes in for relief and allows 1 goal in 30:09.

Khimik-2
Yaroslavl-1

But 2 PIMs. Glukhov/Sedov DNP.

Kazan-5
Salavat-2

Vishnyakov DNP.

Tomorrow: Norrena

-Pete Choquette

Kazan-5
Salavat-2

Vishnyakov DNP.


I know this isn't that big of a deal, but this guy who substituted on my "C" league team last night wore an authentic Ak Bars jersey. Just something you don't see everyday...

10/25-

HV 71-4
Linkopings-0

Norrena loses. 24 saves on 28 shots.

Tomorrow: Finnish jrs, Hagglund

-Pete Choquette

CSB Prelim lists are out...

I haven't gone through all of them yet but my initial reaction is that the '04 Draft is going to be a return to Europe for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Too many big athletic Russian players on this list for it not to be.

Last year the crop of Euros didn't have a ton of size but this year 10 of the 45 Russians listed are 6'3" or greater... and you all know what that means.

**First pass through the list:

Lightning go Canadian Jr. early to look for help along the wing, specifically in the "Q" (a ton of big wingers in the Q this year) and "O" before dipping into the huge amount of big d-men in this draft from the WHL and Russia.

Player I want for the name alone: While he's no Robin Big Snake, Michael Funk of Portland. 6'3.5" 188 lbs, lefty shot, and dying for a marketing campaign involving James Brown and several fine female backup singers. 24GP 0-10-10, E, 23 PIMs, and he has the ability to "get up off of that thing". Drawbacks: I've seen his picture. The puckbunnies will be on him like flies on stink. :joker:

-Pete Choquette

11/26-

TPS A-1
TapparaA-0

Akkanen no scoring. Even.

BluesA-6
LukkoA-2

Danilics no scoring. -1. I'm becoming resigned to the fact Raimonds Danilics will never score a point this season. I hate to say ANYBODY is a waste of a draft pick this early in their career, but Jesus H Christ, even Femenella just got his first NCAA goal.

Hammarby-4
Huddinge-3

Hagglund no scoring. -1. Only the second minus game he's had all season.

Tomorrow: Norrena

-Pete Choquette

11/27-

Linkopings-4
Frolunda-2

Norrena DNP.

Tomorrow: Czechs, Danilics, Goc, Russians

-Pete Choquette

I don't know why yesterday's report didn't show up, but Linkopings beat Frolunda with Norrena's backup. Norrena DNP.

11/28-

Marek Posmyk has transferred to Nurnberg of the DEL.

Zlin-3
Budejovice-2 OT

Rachunek DNP.

AssatA-7
LukkoA-3

Danilics no scoring. Even.

Islerlohn-2
Mannheim-1

Goc no scoring.

Nurnberg-8
Hannover-2

Posmyk 1A. Nurnberg is 3rd on the DEL table. I like the move for Posmyk's career.

Yaroslavl-3
Kazan-2

No box.

Omsk-5
Cherepovets-1

No box.

SKA-3
Khimik-2 OT

No box. This blows.

Novokuznetsk-4
Lada-2

Kazionov no scoring. :mad: Koshechkin allows no goals in 15:59 of relief. He now has a 1.34 GAA in 1 start and 4 relief appearances. :)

Tomorrow: Fiinish jrs, Sunday is going to be busy as hell

-Pete Choquette

It's from the boards crashing, the database has a strange idea of what the "last post" is and won't show the last page.

Just add on to this one for a few days, once it's long enough to add on another whole page, I'll patch it on and it'll work.

It's screwy :)

11/29-

IlvesA-4
LukkoA-1

Danilics no scoring. Even.

TapparaA-2
PelicansA-0

Akkanen no scoring. Even.

Our guys in Finnish junior are horrible.

11/30-

Vitkovice-2
Budejovice-1 OT

Rachunek DNP.

Mannheim-3
Hamburg-2

Goc 2PIMs. Even.

Augsberg-7
Nurnberg-3

Posmyk 1G. Hooray for www.del.org.

Yaroslavl-3
Niznhekamsk-1

But 1A 2PIMs. But also had 1G in the last game for Yaroslavl.

Khimik-3
Cherepovets-2

Khimik continues to play well. Glukhov/Sedov and Bezrukov no scoring.

Novgorod-2
Kazan-0

Vishnyakov DNP.

Lada-3
Sibir-0

Koshechkin DNP. Kazionov 1G, 10PIMs. :handclap: Lada back in 1st.

Hammarby-6
Vallentuna-3

Hagglund no scoring. +1.

Linkopings-2
Timra-1

Norrena wins. 17 saves on 18 shots.

Tomorrow: No games

-Pete Choquette

Posmyk's move to the DEL is interesting.

12/2-

Plzen-6
Budejovice-3

Rachuenek DNP.

Linkopings-3
Frolunda-0

Norrena shuts out the defending champs. 18 saves on 18 shots for his 4th SO of the season. Norrena now 2nd in the Elitserian is Sv% and 1st in GAA. Tied for 3rd in shoutouts.

Tomorrow: Finnish jrs, Hagglund

-Pete Choquette

12/3-

TapparaA-7
SaiPaA-1

Akkanen 1G 2A 2PIMs +3 1st star. Holy cow! He lives!

JYP A-5
LukkoA-1

Danilics DNP.

Hammarby-3
AIK-2

Hagglund 2PIMs Even.

Tomorrow: Russians, Norrena

-Pete Choquette

12/4-

Kazan-9
SKA-2

No box yet.

Khimik-2
Amur-2

No box yet.

Nizhnekamsk-4
Cherepovets-1

No box yet.

Magnitogorsk-4
Lada-0

Kazionov 2 PIMs. Koshechkin enters the game at 9:42 of the 3rd period and plays a half period of shutout hockey. This is the third or fourth time in the last couple of weeks that Labbe has been shelled. They should give Labbe a rest and start Koshechkin IMO. By my count Vasily has a 1.24 GAA for crying out loud.

Yaroslavl-1
Novokuznetsk-1

Anton But 1G. 13 points in 26 games.

HV71-3
Linkopings-1

Norrena DNP.

Tomorrow: Rachunek, Akkanen, Posmyk, Hagglund

-Pete Choquette

12/5-

Rachunek's teams' game is tomorrow, not today.

HPK A-4
TapparaA-0

Akkanen no scoring, -2.

Nurnberg-3
Freiburg-2

Posmyk 1A, +1. Marek en fuego.

Hammarby-8
Vallentuna-2

Hagglund 1G (PP). -2.

Tomorrow: Rachunek, Finnish jrs, Russians

-Pete Choquette

12/6-

My thread is fixed! Yay!

Sparta-4
Budejovice-1

No box yet.

TPS A-5
LukkoA-2

Danilics DNP. Mercy killing.

TapparaA-4
JYP A-3

Akkanen 2PIMs. -1. One brief flicker of brilliance and then right back to sucking fat donkey for Karri.

Lada-4
Dynamo-0

Koshechkin DNP. Kazionov 2PIMs.

Sibir-3
Yaroslavl-1

But no scoring. There has been an Eric Charron siting on Sibir ::shudders::

Khimik-1
CSKA-0

Mighty Khimik keeps rolling. A shame they stunk up the joint the first two months of the season. Glukhov 2PIMs. Sedov DNP.

Kazan-3
Cherepovets-2 OT

Bezrukov/Vishnyakov no scoring.

Tomorrow: German and Swedish based players

-Pete Choquette

Updated Superleague scoring:

Anton But 28GP 6G 7A 13P 16PIMs (.464 PPG)
Dimitry Kazionov 29GP 5G 5A 10P 28PIMs (.345 PPG)
Alex Polushin 13GP 5G 2A 7P 4PIMs (.538 PPG)
Dimitry Bezrukov 24GP 1G 3A 4P 10PIMs (.167 PPG)
Pavel Sedov 9GP 1G 0A 1P 2PIMs (.111 PPG)
Albert Vishnyakov 5GP 0G 0A 0P 2PIMs
Alexei Glukhov 14GP 0G 0A 0P 6PIMs

Vasily Koshechkin 0-1-0 1.24GAA

-Pete Choquette

There has been an Eric Charron siting on Sibir ::shudders::



Oh that brings back bad memories...make it stop!!

Anyways, glad to see Glukhov getting RSL time. I know he can't be getting all that much IT-wise since he has no points in 14 games, but hopefully he can break out like Kazionov next year.

12/7-

Karlovy-3
Budejovice-1

Rachunek DNP. DNP in a 4-1 loss to Sparta yesterday either.

Ingolstadt-3
Nurnberg-2

Posmyk no scoring. Even.

Mannheim-2
Krefeld-1

Goc 1G. Even. Current stats: 22GP 4-4-8 18PIMs Even

Hammarby-7
Huddinge-5

Hagglund no scoring. Played 2nd line. -3. Ouch. Looked like half of Hammarby's team was out of the lineup. They only dressed seven or eight forwards. Only two more games before recomposition for the SuperAlsvenskan portion of the season. Hamaarby is tied for first in the Alsevenskan Norra 15 points ahead of third place Sundsvall, so no suspense there. They're in.

Lulea-1
Linkopings-0

Norrena loses a tough one. 28 saves on 29 shots.

No games tomorrow.

-Pete Choquette

12/9-

Budejovice-5
Orli-1

Rachunek DNP. He's still on their roster. I have no indication of any transfer. He must be hurt.

Mannheim-2
Kolner-1

Goc 4 PIMs. Even.

Lada-0
Salavat-0

Kazionov no scoring. Koshechkin DNP.

Linkopings-3
MIF-1

Norrena wins. 27 saves on 28 shots.

Tomorrow: Finns, the rest of the Russians, Hagglund

-Pete Choquette

12/10-

TapparaA-3
IlvesA-1

Akkanen no scoring. +1.

JokeritA-7
LukkoA-1

Oof. Danilics DNP. Akkanen and Danilics' teams square off on the 13th.

Omsk-5
Khimik-2

Glukhov 2 PIMs. Sedov DNP.

Cherepovets-4
Novokuznetsk-2

Bezrukov DNP.

Dynamo-2
Yaroslavl-1

But no scoring. Alex BABAAH Kharitonov with 2PIMs for Dynamo.

CSKA-2
Kazan-1 OT

Vishnyakov hasn't played a game for Kazan since the Karjala Cup break.

Hammarby-3
Almtuna-1

Hagglund no scoring. He was on the 2nd line again, with a full lineup this time. Even.

Tomorrow: Norrena.

-Pete Choquette

12/11-

Brynas-3
Linkopings-2 PS

Norrena loses on penalty shots. 28 saves on 30 shots.

12/12-

Vsetin-5
Budejovice-1

Rachunek DNP.

Nurnberg-
Frankfort-

No box yet.

Mannheim-
Freiburg-

No box yet.

Magnitogorsk-3
Yaroslavl-1

But DNP.

Cherepovets-2
Sibir-2

Bezrukov DNP.

Amur-3
Kazan-0

Vishnyakov DNP.

Tomorrow: Finnish Jrs.

I would do a new Euro report but these guys are doing nothing to report on. NOTHING.

-Pete Choquette

12/12-

Updates from yesterday:

Frankfurt-6
Nurnberg-3

Posmyk 1A in garbage time. -1. 4 points in 5 games so far.

Mannheim-3
Freiburg-1

Goc 1A on the game winner. +2. You look at how little Sascha contributed to Mannheim offensively last season... he's really stepping up lately.

12/13-

LukkoA-4
TapparaA-0

Akkanen named the game's third star despite not hitting the scoresheet. Danilics DNP. Finnish Jrs off until Jan 7th.

Tomorrow: German and Swedish leagues.

-Pete Choquette

Assuming we'll have that mythical affiliate for next season, can Goc be brought over at any time THIS season? Seems he might be a better option than Dicaire if the Bolts want a boost on the blueline.

can Goc be brought over at any time THIS season?

We'd have to give him a contract and pay a 200K or so penalty fee to get him from Mannheim, and that would have to come before the January 15th IIHF deadline.

-Pete Choquette

12/14-

Nykoping-3
Hammarby-2

Meaningless game. Superalsvenskan schedule starts after X-mas. Hagglund no scoring. Played on the 2nd line again.

Linkopings-4
Frolunda-3

Norrena wins. 27 saves on 30 shots. Elitserian goes on Baltica Cup break.

No games until the 19th. Baltica Cup starts soon. More info to follow.

-Pete Choquette

Baltica Brewery Cup-

12/18-12/21

No rosters yet.

-Pete Choquette

12/18-

Baltica Brewery Cup:

The only Lightning property participating is Fredrik Norrena for Finland. Russia is not carrying Anton But for this tournament, but they are carrying blasts from the past Sergey Gusev and Andrei Skopintsev. Erikki Rajamaki is also on the Finnish roster, but he isn't in the lineup for game one.

Sweden-3
Czech Republic-2

Finland-3
Russia-1

Norrena with 23 saves on 24 shots for the win.

Albert Vishnyakov has been loaned to Nizhnekamsk of the Superleague for the remainder of the season.

Tomorrow: Germans, Bezrukov

-Pete Choquette

12/19-

Ingolstadt-3
Nurnberg-2

Posmyk 2 PIMs. Mannheim exhile Yves Racine with the winner for Ingolstadt.

Krefeld-6
Mannheim-0

"I broke my wookie." (-Mannheim's coach and players) Ex-Lightning Alex Selivanov with 2 goals and the other Mannheim exhile, Stefan Ustorf, with a couple of assists playing on Son-in-law-of's line.

I can't get Alta Vista translator to work right now so I'll update Russia later.

Tomorrow: More Baltica Cup mania.

-Pete Choquette

12/20-

Baltica Cup:

Russia-2
Sweden-1 PS

Czech Republic-5
Finland-1

Norrena DNP.

-Pete Choquette

12/19- (Update)

Cherepovets-3
SKA-2

Bezrukov no scoring.

12/21-

Nurnberg-3
Kolner-2

Posmyk DNP.

Mannheim-4
Kassel-1

Goc 1G 1A. +3. Goc now with 13 points in 28 games after just having 1 goal and 4 points in 49 games all last season.

Baltica Cup

Russia-2
Czech Republic-1 PS

Finland-2
Sweden-1

Norrena 22 saves on 23 shots. Finland wins the Baltica Cup. Norrena lead the tourney is sv% (.957) and GAA (1.00). Finland has won all three legs of the EuroTour so far.

-Pete Choquette

Upper Leaguers-

http://www.motor.barnaul.ru/person/image?id=134

Ilya Solarev (Motor Barnaul)
17GP 4G 3A 7P 6PIM Even

Had 2G 1A against Kazakhmys on 11/23. Had 2G 1A against Kemerovo on 12/17.

Vitali Smolianinov (Kazakhmys Karaganda)
18GP 0G 1A 1P 32PIMs NA

He stinks.

-Pete Choquette

Makes you wonder what the ****** Dudley was thinking wasting all that time scouting these Russians who seem to be destined for Russia's 2nd tier leagues. Such a waste.

Just got word that Igor Grigorenko is back playing hockey with Lada-2. Thus far in 2 games Igor has scored a game winning goal and added an assist. From what I hear he is on the fast track back to Lada of the Super league. I'm thinking Kazionov's icetime goes down starting in Feburary? :dunno:

More news out of Russia....

Jean Francois Labbe apparently unhappy in Russia was allowed a 10 day vacation to Canada, then he phoned the GM to say he wasn't coming back?! Be basically just bailed on the team..leaving Mr. Vasily as the #1. Doubtful he will stay #1, I'm sure Lada will sign another goalie to fill the void. But hopefully he can cash in play well in a couple games and prove he can handle more duties. Crazy.

10/23-

Nurnberg-5
Kassel-1

Posmyk DNP.

Ingolstadt-3
Mannheim-2

Goc 1A 4PIMs. +1.

Cherepovets-3
Dynamo-2

No box.

Nizhnekamsk-2
Khimik-1

No box.

Yaroslavl-4
Lada-2

Koshechkin DNP. They brought in a guy from the Czech Republic, a veteran of Vitkovice. Kazionov at WJC camp. But 1G.

-Pete Choquette

Koshechkin DNP. They brought in a guy from the Czech Republic, a veteran of Vitkovice.

And that guy would be?

And that guy would be?

He's not a name guy anywhere outside of Czech. I'll post it with the Christmas day Russian scores.

-Pete Choquette

Jiri Trvaj.

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=57181

-Pete Choquette

Seems like a halfway decent guy. I'm still hoping Vasily gets more action in net though.

12/25-

Those "Godless commies" playing hockey on Christmas day! :D

Omsk-5
Nizhnekamsk-2

Vishnyakov no scoring.

Khimik-3
Kazan-2 OT

No box.

Lada-3
Novgorod-0

Koshechkin DNP. Kazionov still at WJC camp.

Salavat-3
Yaroslavl-1

But 1G.

Magntiogorsk-4
Cherepovets-3

Bezrukov DNP.

Tomorrow: Goc, Norrena, and we kick the Thrashers' *****.

-Pete Choquette

12/26-

Mannheim-5
Frankfurt-1

Goc 1A.

Goc on the season: 30GP 5-10-15 42PIMs +5

He's putting up better offensive numbers than former Lightning/NHLers Racine and Joseph did/has with Mannheim this season. Encouraging. The "C" seems to suit him.

Linkopings-6
Sodertalje-5

Norrena wins. 33 saves on 38 shots. Linkopings got outshot 38-25.

Norrena on the season: 1.99 GAA, .924sv%... Linkopings from last the previous season to 4th on the table right now. Makes you wish Holmqvist had stayed there another year.

-Pete Choquette

Norrena on the season: 1.99 GAA, .924sv%... Linkopings from last the previous season to 4th on the table right now. Makes you wish Holmqvist had stayed there another year.
Yes indeed it does, it might have been good for him. That team must have made a lot of other changes in addition to Norrena (whose numbers impress me a lot, I must say) to make such a jump this year.

Kazionov no scoring in an opening game tie for team Russia at the WJC's. He played on a line with Semin and Tunik.

Raimonds Danilics finished with 1 goal and 4 points in 5 games at the Pool A WJCs.

-Pete Choquette

12/28-

Budejovice-1
Kladno-1

Still no Rachunek.

Nurnberg-3
Kolner-1

Posmyk DNP.

Kassel-6
Mannheim-3

Goc DNP.

Cherepovets-2
Lada-1 OT

Koshechkin DNP. Kazionov at WJCs. Bezrukov DNP.

Khimik-0
Sibir-0

Glukhov no scoring. Sedov DNP.

Linkopings-5
HV 71-2

Norrena DNP.

Russia-5
Sweden-3 (WJCs)

Kazionov no scoring. Ovechkin 1G 1A. Malkin 3A.

-Pete Choquette

12/29-

Russia-3
Austria-1

Kazionov no scoring, but his firt 3 SOGs of the tourney. Ovechkin and Malkin with goals. Vanek with the goal for Austria and 7 SOGs.

-Pete Choquette

12/29-

Kazan-4
Nizhnekamsk-0

Vishnyakov no scoring.

12/30-

Trinec-5
Budejovice-2

Rachuenk DNP

Nurnberg-5
Freiburg-0

Posmyk no scoring.

Mannheim-2
Kolner-1

Goc no scoring.

Khimik-2
Novokuznetsk-2

Glukhov no scoring.

Cherepovets-3
Salavat-1

Bezrukov DNP.

SKA-3
Lada-1

Koshechkin DNP.

Djurgardens-5
Linkopings-2

Norrena loses. 27 saves on 32 shots.

12/31-

USA-4
Russia-1

Team USA is the real f'ing thing this year, and Zach Parise has been God-like. Kazionov no scoring 2 SOGs. Russia finishes the round robin in pool 2-1-1. Finland vs. Russia on 1/2 in the quarterfinals. Team USA has a bye and plays the winner the next day.

USA and Canada in the drivers' seats.

Zach Parise leads the tourney with 6G 5A 11P in 4GP.

-Pete Choquette

Zach Parise leads the tourney with 6G 5A 11P in 4GP.



*sigh* I wish we could be as savvy as the Devils.

*sigh* I wish we could be as savvy as the Devils.

We could have... we could have Team Canada's point leader in Anthony Stewart who has 8 points in 4 games... but at the expense of only getting Smaby instead of Egener, Smaby, and Stillman.

Savvy Option #1
1. Anthony Stewart
2. Matt Smaby
3. Jonathon Boutin

Savvy Option #2
2. Mike Egener
2. Matt Smaby
2. Cory Stillman
3. Jonathon Boutin

Which savvy you like better?

Stillman was nice yes. I ment drafting though. A good chunk of their team was originally from the draft....Pandolfo, Neidermayer, Brylin, Brodeur, Schwab, White, Elias, Bicek, Gomez, Gionta, and Rupp.

They had arguably one of the better drafts this past year IMO. Parise who is the real deal, and to move up in the draft to get him was a greaet move for them. Vrana, Khomotov, and Tenute all show promise.

It is great to see our own guys in Kubina, Lecavalier, Richards, and Cibak. It just would be great to get more of a base (hopefully in the near future) from our own picks in the draft. Alot of that again has to do with acquiring our own AHL team. Albany has developed tons of guys who are playing in the NHL now. This is something we sorely need.

It would've cost the Lightning their 2nd to move up to get Parise though, meaning not only would they have not gotten their replacement for Prospal but they wouldn't have gotten a d-man until late in the 3rd either.

I'm watching Cory Sarich quietly become an absolute beast of a defender, and then I look at Egener and Smaby who are sort of Sarich clones and I think this trade down is going to look a lot better than it may on paper once we see these guys fully developed in 4-5 years time. They're not pretty on the scoresheet, you don't take these guys home to your mother... but they're going to be a ***** and a half to play against.

I've heard fans in this market complain for a decade now we don't have any big nasty porch clearing physical d-men. We could have a slew of them in the near future.

-Pete Choquette

1/2-

DEG-4
Mannheim-1

Goc no scoring. -2.

Nurnberg-3
Iserlohn-1

Posmyk no scoring. 2PIMs. Even.

Finland-4
Russia-3 (WJCs)

In a mild upset, there will be no three-peat for the Russians. Kazionov 1A on Russia's first goal. Good for Dimitry. 2SOGs, +1. Red Wings property Valterri Filppula scores the GWG with 13 seconds left in regulation. Erack messes his pants after reading the news. Russia v. Slovakia in the 5th place game.

USA v. Finland and Canada v. Czech Republic in the semis.

U-S-A, U-S-A.

Al Montoya cementing his place in the first round with a 1.00 GAA and .955 sv% so far. Better numbers than MA Fleury.

-Pete Choquette

I've heard fans in this market complain for a decade now we don't have any big nasty porch clearing physical d-men. We could have a slew of them in the near future.

-Pete Choquette

Having a big nasty defensemen is always good to have, but that is all we have for our future. I was hoping we could have diversified our defenseive corps a little more.

n a mild upset, there will be no three-peat for the Russians. Kazionov 1A on Russia's first goal. Good for Dimitry. 2SOGs, +1. Red Wings property Valterri Filppula scores the GWG with 13 seconds left in regulation.