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Robbie Schremp Signs With EV Zug In NLA
After splitting the year with Dinamo Riga (KHL) and EC Salzburg Red Bull (Austria), Robbie Schremp has signed with NLA club EV Zug for the upcoming season. Drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, Schremp made his professional debut during the 2006-07 season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, then the Oilers’ American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate. [...]
World Hockey Championship Day Five Recap
Austria 6, Latvia 3 Austria, the underdogs in the match, handed Latvia their third consecutive loss at the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship today with a 6-3 win that could prove to be important at the end. Latvia is now the only team with no points, as Germany has one point while Austria and France [...]
World Championship Day Three Recap
Austria 1, France 3 This game may have little importance to countries like Canada or Finland, but today’s 3-1 for France could be the difference maker when finding out who will get regulated at the end of the tournament. French goalie Cristobal Huet bounced back nicely after allowing five goals against Slovakia in the opener, making 35 [...]
World Hockey Championship Day Two Recap
USA 5, Austria 3 The Americans came into the game as the clear number one favorites, but this morning’s game was no indication of that. Austria took control of the game early on when they scored two quick goals within 40 seconds early in the first period. It all began when Manuel Latusa beat Ben Bishop with [...]
Former NHL GM/Coach Pierre Pagé Done As Coach In Salzburg
Pierre Pagé announced today that he would not return as the head coach of EC Salzburg in Austria next season, but will instead become the Sports Director of Red Bull Salzburg and Red Bull Munich. Pagé started coaching at the age of 24 with Dalhousie University as assistant coach. After seven years with the team, he went [...]
Patrick DesRochers Retires, Adam Dennis Takes Over Dornbirner EC Net
Canadian goaltender Patrick DesRochers announced that he would retire from hockey at the conclusion of the EBEL playoffs in Austria. Furthermore, former Buffalo Sabres goaltender Adam Dennis has signed to take over his spot for the upcoming season. DesRochers has played much of his career in the American Hockey League with the Springfield Falcons (for whom he is the [...]
2014 Olympic Goaltending Preview: Austria
With about 11 months until the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, I will preview the goaltending for each country going into the Olympics in a weekly series. Today I take a look at who could possibly be between the pipes for Austria, who gained a birth after having the most points in the Group [...]