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On Friday, October 4 and Saturday, October 5, the Sabres and Devils will open the 2024-25 regular season with a pair of games at Prague’s O2 Arena. The games in Prague will be played on October 4 at 7:00 p.m. and October 5 at 4:00 p.m.

In advance of traveling to Prague, the Sabres will finish their training camp in Munich, Germany and will meet Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) club Red Bull Munich in an exhibition match Friday, Sept. 27. This will be the grand-opening event at Red Bull Munich’s brand-new home venue, SAP. The Stars and Panthers will then meet at Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland Friday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2.

Tickets for the games in Prague, Czechia between the Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils go on sale on Thursday, March 21 at 10 a.m. CET, at https://www.livenation.cz/artist-nhl-global-series-1110927 .
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Tickets for the game in Munich, Germany between the Buffalo Sabres and Red Bull Munich go on sale on Tuesday, May 7.

The 2024 NHL Global Series presented by Fastenal will mark the 11th season that the NHL has traveled to Europe to play regular-season games. These games reward the legions of loyal and passionate fans in Europe that enjoy live NHL games available via international broadcast and media partners, including MTV Oy and Viaplay (Finland), TV10 and Viaplay (Sweden), TV3 and Viaplay (Norway and Denmark), Nova and NovaSport (Czechia and Slovakia), Dajto (Slovakia), Sky and ProSieben (Germany), Sky (Austria) and MySports (Switzerland), as well as the NHL’s streaming service, NHL.TV. The NHL’s biggest star players are also featured across numerous social media platforms, and on NHL.com in seven languages, for the League’s international fans. Of the 42 previous NHL regular-season games played outside of North America, there have been seven games played in Czechia, all at O2 Arena in Prague. The two games in Tampere this season will mark the third and fourth games to be played at Nokia Arena in that city, and the 10th and 11th in Finland.

The 2024 NHL Global Series presented by Fastenal will be the first experience for the Stars playing regular-season games outside North America, becoming the 27th franchise to play in such games. The event will mark the second time the Devils have traveled overseas to play regular-season games and the third such trip for both the Sabres and Panthers. Results of regular-season games played outside of North America by New Jersey, Buffalo and Florida are listed below, as well as links to a complete history of NHL preseason games and regular-season games played outside North America.

The NHL is a global League, with more than 30 percent of NHL Players this season having been born outside of North America. There are multiple international stars on the rosters of all four Clubs participating in the 2024 NHL Global Series presented by Fastenal, including natives of the countries in which the games are being played. Sabres forward JJ Peterka will be returning to his birthplace when the Club visits Munich to face off against his former team. Peterka played 72 DEL games with Red Bull Munich during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, prior to making the transition to North America to join the Sabres. Then, in Prague, two Czech-born Devils forwards, Ondrej Palat and Tomas Nosek, will be returning to their native land, as will Sabres forward Lukas Rousek, who played 161 games over four seasons (2017-18 through 2020-21) with Prague-based Czech Extraliga club Sparta Praha.

In November, Tampere will welcome back a pair of native sons, in Panthers Captain Aleksander Barkov and Stars forward Roope Hintz. In addition to hailing from Tampere, both of those mainstays spent time with SM-liiga teams that call Nokia Arena home. Barkov was drafted second overall in 2013 by the Panthers from Tappara Tampere, and Hintz started his SM-liiga career with Ilves Tampere in 2013-14. Panthers defenseman Niko Mikkola also spent a season (2017-18) with Tappara Tampere, and two other teammates, forwards Anton Lundell and Eetu Luostarinen, will also be returning to their home country. Additionally, there will be a homecoming for a trio of other Finnish-born Stars regulars, defensemen Jani Hakanpää, Miro Heiskanen and Esa Lindell.

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2023 NHL Global Series Heading to Sweden

Detroit, minnesota, ottawa and toronto will play a four-day round robin november 16–19.

The NHL has announced it will return to Europe next season for the 2023 NHL Global Series , this time heading to Sweden as the Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota Wild, Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs will play a four-day, round-robin set of regular-season games in Stockholm.

The Red Wings will play the Senators on November 16 and then take on the Maple Leafs on November 17. The Wild will play the Senators on November 18 and the series will wrap up with Wild playing the Maple Leafs on November 19.

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The NHL is going back to Europe this fall for its first games outside of North America since the start of the pandemic.

The league on Thursday announced the San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators will play two games in Prague in October and the Colorado Avalanche and Columbus Blue Jackets will play two games in Tampere, Finland, in November as part of the 2022 Global Series.

The Sharks and Predators will finish their respective training camps in Europe. San Jose also will play an exhibition game in Bern, Switzerland, against the Swiss league's SC Bern, while Nashville will go to Berlin to face Eisbären Berlin of Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

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Nashville was set to open the 2020-21 season in Prague against Boston before the pandemic scrapped the NHL's plans. This will be the franchise's European debut after playing two games in Saitama, Japan, in 2000.

The Sharks were a natural pick because of Czech star Tomas Hertl, who recently signed a $65.1 million, eight-year contract to remain in San Jose. Hertl is a native of Prague.

Colorado and Columbus will play in Tampere on Nov. 4 and 5 with each team featuring plenty of Finnish flavor. The Avalanche have Mikko Rantanen and Artturi Lehkonen, while the Blue Jackets are managed by Jarmo Kekalainen and have star Finnish scorer Patrik Laine.

The NHL has so far staged 34 regular-season games outside North America in six different countries and eight cities. Tampere is set to be the ninth.

The NHL's wacky 23-game Eurotrip catapulted players to superstardom

The NHL is in Sweden this week, and fans of the Maple Leafs, Red Wings, Senators, and Wild can't be faulted for fearing they'll arrive home weary. Flying overseas during the season is a fun novelty, but it disrupts a team's rhythm.

The four-game jaunt faintly resembles the NHL's most elaborate Eurotrip. In the spring of 1959, the Bruins and Rangers faced off 23 times in 26 days in 10 European cities. The Original Six rivals experimented with an orange puck as Bobby Hull began his ascent to superstardom.

Chicago loaned Hull to New York for the grueling exhibition series. To conserve energy for sightseeing, he deliberately put in less effort on the ice. Hull coasted to the slot to focus on burying passes, signaling how he'd snipe 913 goals between the NHL and World Hockey Association.

"Boy, it was suddenly a whole new ballgame. I was lasting a lot longer on each shift and the goals started to go in like clockwork," Hull told the Toronto Star late in his career. "I pinpoint that European tour as the turning point in my life as a hockey player."

On this day in 1959, the Bruins and Rangers began a 23-game exhibition tour of Europe, playing games in England, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Germany and Austria #Hockey365 #NHLBruins #NYR pic.twitter.com/PbbrS8nkdC — Mike Commito (@mikecommito) April 29, 2021

This weekend's finale in Sweden will be the 42nd NHL game played abroad, be it in Europe or Japan, since 1997. Preseason visits to Australia, China, and Puerto Rico have gotten people talking about the league in distant markets.

At the time, one precedent existed for the Bruins-Rangers odyssey. The Canadiens and Red Wings met in nine offseason matchups in England and France in 1938. Games were paused intermittently so that Detroit coach Jack Adams could explain the rules to the crowd. The squads combined to pot 96 goals but threw disappointingly few hits, as an expat in London reported in a letter to the Montreal Gazette:

Neither Canadiens nor Detroit tried too hard and that reflected on their showing as a whole. The English are pretty hard to fool, even about things they know little of. I think the biggest disappointment for the press and public alike was the lack of body-checking … Over here the press has made everybody believe NHL hockey is murderously rough, and there was nothing in the Earls Court show to support that idea.

In 1959, the Habs rejected a Swiss sports goods dealer's invitation to return to Europe for a month. The dealer, retired hockey pro Othmar Delnon, was undeterred. Through a New York intermediary, he convinced brothers from the legendary Patrick family - Muzz, general manager of the Rangers, and Lynn, GM of the Bruins - to barnstorm the continent following the Stanley Cup Final, which neither team reached.

The point of the series was to make money. Players earned $1,000 and a Swiss winemaker covered their expenses. Bruins forward Johnny Bucyk and head coach Milt Schmidt were among the Hall of Famers showcased to fans in six countries. Notable Rangers included goalie Gump Worsley, a future Vezina Trophy winner, and rugged defenseman Lou Fontinato, whose nose was broken that season in an epic fight with Gordie Howe.

Forbidden by NHL rules from traveling together, the teams flew to London separately to open the series. They traded close wins before Bucyk's hat trick in the fourth game fueled Boston's emphatic 12-4 triumph in Geneva.

"For the losers," United Press International reported, "the best performances were turned in by three members of the Chicago Black Hawks: Pierre Pilote, Eric Nesterenko, and Bobby Hull."

The Rangers recruited those ringers, plus Chicago captain Ed Litzenberger, to fill holes in the lineup. Hall of Fame forward Andy Bathgate, winner of the Hart Trophy in 1959, skipped the trip because his wife had just given birth. Howe agreed to replace Bathgate if the Red Wings granted permission, but he ultimately bailed because of a rib injury.

That allowed Hull, an 18-goal scorer that season at 20 years old, to tag along and dominate. Europe is where his confidence soared. Hull netted or set up dozens of goals alongside Litzenberger, an adept passer and finisher, and Rangers agitator Eddie Shack, the line's puck retriever.

Hull also saw the sights, climbing the Eiffel Tower on foot one afternoon in Paris.

"I didn't have too much in the way of legs that night," he told the Star. "I guess I only got two or three goals."

The competitive series - New York went 11-9-3 and outscored Boston 104-101 - was violent at the outset. Bruins center Bronco Horvath threatened to fly home in the first week, citing fatigue from the season and annoyance at the Rangers' headhunting. Bruins captain Fernie Flaman sat down with Rangers counterpart Red Sullivan to defuse the tension, Horvath said in NHL.com 's 2009 retrospective of the trip.

The relentless schedule took a toll. Off days - there were three in total - were dedicated to traveling long distances. Certain performances were lethargic, and others drew small crowds. Ticket prices, unfamiliarity with the sport, and the warm spring weather were blamed for poor turnouts of 700 people in Paris and 500 apiece in Antwerp and West Berlin.

"Maybe They Don't Like Hockey," surmised an Edmonton Journal headline following the games in Belgium.

"The hockey tour has been laying an egg of monstrous proportions," famed sportswriter Red Fisher opined in the Montreal Star. "The Rangers and Bruins are strangers to Europeans, and with nobody to root for, apathy sets in."

Other observers came away impressed. Geneva's arena welcomed 18,000 spectators over two nights. Foreign reporters praised the precise passes, slick stickhandling, and timely defensive interventions the NHLers exhibited. France's L'Equipe newspaper remarked, "It's been a long time since we saw such virtuosos on ice."

"The Russians would be chased out of the rink by these ice hockey players," Austrian journalist Walter Schwarz wrote in a dispatch for the Associated Press. "As concerns speed, lightning-fast reaction, body control, and sheer physical power, the North American professionals have no equals."

Multiple winning streaks - first in Games 8-10 in Antwerp and Zurich, then in Games 15-17 in Essen and Krefeld - enlarged New York's series lead. In the clincher, Hull scored in the opening minute of the first and second periods as the Rangers won 3-2 in Berlin. Shack tallied twice in the spirited 4-4 tie at Vienna that closed the tour.

"Several players received major penalties for fighting in Sunday's rough match," the AP reported, "but all was serene afterward as Red Sullivan of the Rangers received a big cup for his team's series victory."

The scene was significant for a few reasons. Czechoslovak players crossed the Iron Curtain to watch the finale in Vienna, foreshadowing that the NHL would internationalize late in the Cold War.

The series was a graceful sendoff for Hall of Fame official Red Storey, who refereed all 23 games. Storey resigned from the NHL weeks before the Eurotrip, stung when league president Clarence Campbell slammed him in the press for missing calls during the playoffs.

"Can't understand the fans over here," Storey wrote in a postcard from Paris to the Toronto Star. "They even appreciate the officials."

The trip deterred Campbell from making a radical rule change. The Bruins and Rangers packed 288 pucks that had a bright orange side, agreeing to test the designer's hunch that they'd be easier for fans and goalies to track.

"We paid all that excess weight charges on those dizzy things and they were a pure flop," Muzz Patrick told reporters after the series, per the Detroit Free Press. "The players said they couldn't see the puck and wouldn't use them after the first try. They would be good only on black ice. European teams are going to use them, however, because we gave them away free."

The Black Hawks ringers sparkled when NHL play resumed. Hull edged Horvath by a point to win the 1960 scoring title. He teamed with Pilote - a budding three-time Norris Trophy winner - and Stan Mikita to lead Chicago to the Stanley Cup in 1961. Litzenberger and Nesterenko also helped deliver the franchise's only championship of the Original Six era.

In retirement, players retained fond memories of European restaurants. They ate palm-sized steaks at an upscale London hotel, Pilote marveled in his 2013 autobiography. Waiters laughed at Rangers coach Phil Watson, a Montreal native, when he bungled Parisian pronunciations of French words while trying to get a beer, Schmidt recalled in the NHL.com retrospective.

The only gripes about the Eurotrip were minor, Sullivan told the Canadian Press when the journey ended. Some players got stomach aches from overindulging at meals. Rushing to the next game minimized their time in each country.

"But what we saw was pleasant. Girls are pretty and have good figures, the food was good, and the crowds were friendly," Sullivan said. "They have one thing in common: They like to see something for their money. And believe me, our games were no picnic."

Nick Faris is a features writer at theScore.

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The Real NHL Expansion Markets Are in Europe

For any professional sports league, growth is crucial. The NHL has shown that they know this by adding the Vegas Golden Knights in 2017-18 and the Seattle Kraken for the 2021-22 season. For the next expansion, the NHL needs to look bigger than North America. They need to look to Europe.

Related: Is NHL Expansion to Europe Still on the Radar?

This has been a topic of conversation for many years now and has no intentions of slowing down. In November of 2018 , deputy commissioner Bill Daly gave his stance on the idea of expanding into Europe, what can now be considered the official stance of the NHL.

“I was asked whether we’ll ever have franchises overseas and I said, ‘Certainly not in the short- to medium-term,’ but I thought that with the continued growth of the sport, expansion of the sport, that franchises in Europe at some point in time is probably inevitable.”

The Real NHL Expansion Markets Are in Europe

But this wouldn’t be as straightforward as adding another North American team. There are many questions that arise when looking at a potential European expansion:

Which cities would get teams?
How would the scheduling work?
Would European fans support the teams?
Would the NHL talent be diluted?
Would both the NHL and NHLPA support the expansion?
When would the Europe expansion h appen ?

These all must be considered when thinking about growing the NHL across the Atlantic Ocean. It’s looking more and more likely that it will happen one day, which it should. So, let’s dive into each question.

Which Cities Would Get Teams?

There are so many cities that could be possibilities for getting an NHL team, some of which are already hockey towns. In order to make a European expansion viable, there would probably be around four or five teams needed. So, here are five serious options for getting the first NHL teams in Europe:

Stockholm, Sweden

Helsinki, finland, prague, czech republic, berlin, germany, zurich, switzerland.

There are many other places that may be considered, but these seven spots would be the easiest for the NHL to transition into. Either they are already a hockey hotspot, they have the population, or they have a rink that could maybe be expanded into an NHL-size rink. Most of these places have already had glimpses of the NHL in their cities. Some locations check off multiple boxes.

Sweden is already a hockey hotbed in Europe. The country is a perennial threat to win nearly every international tournament they’re in and they continuously produce top-end talent. As the capital of Sweden, Stockholm would be the best place for the NHL’s first wave of teams in Europe.

Sweden has already been exposed to the NHL’s presence for a number of years, ever since 1980 where the Washington Capitals and Minnesota North Stars entered a round robin tournament with AIK and Djurgårdens IF. The final game of the tournament was televised live in Sweden on “Hockey Night in Sweden.” Another memorable moment was Daniel and Henrik Sedin and the Vancouver Canucks playing against Djurgårdens, AIK and MoDo where then-rookie Daniel scored the tournament-winning goal in overtime.

Stockholm is already home to Djurgårdens IF of the top-tier Swedish Hockey League (SHL) and AIK IF, playing for the second-tier HockeyAllsvenskan. If the NHL expanded into Sweden, perhaps one of these teams becomes the NHL team. Alternatively, the SHL could act as the Swedish team’s AHL-equivalent team and the NHL club is an entirely new entity.

An aspect that holds Stockholm back from getting an NHL team, in fact, it holds all of the following locations back as well: an NHL-caliber arena. Currently, in the Swedish capital, the largest arena is the Ericsson Globe which holds a capacity of 13,850 for hockey games.

If there’s a city and country in Europe that’s equal to Stockholm, Sweden’s love for hockey, it’s Helsinki, Finland. Right up there with Sweden, Finland has been producing elite-NHL talent over the years and has risen to be one of the most prominent hockey superpowers in the world.

Just like Sweden, Finland has had its fair share of NHL exposure, dating back to 1994 when the Winnipeg Jets travelled to the country to play a pre-season tournament against Finnish teams. A young Teemu Selanne was a member of the Jets at the time and faced off against Jokerit as the main attraction of the event – his former club.

Helsinki is already home to the HIFK of the Liiga hockey league and like the teams in Stockholm, this may help ease the city into getting an NHL team. The team currently plays at the Helsinki Ice Hall, which holds 8,200 people.

However, HIFK is not the only team in Helsinki. The KHL’s Jokerit plays at Hartwall Arena, which holds a maximum capacity of 13,349. If the NHL wanted to make an NHL teamwork, this could be the spot until somewhere bigger is ready.

The Czech Republic seems to be a major threat in international hockey tournaments every year. The country has produced some of the best players of all time and has a large hockey following.

The NHL has already exposed itself to the Czech Republic, ever since 1989 when the Stanley Cup-winning Calgary Flames held their training camp in Prague before meeting the Washington Capitals in the then-Soviet Union for a preseason tour. In 2010, Czech-born Radim Vrbata scored two goals and had an assist for the then-Phoenix Coyotes 5-2 win over the Boston Bruins in the 2010 Compuware NHL Premiere Games.

Extraliga is the top hockey league in the Czech Republic, with Sparta Praha the team that calls Prague home. The team has been operating since 1903, proving that a hockey club can be viable in the city and country. What makes Prague even more attractive to the NHL is where Sparta Praha plays: the O2 Arena.

The O2 Arena is likely the most NHL-ready arena in Europe, with a maximum capacity of 17,383. Cologne, Germany’s Lanxess Arena is the only one bigger in Europe, at 18,500. The O2 Arena has already housed two IIHF World Hockey Championships (2004 and 2015), along with NHL and KHL games.

Speaking of Germany, they should get one of the first NHL teams in Europe too. While they haven’t had as much success at international levels as the other countries on this list, they’ve been on the rise, winning a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Germany was actually one of the first countries that the NHL travelled to, dating way back to 1959 when the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers went on a 10-city, 23-game tour of Europe. While in Germany, they stopped in Dortmund, Essen, Krekfeld and Berlin. More recently, in the 2018 NHL Global Series, Edmonton Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl, a native of Cologne, Germany, had an assist in a 4-3 Oilers win over Germany’s Kolner Haie. Draisaitl’s father Peter was the coach of Kolner Haie.

Germany currently has Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) as it’s top-tier hockey league, with Eisbären Berlin playing in Berlin. The team is one of the founding members, establishing in 1954, and has won more title than any other DEL organization, with seven. The club also plays in a 14,200-capacity arena, the Mercedes-Benz Arena.

This arena is where the NHL Premiere games were played and would likely be the destination of an NHL team. Just like the previous cities mentioned, they could temporarily play here until a bigger location is ready or depending on how attendance looks for the European NHL, this could stick.

Finally, there’s Zurich, Switzerland. While not immediately thought of as a hockey superpower like the other countries on this list, there have been a number of Swiss stars coming from the country. They’ve even caused some major upsets at the Olympic level, beating Canada and the Czech Republic at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics.

In the NHL European tour that saw the Bruins and Rangers play in Germany, they also made stops in Switzerland, playing in Geneva and Zurich. The NHL has made numerous trips since then, including the 2018 NHL Global Series where the New Jersey Devils and Nico Hischier faced off against HC Bern of the National League. Hischier was the first Swiss-born player to be taken first overall in the NHL Entry Draft in 2017 and received a standing ovation playing against his former team.

The National League is the top league in Switzerland, with the ZSC Lions calling Zurich home. They’ve had a long residence there, as they were founded in 1930. They currently play in Hallenstadion which has a maximum capacity of 11,200, the smallest arena on this list. But, HC Bern, playing in Bern at the PostFinance Arena has a maximum capacity of 17,031. Bern may be the more attractive option for the NHL based on the arena.

Other Options

All of the options above are hockey towns, with current, successful hockey teams that have stood the test of time. Most of them have at least decent-sized arenas that would be enough to get the expansion started. Also important to note, the NHL has visited these cities and countries, making the league known to the hockey fans. While these may be the top contenders, there are many other cities in Europe that would get a look.

Before Russia invaded Ukraine, Moscow, Russia, should have been considered as well. Russia has always been a hockey superpower, so why not see what an NHL team in Russia would be like? Think back to all of the Olympics, World Championships and tournaments between Russia and Canada or the United States, there’s no question of hockey fans in Russia. When Alex Ovechkin took the Stanley Cup to Moscow in 2018, he was met by thousands of fans. The biggest arena in Moscow is VTB Ice Palace, seating 12,100, although there is a proposal for a new 18,000-20 ,000 arena.

London, England should be considered. While you don’t exactly think of a hockey-town when thinking of London, there’s lots about the city to make it a viable option. In the first NHL trip overseas, in 1938, London was host to the Montreal Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings. They also have the O2 Arena, one of the busiest arenas in the world with a capacity of 20,000. It doesn’t hurt that London has already had a hockey team already in the London Lions . In fact, they were founded by Detroit Red Wings owner at the time Bruce Norris with a vision of creating a league affiliated with the NHL in Europe.

Other cities include Vienna, Austria, Oslo Norway, Riga, Latvia, Minsk, Belarus and Bratislava, Slovakia. These cities may not be a part of the first wave of expanding team but could very well be a part of a second expansion.

How Would the Scheduling W ork ?

With that, we have our European teams. Now, how would scheduling work? Obviously, you can’t just plug these teams into the schedule as you would a new team in North America. The schedule would be a bit more difficult, but possible. As it is now, every NHL team goes on a long road trip on the other side of North America, so that’d be nothing new. A flight from New York to Los Angeles takes roughly six hours. In comparison, a flight from New York to Helsinki take about eight hours, so the difference is negligible.

First, the European teams would form a third conference, so you would have the Western, Eastern and European conferences. This, of course, would depend on how many European teams there would be and if the NHL is set on all teams playing each other at least twice still. For argument’s sake, let’s say there will be four European teams. The game distribution would then look like this:

Each European team would play each other a total of four times, adding up to (4 teams, 6 games versus each) 18 games
Each European team would play each Eastern Conference and Western Conference team twice (home and home) adding up to (32×2) 64 games, and rounding out the 82-game regular-season schedule

This would result in each European team making one trip to North American per season and vice-versa. As for playoffs, the top three teams from each division (Metropolitan, Atlantic, Central, Pacific and European) would automatically qualify. The last spot would be a Wild Card, reserved for the top finisher among the non-automatic qualifiers.

Would European Fans Support the Teams?

In European locations where hockey is already a popular sport, like Sweden and Finland, there’s no question that fans would show up to games. These cities already have a proven track record of people showing up to games, whether that’s their current European teams, or an NHL event.

In the 2018-19 season, Stockholm’s Djurgårdens IF has an average attendance of 7,355 and that’s the second-best in the league. Gothenberg’s Frolunda HC has the best with 10,071 and has a record-high average of 11,688 from 2007-08. In Helsinki, HIFK averages an attendance of 4,727 and Jokerit holds an average of 8,768 in 2018-19, with a record of 10,932 in 2014-15. Eisbären Berlin averaged 12,026 in 2018-19 but has a record-high of 14,073 from back in 2011-12. Bern SC has brought in over 15,000 fans on average for 12 straight seasons, with the last six over 16,000.

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To compare, the NHL’s average attendance in 2018-19 was 17,447, with seven teams bringing in less than Bern SC brings in. With the European teams already attracting fans, it seems likely that an NHL team would bring in fans. If fact, it’s already proven that it can pull in European fans to NHL games.

As of April 2019, the NHL had played 29 regular-season games to date at venues outside North America. The total attendance at those games is 386,818, or an average of 13,339 per game.

“Our return to playing regular-season games in Europe these past seasons has been a fantastic success,” Commissioner Bettman said. “We couldn’t be more pleased.”

Would the NHL Talent Be Diluted?

Another concern for European expansion would be if the talent in the NHL would be diluted if more teams were added. This one is a bit harder to get around, because it makes sense that if you add teams, players from the current 31 (and soon to be 32) teams would need to go to the European teams. That’s a given.

At first, the talent may very well be diluted. That being said, there are so many stars in the NHL right now, that every team will likely have at least one still, in most cases more. As the European teams gain traction in their countries, the game of hockey will grow as well, bringing in a whole new wave of NHL stars. There are leagues in all of these countries, and the surrounding countries have additional teams. There are star players in the world not playing in the NHL. Perhaps European teams would give those players a chance to play in the best league in the world.

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The growth of the NHL and hockey, in general, can only be a good thing for the League and its fans.

Would Both the NHL and NHLPA Support the E xpansion ?

In order for this expansion to happen at all, both the NHL and NHLPA need to be on board. Luckily, they already are, making this the easiest question on the list. Well, Daly and NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr are on the same page at least.

In November of 2018, Fehr, who has discussed this topic numerous times in his tenure, discussed the future expansion. (from ‘NHL eyes European expansion, the only question is when,’ Globe and Mail, 11/12/2018) He did point out that the players have not formed an official opinion, so his answers were him personal opinion.

“I think it would be a real positive statement to create the first really trans-ocean league. I think it would be an extraordinary achievement for everybody. Whether it will happen in my tenure remains to be seen, but hopefully sooner or later.”

He continued, “I think the sooner the better, provided it can be done right, you don’t want to rush it … you don’t want to do it before the capital is committed, the schedule is worked out, all the rest of it.”

Daly also discussed the expansion, noting that it would be a long-term goal, “Those are short-term barriers and we’ll see if they can change in the long-term. The KHL has expanded into countries outside of Russia where they have absorbed existing teams from European leagues. They’ve done it without real damage to those existing leagues.

Bill Daly: NHL teams in Europe 'almost inevitable'. https://t.co/XEb4IsWNhm pic.twitter.com/yeOmC4RLtb — theScore (@theScore) November 9, 2018

“I think we have a very good relationship with all the European leagues. When we bring games over there, we do it in concert with the existing leagues and federations.

“Our international fan-base is really growing because of our [television] rights-holders in Europe and how much NHL hockey is being consumed there,” Daly said. “It’s been enormously successful a month and a half into the season. Television and the ability to translate your game to new audiences is very, very important.”

While the NHL and NHLPA seem to be in agreeance, there are some other parties that might not be on board with the NHL’s plans. Rene Fasel, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), has indicated that he is opposed to this proposed expansion as he feels it poses a threat to European professional hockey teams.

“This is our territory and I will fight like hell to not allow anybody to come from abroad,” Fasel said. “I think in Europe we are strong enough to do something on our own, and then have the competition between Europe and North America. That makes the fan happy.”

The KHL, which has expanded from Russia into the surrounding countries, including European ones on the list above, would also likely oppose the expansion as it may steal some of their fans. The same goes for the national leagues in each country. The NHL would need to work with all of these groups in order to make the expansion work, which as Daly said, they are willing to do.

When Would the Europe Expansion Happen?

Finally, the biggest question. When would this happen? When this topic arose in 2008, many thought that it could happen within ten years. It’s been longer than that, and it still looks to be a long way off for the NHL. It would be at least another decade before there’s an NHL team in Europe, likely longer.

In the meantime, the best thing the NHL can do is continue the NHL Global Series games. Up to this point, they’ve been selecting teams that have a star player in that country, which is working as seen in the Tweet from the NHL above, and they should continue to do that. Also sending the best teams over, regardless of where their players are from.

Growing the NHL brand and building fans is the current priority on the path to putting NHL teams in Europe. More NHL games, events, television deals, it’s all preparation for the future of the league.

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Europe would be a terrible mistake. To much territory to cover & its a logistical nightmare. The travel would be unfair for those teams in Europe. Either they would travel back-and-forth too frequently and would be exhausted, or they would be forced to have very long road trips without a home game….. It’s a lose/lose: you either get a tired team or an unfair schedule. Have to focus on northern locations here in North America

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I’m all for expansion and teams in Europe but why does everyone always want to relocate my Panthers. It’s bad enough that after I moved to Atlanta the Thrashers left but come on. Still a Panthers fan.

The only way this flies is for the European league to come into being at least twice as large split into two conferences with no intercontinental play until the playoffs begin. The west coast teams would always be at a disadvantage as would the European teams traveling to the west coast, as the time frame would always be twice as long as for the east coast teams. Even if they played in the east before continuing on the trip. The travel now is atrocious for the west coast teams, and this would just be ridiculous. The wear and tear on the body with all this travel would only result in far more injuries. Go sit in the seat of a semi truck for 6 mo. 14hrs. a day and you will soon see the fallacy of your dreams. The Season now is 8-9 mo., so the math only works for the fat cat owners who only care about the money and not the players. When you can replace body parts like tinker toys, maybe. But even the cost of that will rise and become astronomical in the future. And I see nothing wrong with building the game here, even with the cost of low performing franchises. No one told these billionaires it would be cheap. Put a good product on the market at an affordable price and the fans will come. Even a bad team in a good market does not pan out. Hockey is growing all the time and even those football hotbeds are starting to get the message that hockey is more exciting and entertaining than football or basketball. And the players are friendlier and more accessible to the fans as well. Though this might change as the fans keep getting more pushy and demanding.

Thanks for the read and taking the time to respond.

I agree that long-distance travel takes its toll, but this is nothing new for other professionals who work for international businesses. We live in a globalized world so that means sometimes travelling quite a bit to be successful.

For Western Conference teams, it is true they’d be flying an additional three hours when going to Europe, but new technological advances continue to shrink the world. Just check out these concept planes designed by Nike for athletes: http://www.wired.com/2014/09/nike-helps-design-a-swank-jet-for-traveling-sports-teams/#slide-id-1520051

If the NHL did expand to Europe, it would certainly have to invest some money into its travelling procedures, but there are exciting new developments on that front the NHL can make use of.

Was very skeptical before reading this, but it was well backed in reason. Although a new york flight to europe isnt much longer than new york to los angeles, what about San Jose to Europe? Perhaps west coast teams would always have to travel to europe after playing a bit on the east coast, but that seems like it would be hard to schedule, but im no genius schedule maker, so maybe its feasible?

Thanks for the read! Yes, it’s a bit of radical idea in some peoples’ view, but the biggest things have been accomplished simply by beginning with a vision.

A flight from Los Angeles to Stockholm is about 11 hours. This would be a bit of an obstacle, but as I’ve said international business travel is nothing new now that we work in a globalized economy. At least athlete have the advantage of traveling in more comfort than the average person. Check out what Nike is coming up with: https://www.yahoo.com/travel/just-fly-it-nike-unveils-high-tech-team-plane-for-pro-97225472542.html

As technology develops, the world continues to shrink. If such an expansion plan took place, it would be in the best interest of the league and individual teams to invest in new flying technology.

As far as scheduling, teams would have one and a half to two week long trans-Atlantic road trips, in order to cut down on travel.

I first read an article on this topic in 1979 and it is always fun to discuss. The Concord was always in the discussion… Logistical issues could be overcome if the desire to make this happen is that great. A war with the IIHF would occur. The IIHF would be a speed bump and would remain almost irrelevant. KHL/NHL relations would need to thaw. The KHL is already going after European markets. If it doesn’t make dollars then it doesn’t make sense. The bottom line is the bottom line here. Key questions involve ticket pricing in nations with high individual tax rates. Corporate taxes would be doable. Stadium/arena size is a major hurdle when cities will not bow to the whim of an owner like they do in North America. As advanced as corporate sponsorship is in Europe, this remains a ticket revenue driven sport! Heck Sweden is the population size of Virginia if I recall, so National TV deals won’t yield much. I would kill for a relegation type set up. Now that’s a pipe dream! Fun thought.

Thanks for the read and the constructive comment. I agree the IIHF would be a non-issue – it doesn’t yield enough power and the NHL has its own agenda by re-establishing the World Cup of hockey. I also think the KHL wouldn’t be much of a concern, given its instability.

I really believe ticket sales wouldn’t be an issue. Just look at the European Premiere series. In 2011, I purchased a ticket with a face value of 149 EUR, and Berlin isn’t exactly the most economically well off city. Even still the arena was packed to capacity. Now, I know it be less of a premium product with teams always playing in Europe, but tickets would also be a lot more affordable and adjusted to fit the local market. For instance, tickets in Bratislava would be much cheaper than Zurich. These six locations would open up three core European markets – DACH, the Nordics and CEE, so I believe there would be a lot of room for revenue growth, especially in comparison to the failing NHL franchises that would be replaced.

I agree! I’d love to see relegation. We can dream!

Agree with Jeff above I can not see this happening. Do you guys really think players say in Los Angeles, Vancouver, San Jose etc. are really going to want to jump on a plane and have to fly 14 or so hours to say Stockholm Sweden to play a road game? And then have to turn around and be totally jet lagged dead tired and have to fly all the way back and play two nights later? Do you realize how long it takes for one to recover time wise both physically and mentally?!?! Heck, we are even hearing many NFL players quietly complain about their stupid London experiment. Many Cincinnati Bengal players were openly saying that ‘god forbid, I hope we are not chosen to go play in London this season’. Forget about it! Keep it in North America where it belongs. Unsure about Las Vegas. The league should perhaps do a game there to see how well it would draw attendance wise? They do their NHL all star awards there. Perhaps they should consider doing the leagues all star game there first to see what the attendance would be. No one ever mentions Portland Oregon. They only have a NBA team. The Winterhawks are very well supported and there is an arena in place there that they could share with the Trailblazers. As well they are in the west so realignment isn’t a worry. I’d go there before considering Seattle. Good luck to everyone’s teams this upcoming NHL season.

Hi Anthony,

Thanks for the read and the thoughtful response. You bring up a good point with the NFL players. However, the biggest difference between the NHL and NFL is the former has a much larger pool of international talent. I believe about 30% of NHL players come from outside of North America. For these players (many of them from the would be European NHL markets), it’d be a welcomed treat to be able either play in their home country or at least travel to it every season. I think the NHLPA would give this more support than say, the NFLPA.

Like I told Jeff, international travel is something every global business deals with. The NHL players are no different than any other professionals working in an international business, so long-distance travel should be expected.

I agree with you on North American expansion. Las Vegas is a huge question mark, but Portland seems like a viable option. In addition to the points you made, it just seems like a region fit for hockey.

Enjoy the upcoming season!

Not a very good article.

You really think the differencd between a flight from NY to LA and (3 time zones) and a flight from NY to Sweden (6 time zones) is negligible with only 2 hours of extra flying time? Really? And with 82 games a year? And what about western teams, that’s an 11 hour flight and 9 time zones.

The other, and most important factor that you never even mentioned is the IIHF and the individual leagues who would never, under any circumstances allow this happen. The IIHF has actually stated they would never allow nhl expansion in Europe, so this a pipe dream with 0% chance of becoming really.

Thanks for taking the time to read and contribute. It’s always great to generate a discussion.

I agree that there would be some obstacles to overcome with travel, but teams wouldn’t be flying back and forth for one or two games. They’d have European road trips that would last at least a week and a half to limit the amount of times a cross-Atlantic trip would occur. I know that the time zone differences are less than ideal but, we live in a globalized world and these are hurdles any international company has to endure, so it’s nothing new from a business perspective.

I respect your point about the IIHF, but I believe it is nearly irrelevant outside of Europe. It’s not as if the NHL and IIHF are bosom buddies as it is. The NHL has its own agenda with wanting to pull out of the Olympics and re-establish the World Cup of Hockey. Having an international footprint would only strengthen the cause.

Again, thanks for the insightful comment. It the very least, it’s fun to talk about these topics.

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Detroit and Montreal Canadiens broke European ice in 1938

It’s the eve of the first of two games against Atlantic Division opposition for the Detroit Red Wings . In Sweden, they are partaking in the NHL Global Series. It’s interesting to look back and see that two current Atlantic Division squads were originally setting the stage for these games.

In the spring of 1938, the Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens met in a nine-game exhibition series contested across England and France. They were the first NHL games ever played in Europe.

This time, Detroit will be facing the Ottawa Senators (Thursday) and Toronto Maple Leafs (Friday). These games will count in the NHL standings. While that original series wasn’t part of the official NHL season, it’s always wise to remember where you came from. Without first embarking on those games, the league wouldn’t have moved on to today’s stage of regular-season games being contested in Europe.

On this day in 1938, the Red Wings and Canadiens kicked off a European hockey tour. Montreal topped Detroit 5-4 at Earl's Court 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/Dbql7uz5Ab — Mike Commito (@mikecommito) April 21, 2017

Back then, Detroit was coming off successive Stanley Cup triumphs in 1935-36 and 1936-37, the first US-based NHL team ever to win back-to-back titles. But the 1937-38 campaign was one to forget. The Red Wings wound up missing the playoffs.

Montreal did qualify for postseason play, but the Canadiens were ousted in the opening round of playoff action by the eventual Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks.

Red Wings vs Canadiens Series Hastily Announced

Shortly after Montreal’s elimination, there came word of plans formulating to send the Canadiens and Red Wings to play a series of games in England and France. First, there was a three-game tune up series contested in Nova Scotia of which the Canadiens took two of three games. Following those games, the teams were boarding the RMS Ausonia in Halifax, setting forth for Europe.

Arriving in London on April 19, 1938, ticket sales were brisk for the opening game of the tour on April 21. Some 8,000 fans packed into the rink in the London suburb of Earl’s Court on April 21 to watch the Canadiens win 5-4 on an overtime goal by Toe Blake.

After the 1937-38 NHL season the Red Wings and Canadiens held a nine-game exhibition tour of England and France. This is from an April 23, 1938 game in Brighton. https://t.co/2fXEJVGV3e pic.twitter.com/gPmRthSvrM — SportsPaper (@SportsPaperInfo) June 20, 2018

Lucas Raymond is the lone Swede playing for the Red Wings in Sweden. There was a UK-born player on the 1938 tour. Montreal goalie Wilf Cude , a former Red Wing, was born in Barry, Wales. Prior to the first game of the series, local fans were presenting Cude with a wreath of leeks – probably not the best choice of flowers to be giving an NHL netminder.

The second game, played in Brighton, wound up 5-5 following a scorless OT period. Next, the teams traveled to Paris for three games. In the first-ever NHL game in France, Montreal won 10-8, despite a hat-trick from Detroit’s Hec Kilrea . Appropriately, the Flying Frenchmen won all three games in France.

Canadiens Were Winners

Returning to England to play four more games during the month of May, the teams split the four games. Detroit again hit for double digits in a 10-5 rout of Montreal at Brighton on May 8. Doug Young, Carl Liscombe and Mud Bruneteau each scored twice in the game in front of 8,500 fans.

Overall, the Canadiens were winners of the series by a 5-3-1 count. The players were receiving a paltry $250 each for their nine games of work.

“We’ve had a successful and enjoyable trip,” Canadiens coach Cecil Hart told the Montreal Gazette. “The boys played wonderful hockey and I’m sure they’ve sold the professional game in a big way to British and French fans.”

Nonetheless, another 21 years would be passing before the next NHL venture into Europe. In 1959, the Boston Bruins and New York Rangers contested a European exhibition series.

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The NHL began its fifth European Media Tour Wednesday in Stockholm, Sweden, in preparation for the Global Games to take place in Melbourne, Australia, September 23-24 and in Stockholm on November 16-19.

The Media Tour is meant to assist in growing the game beyond the U.S. borders where key European players sit down with media and provide an inside look into their summer lives and season preparations while also promoting the game and upcoming NHL events.

Nashville Predators forward Juuso Parssinen was present at the event as he’s spent his summer back home in Scandinavia preparing for the 2023 season. He recorded a message for Predators. The video is below.

📍 Stockholm Juuso checks in from the @NHL European Media Tour! pic.twitter.com/VyyUaI2UAJ — Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) August 23, 2023

Also during the tour, a couple of notable Swedes — Elias Petersson of the Vancouver Canucks and William Nylander of the Toronto Maple Leafs — sat down with Elliott Friedman and Jeff Marek of the “32 Thoughts” podcast to discuss their contract status. Both Pettersson and Nylander are set to become free agents next July 1 if they do not agree to new deals beforehand.

Good morning from Stockholm. Boat ride yesterday with Elias Pettersson. He is dialled in for 2023-24…very, very serious about training and nutrition. More to come, but Pettersson will wait into the season to consider an extension. He wants all his focus to be on starting strong pic.twitter.com/FmecqT890p — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) August 23, 2023

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Pittsburgh Hockey Now: It’s been a buyer’s market during free agency and plenty of teams have cashed in this offseason. Philadelphia Hockey Now: Aug. 23 marked two years to the day that the hockey world learned of the death of Jimmy Hayes . Jimmy’s brother and current St. Louis Blues Kevin wrote in The Players’ Tribune a heartfelt tribute to his brother that makes every one realize that hockey is, after all, just a game.

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Elias Pettersson on Canucks extension talks: ‘I’ve wanted to just focus on the season’

VANCOUVER, CANADA - FEBRUARY 25: Elias Pettersson #40 of the Vancouver Canucks waits for a face-off during the first period of their NHL game against the Boston Bruins at Rogers Arena on February 25, 2023 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Derek Cain/Getty Images)

Vancouver Canucks star centre Elias Pettersson attended the NHL European Player Media Tour in Sweden this week and explained at length in conversations with Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman and The Athletic ’s Mike Russo why he’s decided to slow play extension talks in favour of focusing on his training this summer.

“I’ve wanted to just focus on the season and focus on this summer, to have a good summer of training,” Pettersson told Russo in Sweden on Wednesday morning. “So the contract talks I’ve been wanting to put a hold on for now.”

Pettersson is entering the final season of the three-year bridge contract that he signed in the fall of 2021 after missing training camp. He became extension eligible on July 1.

While extending Pettersson is the most important big-picture line item facing the club this summer , it’s worth noting there’s no pressing time crunch — Pettersson will only be a restricted free agent following the expiry of the contract, still one year out from unrestricted free agency.

Nonetheless, Pettersson’s commentary will get a lot of play in Vancouver, as it should. Getting Pettersson locked up has been a key organizational priority — and some source of internal preoccupation — dating back to last winter.

Back in the late spring, Pettersson’s representatives expressed some optimism that a deal would be worked on in the summer. Progress, however, has been slow and that’s been at Pettersson’s direction, to hear Pettersson tell it anyway.

“We’ll keep talking but Pat (Brisson) is doing that talking,” Pettersson said. “He knows my situation and obviously it’s a big topic, but he just wants me to focus on — and I just want to focus on — the hockey part.”

Usually when we’re assessing the way NHL -level player personnel negotiations sometimes play out in the public eye, we tend to regard artificial deadlines or publicly revealed moments of stalemate — “we’re just focusing on the season” or “his agent has told the team he won’t discuss an extension during the season” are two common examples — with cynicism. Lines delivered by players and their representatives to juke the negotiation one way or the other.

It’s tempting to fit these comments into that familiar box, but Pettersson is a singular person. If any NHL player was going to delay a negotiation primarily for the purposes of keeping a clear head during summer training, it might just be him.

Asked about the presumably over-the-top reaction Canucks fans (and media) were sure to have to his revelation that talks have been on hold this summer, Pettersson reiterated his affection for the madcap Vancouver market and the intensity of the fan support on Canada’s West Coast.

“Of course it’s a passionate fan base, they bleed hockey out there,” Pettersson said.

“Passionate media too,” Russo joked in reply.

“Passionate media too,” Pettersson agreed, laughing. “They try to find everything out. But I like it that way. I like the overall hockey interest. Obviously, they want the answers, but the answer is that I’m preparing to be in the best shape I can for the season and I’m excited.”

It’s also worth unpacking some of the unique dynamics undergirding Pettersson extension talks. In calibrating the length and size of Pettersson’s next deal, both sides will have to weigh the prospect of a salary cap that is going to stay flat for the 2023-24 campaign, but is widely expected to rise a bit the next season and then potentially rise significantly thereafter.

An agreement on a long-term extension made today could easily be out of date by the second season of the contract, relative to where the market may be headed.

Additionally, Pettersson is coming off of a nearly 40-goal campaign in which he also hit 100 points and received serious consideration for the Selke Trophy from the Professional Hockey Writer’s Association. Pettersson’s star-level performances make him a valuable commodity, obviously, but it’s one thing to have hit those heights from the perspective of negotiating leverage and it’s another to have done it twice. Do it twice in a row and you’re negotiating with the promise of consistent, superstar-level production, which is a different thing entirely.

All of this dances around the big question and consternation that simmers in the background in conversations about Pettersson and his contractual future in Vancouver. Canucks fans have been watching closely as situations in Calgary and Winnipeg have played out with Pierre-Luc Dubois and Matthew Tkachuk (among others), who have exercised their leverage as restricted free agents to steer themselves out of Canada and to American-based contenders.

It goes without saying that having a successful, positive season from a team perspective would go a long way toward appealing to a competitive, top-level player considering a long-term (or medium-term) contract extension with the Canucks, but there’s little cause to leap to that sort of conclusion based off of where we sit today and Pettersson’s commentary at the European Player Media Tour.

The fact is, due to completely innocuous structural factors outside the direct control of either party, one can understand why Pettersson and his camp would prefer to be patient this summer.

— The Athletic’s Michael Russo contributed to this report

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UEFA EURO 2024 Trophy Tour continues through Germany

Thursday, April 25, 2024

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The Henri Delaunay Cup is making its way through Germany ahead of UEFA EURO 2024, and fans in the host cities of Frankfurt, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen have now seen the iconic trophy up close.

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We’re just seven weeks away from the start of UEFA EURO 2024, and the festivities have already started in Germany as the Trophy Tour has been continuing to make its way through the ten host cities.

The event kicked off in Stuttgart on 22 March and has since been to Frankfurt, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen, with fans across western Germany getting the chance to see the iconic Henri Delaunay trophy and meet some special guests.

Excitement builds across the country

The second stop on the Trophy Tour was Frankfurt, where the silverware embarked on a photo tour through the city, including Frankfurt Arena, which will host five matches at UEFA EURO 2024.

The trophy was then put on display at the MyZeil shopping centre, where tournament ambassador Célia Šašić was in attendance alongside Host City ambassador and former Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Alexander Meier, who signed autographs for fans before taking part in a Q&A session with other local guests. Meanwhile, 11-time table football world champion Chris Marks showed off his skills, with two more tables available for fans to use.

The Tour then moved onto Cologne, which will also host five EURO 2024 matches. Tournament director Philipp Lahm accompanied the trophy on a photo tour ending at the German Sports & Olympic Museum, where fans were able to take pictures with the cup. Lahm then took part in a talk with Mayor Henriette Reker and Host City ambassador Toni Schumacher, who won the 1980 UEFA European Championship with West Germany.

In Düsseldorf, Lahm met Host City ambassadors Sandra Mikolaschek, a two-time Paralympian in para table tennis, and Selin Oruz, Olympic bronze medallist in hockey, following a photo tour taking in the sights of the city and inviting local football clubs to join in the fun. The Merkur-Spiel Arena will stage five EURO 2024 games, including the third quarter-final on Saturday 6 July.

The next stop was Dortmund, where fans were treated to an afternoon of fun family-friendly activities at Friedensplatz, including football-themed games and plenty of food and drink options. The trophy was paraded through the city, with stops including the German Football Museum and BVB Stadion, which will host six EURO 2024 matches, culminating in the second semi-final on Wednesday 10 July.

The trophy then made the short trip to Gelsenkirchen and the Arena AufSchalke, where four EURO 2024 matches are scheduled to take place. It was greeted at the stadium by Host City ambassador, 43-cap Germany forward and Schalke 04 legend Gerald Asamoah. Along with former teammate Émile Mpenza, Asamoah took part in a penalty shootout challenge before watching a tournament for local youth teams with mascot Albärt. Schalke players were also in attendance and signed autographs for the children, who could take photos with the trophy.

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The UEFA EURO 2024 Trophy Tour now heads to the capital Berlin before making its last three stops in Leipzig, Hamburg and Munich, where it ends on 14 May, exactly a month before the tournament kicks off.

Through its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Strategy , UEFA EURO 2024 aims to be a reference point for sustainability in the world of sports, and a driving force for sustainable development in Germany and beyond. The Trophy Tour is playing an important role by bringing the festivities to supporters across Germany, while fostering ties with local organisations and supporting grassroots football.

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Cut line: what we know - and want to know - about the player equity program.

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In this week’s edition, we dissect the secretive rollout of the PGA Tour’s Player Equity Program, Rory McIlroy’s possible return to the policy board and the divide in golf that might not be as vast as it currently looks.

Variety . When the Zurich Classic moved to a two-man team event, it wasn’t clear how something so different would fit into the Tour schedule. But now in its seventh year, the tournament has become a breath of fresh air in a lineup dominated by individual stroke-play events.

The team element has allowed for creative pairings and a level of intrigue that the event, which is wedged squarely between the Masters and PGA Championship, likely wouldn’t enjoy if it didn’t have the likes of Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry, who are on pace to represent Ireland at this year’s Olympics and were in contention Friday at TPC Louisiana.

“It’s a tournament that I’ve watched on TV for quite a few years, especially since they went to the team format. Shane and I have played in a couple of Ryder Cup teams together and we thought it would be fun to team up together again in something like this,” McIlroy said.

It’s probably not the best time to be recommending new tournament formats given the rhetoric between the Tour and LIV Golf, but the Zurich Classic is a standalone success that could use some company.

Nuance . While the Tour continues to wrestle with a potential deal with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and a potential reunification of the professional game, there remains doubt the circuit will be able to pull off such a polarizing coup, particularly any plan that would allow players who joined LIV Golf to return to the Tour’s ecosystem.

Finding a consensus on how players like Jon Rahm or Brooks Koepka might be welcomed back, either with or without potential fines and suspensions, is proving to be exceedingly difficult. But, on this front, the DP World Tour has already created a pathway.

Guy Kinnings, the newly appointed chief executive of the European tour, was asked this week in an interview with GolfDigest.com how players, like Rahm, might be allowed to play for Europe at next year’s Ryder Cup.

“The reality is that, under the current system, if a player is European and is a member of the DP World Tour and abides by the rules in place, he is eligible,” Kinnings said.

Kinnings went on to explain that the European circuit’s rules allow for suspensions and fines for players who violate its conflicting-event release polices by playing LIV events, but as long as those players pay those fines and serve those suspensions they maintain their eligibility and the chance to either qualify or be picked for next year’s Ryder Cup team.

There are no easy solutions to the professional game’s complicated predicament but, as the European tour has proven, there are nuanced answers.

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Politics . Aside from the palace intrigue, McIlroy’s imminent return to the PGA Tour’s policy board, as well as the newly formed board of directors for the circuit’s for-profit arm, created plenty of talking points this week.

McIlroy touched on the most obvious element of his potential return when asked why he’d consider going back on the board after resigning his position as a player director last November.

“I think I can be helpful,” he said this week when asked, hypothetically, why he’d want back in the board room. “I don’t think there’s been much progress made in the last eight months and I was hopeful that there would be. I think I could be helpful to the process.”

McIlroy has become an outspoken proponent of reunification of the game and a deal between the Tour and PIF, and if his voice and vote move that along more quickly, then all the better.

Some, however, see the move as McIlroy and the Tour circumventing the system. Normally, a member of the Player Advisory Council is voted to be chairman of the PAC for one year before ascending to the policy board by a vote of the entire Tour membership.

Because Webb Simpson, who reportedly asked if McIlroy could take his spot on the board, has another year remaining as a player director, the vote instead goes to the remaining board members.

“How in the world can he resign from the board and then come back to rejoin the board without being reelected weeks later?” asked one Tour player.

McIlroy is probably the right person for the job given the landscape, but the politics of it all doesn’t feel great.

Compensation . The Tour rolled out its long-awaited Player Equity Program this week with literally no fanfare.

The program is set to award approximately $930 million to 193 different players in initial equity, which was announced in February, with the only new information being the total vesting period before players can cash in on those grants (eight years) and how, roughly, the grants were awarded via a “career points” list and other benchmarks.

The equity grants are part of a larger compensation plan the Tour has created to stem the flow of top players going to LIV Golf and reward that loyalty. It also gives players ownership of the Tour, which is unique in major American sports, and a reason to be dedicated to the best possible product, which will likely include much more than simply their play on the course.

Transparency . The Tour has never been the most forthcoming of organizations and there were plenty of reasons to control much of the player-equity message, but there are questions that neither violate private financial requirements or the circuit’s own concern for confidentiality.

For example, of the four groups of players who received their initial equity letters from the commissioner this week, it’s the fourth category, dubbed “past legends,” that produced the most questions.

While most agree that Jack Nicklaus should be first on that list, which will include 36 players and $75 million in equity, it’s unclear what the remainder of that list would look like. Assuming Tiger Woods would be among the Group 1 recipients for equity (a player can only qualify for one group), what would the “career points” list – which awards points based on how long a player was a Tour member, events won and how many times they reached the Tour Championship – look like for a “legend?”

Many of the “past legends” didn’t play in the FedExCup era and likely didn’t value a trip to the season finale like players do now. There’s also the question of how a “legend” becomes vested since most players in this category are well beyond their playing days even on the PGA Tour Champions.

It’s clear the Tour is more interested in confidentiality, but that only creates more questions.

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1929 — Ryder Cup Golf, Moortown GC: Great Britain beats U.S., 7-5.

1956 — Rocky Marciano retires as the undefeated heavyweight boxing champion. He finished with a 49-0 record, including six title defenses and 43 knockouts.

1960 — The Minneapolis Lakers announce they will relocate to Los Angeles.

1961 — NFL officially recognizes Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

1968 — Jimmy Ellis wins the heavyweight boxing title with a 15-round decision over Jerry Quarry in Oakland, Calif. This is the final bout of an eight-man elimination tournament to fill Muhammad Ali’s vacated title.

1982 — NFL Draft: University of Texas defensive end Kenneth Sims first pick by New England Patriots.

1983 — Walter Johnson’s record of 3,508 career strikeouts was eclipsed by Houston’s Nolan Ryan — a record that stood for 56 years. Ryan fanned Montreal pinch-hitter Brad Mills in the eighth inning as the Astros beat the Expos 4-2.

1994 — Scott Erickson, who allowed the most hits in the majors the previous season, pitches Minnesota’s first no-hitter in 27 years and the Twins beat Milwaukee 6-0.

1996 — Barry Bonds became the fourth major leaguer with 300 homers and 300 steals when he homered in the third inning of the San Francisco Giants’ 6-3 victory over the Florida Marlins. His father, Bobby Bonds, godfather Willie Mays, and Andre Dawson are the only other players to reach 300-300.

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1994 — Dave Hannan scores 5:43 into the fourth overtime to keep the Buffalo Sabres going in the NHL playoffs with a 1-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils, the sixth-longest game in NHL history.

2002 — Derek Lowe pitches a no-hitter against Tampa Bay. Brent Abernathy is the only baserunner Lowe allows in Boston’s 10-0 victory.

2003 — Kevin Millwood pitches his first career no-hitter to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Francisco Giants 1-0.

2007 — Kirk Radomski, a former New York Mets clubhouse employee, pleads guilty to distributing steroids to major league players for a decade and agrees to help baseball’s steroids investigators.

2008 — Ashley Force becomes the first woman to win a national Funny Car race. The 25-year-old beats her father, drag racing icon John Force, in the final round of the 28th annual Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals to deny him his 1,000th winning round in his 500th NHRA tour event.

2009 — The Denver Nuggets match the biggest victory in playoff history with their 121-63 rout of New Orleans in Game 4 of their first-round series. The Minneapolis Lakers had the other 58-point postseason victory, beating the St. Louis Hawks 133-75 in 1956.

2011 — Nathan Horton scores 5:43 into overtime to give the Boston Bruins a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series. Boston had never won a playoff series after trailing 0-2 in 26 tries.

2011 — Dwayne Roloson makes 36 saves and Tampa Bay completes a big series comeback and eliminates Pittsburgh with a 1-0 win in Game 7. Roloson becomes the second goalie to go 6-0 in elimination games. He allowed only four goals in winning the final three games as the Lightning erased a 3-1 series deficit.

2013 — The Detroit Red Wings make the playoffs for the 22nd straight season after Henrik Zetterberg had two goals and an assist in a 3-0 victory over Dallas. The Red Wings own the longest active playoff streak in major professional sports, six years longer than the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs’ stretch of postseason play.

2014 — Three-time Olympic champion Kerri Walsh wins her record 47th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour title, teaming with April Ross to beat Brazil’s Juliana Felisberta Silva and Maria Antonelli in the Fuzhou Open final.

2014 — Lydia Ko, three days after her 17th birthday, birdies the final hole for her third LPGA Tour victory and first as a professional, holding off Stacy Lewis and Jenny Shin in the inaugural Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic.

2017 — Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett is picked first overall by the Cleveland Browns in the NFL draft. Chicago sends a third-round pick, a fourth and a 2018 third to San Francisco to switch and selects quarterback Mitchell Trubisky, who started only 13 games for North Carolina. The 49ers take defensive end Solomon Thomas from just down the road at Stanford.

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Liz Truss at the Heritage Foundation, Washington DC, 22 April 2024.

Fair to say America isn’t gripped by Liz Trussmania. Here’s what she can learn from Mr Bean

Our former PM has a dire warning and a book to sell, but it isn’t really cutting through. A bit more Brit-style bumbling might help

‘I know the name,” texts a friend when I ask if she knows who Liz Truss is, but like most Americans can’t quite put her finger on why. “Like 8%,” guesses another when I ask her to put a number on how many of her countrymen she imagines know of Truss. The standard response, in my extremely unscientific poll of Americans as to whether or not they know of Truss, however, was: “No, should I?” – the answer to which, of course, depends entirely on whether you want to understand why the Tory party is polling around 20% or whether you happen to be Liz Truss.

Truss, the only one of us to suffer that particular misfortune, was in Washington DC this week trying, like so many minor British celebrities before her, to catch the eye of the Americans. At the Heritage Foundation, a rightwing thinktank that hosted the launch of Truss’s book Ten Years to Save the West , she came bearing a “warning”. Not an ideal ice-breaker, perhaps, but one clearly tailored to an audience receptive to the frisson of the term “forces of the global left”.

She then provided a perfect illustration of how British people try to win over Americans. “I like to think of the United States of America as Britain’s greatest invention,” said Truss, a piece of comic rank-pulling that relies, for the joke to land, on the delusion that Britain is central to American thinking or penetrates American consciousness at all. Even the sorts of Americans who show up to events at the Heritage Foundation must have been politely baffled by this.

Still, it’s possible Truss did better than the other British export trying and failing to win over Americans this month. Blur’s performance at Coachella last week – and particularly that of Damon Albarn – delivered the timeless drama of a man’s idea of himself crashing into a rival and more widely held view. “You’re never seeing us again, so you might as well fucking sing it,” shouted Albarn when, during a rendition of Girls & Boys, he tried to get a call and response off the ground and the crowd remained largely unresponsive. “Know what I’m saying?” he added savagely. And they did, apparently, rewarding his yelling, sneering and eventual tip into bitterness by continuing to withhold their approval.

The challenge for Albarn, Truss and all the others who have tried to charm this particular away crowd is to project a jaunty, offhand confidence that somehow disguises the scale of the need and the fear of rejection. It can make for an odd spectacle, bad jokes and terrible sycophancy. “The world felt safer when Donald Trump was in office,” said Truss this week, and you wondered at her shamelessness – not because sucking up to Trump is unusual in America, but because, coming from a British person, even a former Conservative prime minister, you assume that she is able to see Trump marginally more clearly than her American counterparts, and that at some level she knows that we know this.

There is, however, one thing that may work to Truss’s favour in the US. British critics of Tony Blair used to hammer him for a smoothness that struck some as pseudo-American, and which contributed to his currency – or at least legibility – in the US. Margaret Thatcher’s strident persona had about it a force that, particularly since she was played by Meryl Streep in the movie, has been claimed by some in the US as “American” in flavour.

But Truss has something that can land equally well coming from British people trying to break the US: an effortless, almost Mr Bean-like social awkwardness that invites in Americans a rival condescension, and is frequently utilised by British people abroad. Truss’s odd syntax, lame jokes and occasionally unnerving eye contact may stand a better chance of landing in the US as charming eccentricity, or an extension of the standard-issue bumbling Brit.

Although, of course, in this case, it’s all moot, because no one knows who she is. The New York Times didn’t cover Truss’s book launch in Washington, nor did the Washington Post, and the book currently sits outside the top 4,000 on US Amazon. Her warning, whatever it was, will go not only unheeded but unheard – with no one more profoundly, one assumes, than Donald Trump.

Emma Brockes is a Guardian columnist

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LIV rebels Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton have been handed a shock lifeline to play in the Ryder Cup as the DP World Tour denied claims of a loophole allowing them to compete. When the duo jumped ship before the start of LIV’s campaign it was feared the defections would exclude them from the match in New York. Indeed, Rory McIlroy’s immediate reaction to Rahm’s £400 million departure was to demand the DP World Tour rip up the rules to ensure the Spaniard could represent Europe at Bethpage. But contrary to widespread opinion, regulations will not need to be rewritten for the LIV Golf pair to be eligible for Luke Donald’s team in 2025. Guy Kinnings, the recently appointed DP World Tour chief executive, eased concerns after Rahm and Hatton conceded they had put their Ryder Cup futures in jeopardy , revealing they simply need to pay the outstanding fines and play their four minimum events to remain members.

It raises the prospect of Rahm and Hatton teeing it up at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in November and leaving the way clear for other European Ryder Cup stars to join LIV, knowing they can still appear in the biennial match and play in at least some DP World Tour events where they could earn world ranking points.

“I think there’s been a slight misconception because the reality is, under the current rules, if a player is European, and is a member of the DP World Tour, and abides by the rules as they currently are – so if you don’t get a release and you accept the sanctions – there is no reason why players who have taken LIV membership and maintained DP World Tour membership, could not a) qualify and/or b) be available for [wildcard] selection,” Kinnings said.

Kinnings, a former lawyer, is aware that many will be surprised by this news – not least, perhaps, “strategic alliance” partner the PGA Tour, which has issued effective lifetime bans for all the LIV rebels.

Rahm and Hatton – and others such as Adrian Meronk and Thomas Pieters – have been picking up fines and one-week suspensions each time they play in a LIV event. It was assumed they would have to serve what would presumably be a 14-week ban after the LIV season ends, making it practically impossible to fulfil membership obligations and play in the minimum quota.

Yet after consulting his rules department, Kinnings discovered they could serve these bans in the LIV rest weeks throughout the calendar, even though they would have had no intention of playing in those events.

So, they will serve suspensions at next month’s Soudal Open in Belgium and European Open in Germany , despite the chances of Rahm and Hatton wanting to play in these tournaments being negligible to the point of non-existence. When the LIV season finishes in September, Rahm will be able to play in the Andalucia Masters, the French Open and, if he qualifies, the two play-offs – in Abu Dhabi and Dubai – that wrap up the campaign. The Olympics also counts as a tournament under Tour rules, so Rahm can easily satisfy his commitments. The fines will tot up to more than £1 million, but due to his huge LIV deal that is hardly an obstacle. In fact, there is even scope for Rahm and Hatton to play on Tour during the LIV season, a fact that will surely make other players sit up and take notice. Certainly, Ian Poulter, Sergio García, Lee Westwood and Henrik Stenson will be interested, if not aggrieved.

The quartet resigned their Tour memberships last year in the wake of an arbitration hearing in London which sided with the Tour in its fight to have the right to issue sanctions. Telegraph Sport understands at least one of the four handed in his cards in the belief it would be unfeasible to retain his membership. However, it was spelt out in the letters they received when notified of their punishments for playing in LIV events without the necessary permissions from Wentworth HQ.

Kinnings added the caveat that the qualification rules for 2025 could be altered, although also conceded this would be highly unlikely.

He claimed that “this is actually not ‘new’ news” but also acknowledged he had himself been unsure about when the bans would have to be served. “It’s not a loophole, because that’s the rules that we’ve always had,” Kinnings said when challenged. “And those are the rules we’re just going to continue to apply. They’ve been tested. I’ve got the guys who analyse this in detail, they’ve looked at it and said, ‘it’s up to him and his team’. We’ve spoken to them and they want to do it the right way.”

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Russian players are not welcome to play in Prague's NHL games due to the Czech government's stance on Russia's Ukraine invasion, per AP.
NHL players promoting Aussie, Stockholm games
The NHL and NHLPA will hold their fifth European Player Media Tour on Wednesday in Stockholm, Sweden ahead of the league's '23-24 Global Games in Sweden and Australia. The Kings and Coyotes will play two preseason games in Melbourne, Australia, from September 23-24 at Rod Laver Arena, and the Red Wings, Wild, Senators and Maple Leafs will play ...
Report: Pelley to leave European tour for Maple Leaf Sports group
The tour is in Dubai this week to resume its season. Pelley negotiated a $5 billion rights contract to the NHL for Rogers Media before leaving in 2015 to take over the European tour. He brought creativity, beyond his blue-framed glasses to a tour that didn't have nearly the resources of the PGA Tour.
NHL Europe
The official YouTube channel for the NHL in Europe. NHL:n virallinen YouTube-kanava Euroopassa. National Hockey Leagues officiella Youtube-kanal för NHL i Europa. Der offizielle YouTube-Kanal ...
The NHL's wacky 23-game Eurotrip catapulted players to superstardom
The four-game jaunt faintly resembles the NHL's most elaborate Eurotrip. In the spring of 1959, the Bruins and Rangers faced off 23 times in 26 days in 10 European cities. The Original Six rivals ...
The Real NHL Expansion Markets Are in Europe
Germany was actually one of the first countries that the NHL travelled to, dating way back to 1959 when the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers went on a 10-city, 23-game tour of Europe.
Red Wings Played in First European NHL Game
While that original series wasn't part of the official NHL season, it's always wise to remember where you came from. Without first embarking on those games, the league wouldn't have moved on to today's stage of regular-season games being contested in Europe. On this day in 1938, the Red Wings and Canadiens kicked off a European hockey tour.
Nash Daily: NHL European Media Tour; Toronto Extends Matthews
The NHL began its fifth European Media Tour Wednesday in Stockholm, Sweden, in preparation for the Global Games to take place in Melbourne, Australia, September 23-24 and in Stockholm on November 16-19. The Media Tour is meant to assist in growing the game beyond the U.S. borders where key European players sit down with media […]
NHL relishing early weekend puck drops for European growth
Early puck drops on weekends in North America, putting games into primetime for fans in Europe, is paying dividends, with the key ice hockey markets in the Nordics, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Germany all seeing above average viewership as a result. Indeed, across those key markets, viewership is up by 370 per cent compared to other live NHL ...
'I've wanted to just focus on the season': Elias Pettersson on
Vancouver Canucks star centre Elias Pettersson attended the NHL European Player Media Tour in Sweden this week and explained at length in conversations with Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman and The ...
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NHL's European Game of the Week
United by Hockey Tour; ... The NHL European Game of the Week presented by SAP is the National Hockey League's program to deliver LIVE NHL GAMES in PRIMETIME to fans in Europe.
UEFA EURO 2024 Trophy Tour continues through Germany
The Trophy Tour's final stops. The UEFA EURO 2024 Trophy Tour now heads to the capital Berlin before making its last three stops in Leipzig, Hamburg and Munich, where it ends on 14 May, exactly ...
Cut Line: What we know
Compensation.The Tour rolled out its long-awaited Player Equity Program this week with literally no fanfare. The program is set to award approximately $930 million to 193 different players in initial equity, which was announced in February, with the only new information being the total vesting period before players can cash in on those grants (eight years) and how, roughly, the grants were ...
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European Player Media Tour
Go behind the scenes with Tim Stützle and Erik Brannstrom as they go through the events of the NHL European Player Media Tour. Link copied; Video Link Copied; September 05, 2023.
Tigers host Royals in rare Friday day start
The Tigers' Reese Olson (0-3, 3.80 ERA) is set to make his fifth start of the season. The 24-year-old right-hander faced the Minnesota Twins in his latest outing, and he gave up four runs (two ...
LIV rebels Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton handed shock lifeline to play in
LIV rebels Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton have been handed a shock lifeline to play in the Ryder Cup as the DP World Tour denied claims of a loophole allowing them to compete. When the duo jumped ...