More Newfoundlanders will be skating across the Atlantic in 2016-17
Alex Wall will be one of several Newfoundlanders who will play hockey in Europe this fall.
• Kilbride’s Luke Adam will return to Adler Mannheim after a solid first
European season with the
German Elite League (DEL) team. The 27-year-old forward got a contract extension with Mannheim after averaging almost a point per game
(15 G, 20A in 38GP) in
2016-17.
• Also returning to the team he played with last season is goaltender Evan Mosher of Conception Bay South, who despite facing a lot of rubber with the last-place Herlev Eagles of Denmark’s top circuit, has agreed to be the team’s No. 1 netminder for a second year.
• Changing European teams will defenceman Chris Owens of St. John’s, who is moving from Fehérvár, a Hungarian team that plays in Austria’s elite league to Lausitzer Füchse, of Germany’s second division. Owens had five goals and 10 assists for Fehérvár last season.
• Add Kenny Neil’s name to the list of players from this province plying their trade in Europe. The 25-year-old forward from Clarenville, who finished up his U.S. collegiate career with the Oswego (N.Y.) Lakers this spring, has a contract with EHC Waldkraiburg, a German third division club. Neil had 122 points in 102 career games for Oswego.