With not much going on yet hockey-wise on North American shores, there is some Florida Panthers-related news from across the pond as the 2018-19 Champions Hockey League got underway across Europe this weekend.
32 teams, divided into eight groups of four, began group play and among them was Florida prospect Aleksi Heponiemi’s Karput Oulo squad. Each team will play the other three in its group twice with the top two teams advancing to the round of 16.
Karput blanked France’s Rouen Dragons by a 4-0 count on Friday and then blasted the Nurnberg Ice Tigers 9-3 on Sunday to take the lead in Group F.