Damien Brunner Rated As Europe's Most-Productive NHL Player During Lockout

NHL Detroit Red Wings center Damien Brunner "is the most-productive player that the NHL lockout has brought to Europe," according to Stephan Roth of BLICK. Brunner, who joined Swiss National League A club EV Zug during the lockout, "has scored more points than any other NHL player" in Europe, which is impressive considering the talent that has flocked across the continent. In the Czech Republic, 40-year-old Jaromir Jagr plays for Kladno, the club his father once owned and he now manages and finances. In Russia, Evgeni Malkin, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk and Pavel Datsyuk create "nightmares" for opposing goalies. In the NLA, Henrik Zetterberg, Joe Thornton, Rick Nash, Patrice Bergeron, John Tavares and Tyler Seguin "excite the crowds." However, it is Brunner who leads them all with 23 goals and 25 assists in 27 games in the NLA (BLICK, 12/12).

Statistics for NHL Players in Europe
Rank	Player	Current Club	NHL Club	Games	Goals	Assists	Total
1.	Damien Brunner	EV Zug	Detroit Red Wings	27	23	25	48
2.	Jaromir Jagr	HC Kladno	Dallas Stars	27	18	25	43
3.	Tomas Plekanec	HC Kladno	Montreal Canadiens	28	20	22	42
4.	Evgeni Malkin	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Pittsburgh Penguins	29	13	28	41
5.	Tyler Seguin	EHC Biel	Boston Bruins	26	24	14	38
6.	Jan Mursak	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	Detroit Red Wings	21	12	24	36
7.	John Tavares	SC Bern	N.Y. Islanders	22	14	21	35
8.	Ales Hemsky	HC Pardubice	Edmonton Oilers	25	14	17	31
9.	Pavel Datsyuk	CSKA Moscow	Detroit Red Wings	25	9	22	31
10.	Alexander Ovechkin	Dynamo Moscow	Washington Capitals	24	13	17	30
11.	Ilya Kovalchuk	SKA St. Petersburg	New Jersey Devils	24	12	18	30
12.	Joe Thornton	HC Davos	San Jose Sharks	27	7	22	29
13.	Henrik Zetterberg	EV Zug	Detroit Red Wings	17	12	16	28
14.	Patrice Bergeron	HC Lugano	Boston Bruins	18	11	17	28
15.	Daniel Briere	Eisbären Berlin	Philadelphia Flyers	17	6	21	27
16.	Sergei Kostitsyn	Avangard Omsk	Nashville Predators	21	9	18	27
17.	Rafael Diaz	EV Zug	Montreal Canadiens	26	7	20	27
18.	Jason Spezza	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Ottawa Senators	25	8	17	25
19.	Jesse Joensuu	CSKA Moscow	N.Y. Islanders	20	11	13	24
20.	Erik Karlsson	Jokerit Helsinki	Ottawa Senators	27	7	17	24