Milan 7, Minsk 2
Milan treated its fans to one of its best games of the season on Sunday, hammering Minsk 7-2, scoring three times in the first period and three more times in the second period. Leading the way was Dustin Brown, who had accounted for 2 goals and an assist before the game reached its 8th minute. Brown now has 27 goals this season. Mike Richards scored twice for the Guerriero , while defensemen Jason Garrison and Dustin Byfuglien and forwards Matt Moulson and Henrik Sedin each picked up a pair of assists. Nick Leddy and Patrick Berglund scored for the Hussars.
Athens 5, Prague 3
The Greeks have surprised and bumped off another Southern Conference power. In their last 19 games, Athens is only 7-12, but they have shut out Bern, beaten Bratislava twice and now taken it to Prague in Prague. David backs scored twice on Sunday and now has 23 goals for the season. Tim Gleason and Jared Spurgeon were plus 3 as a defense pairing for the Greeks.
Bratislava 2, Zurich 1
Both goalies – Richard Bachman of Bratislava and Brian Elliott of Zurich – played well, making 24 and 36 saves respectively, but it was Danish forward Frans Nielsen who was named the first star. Nielsen slipped the puck through Elliott’s five hole after taking a doorstep pass from Tim Connolly to open the scoring in the first period, and then worked hard in the Zurich zone to get an assist on Tyler Ennis’s 17th of the season in the second period. The Eagles goals sandwiched a hard slapshot goal by Barrett Jackman, who scored his 8th during a Lions powerplay.
Oslo 6, Edinburgh 3
Oslo has the 13th best powerplay in the EURO League, but on Sunday they were 3 for 3. Their penalty killers are 5th best in the league and they scored two against Edinburgh, which wasn’t too bad themselves on the powerplay, going 2 for 6. Ryan Suter scored the first two goals of the contest, both with the man advantage and he now has 11 goals this season, which puts him in a group of 12 blueliners with at least that many goals. Of those 12, three play for Oslo: Suter, Shea Weber (12 goals) and Mark Girodano (11). Daniel Sedin had a shorthanded goal and 3 assists for the Devils, while Weber also scored shorthanded. James neal was Edinburgh’s star player on Sunday, scoring two goals and adding an assist.
Helsinki 6, Gothenburg 4
Mistakes were costly to Gothenburg, who spotted the Jokerit a 4-0 lead and couldn’t complete a valiant comeback. Veteran Martin St. Louis scored a hat trick and had one assist to lead the way for Helsinki. St. Louis now has 25 goals this season. Gothenburg outshot the visiting Jokerit 39-21, cashing in on 2 of 8 powerplay opportunities. Defenseman Dan Girardi scored 2 for Gburg, both on the powerplay, but he and partner Stephane Robidas were minus 3.
