Copenhagen swamps Dublin in opener

The Dublin Fighting Irish tried to set a turbulent tone in Game 1 of the conference finals series, but wound up being rocked by the Tridents 6-1. Dublin took 11 penalties to Copenhagen’s zero. By the end of the first period, Dublin had dug themselves a big hole from which they could never climb out.…

Pre-season predictions were pretty close

Who needs Las Vegas when you have Copenhagen and Phelim McAleer?  The Copenhagen writer who assessed the teams before the season was pretty accurate when he predicted their finishes.  McAleer’s prognostications came before trades, injuries, suspensions and ownership changes, but nonetheless, he was pretty good. He predicted St. Petersburg and Geneva would win the Kharlamov…

No all-Swiss conference finals; Fox win

The Munich Fox slammed the door on the Bern Bears to advance to the Southern Conference finals in Geneva. The Fox were the underdogs against Bern, and trailed 2-0 in the first period on Saturday, but managed to score three unanswered goals on Mike Smith. Meanwhile,  Munich’s Jonathan Quick was perfect over the last 40…

Dublin does it; Copenhagen next foe

With a capacity crowd of 15,450 chanting and singing Irishmen cheering them on, Dublin beat powerful St. Petersburg by a goal Friday to win the playoff series.  The Fighting Irish narrowly knocked off Oslo in seven games in round one, and now St. Petersburg in six games. Next up is a little rest and then…