Recap of Friday’s games Belfast 6, Athens 5 – The home team came out on top in a well-played game between two of the league’s best teams. Shots and powerplay chances were just about even, but Athens seemed to wither away at the end of regulation time. They were outshot 5-0 in overtime and outscored…
Recap of Thursday games Zurich 7, Prague 6 – The Zurich Lions bounced back from a disappointing loss on Wednesday to win a wild game in Prague. The game had to be decided in a shootout that was capped by Ilya Kovalchuk, who ripped a wrist shot through Niko Hovinen and into the Prague net.…
Wednesday recap of games Edinburgh 5, Copenhagen 3 – A nice third period pushed Edinburgh past Copenhagen in front of almost 15,000 Scottish fans. Derek Stepan scored twice in the period, including the game-winner on the power play. All-stars Olivier Roland and Jamie Benn had 3 points apiece. London 5, Zurich 4 – Two late…
Brian Flynn is a very clean player who doesn’t make many mistakes out there on the ice. The Berlin Smurf fourth-line right wing has played every game this season for his team and he has yet to commit a penalty. That squeaky-clean record and conservative style of play could change in the second half of…
North 11, South 6 PARIS – The Northern Conference continued its dominance of the EURO League all-star game by beating the Southern Conference by 5 goals. The North has won all four all-star games so far. Jaroslav Halak of Moscow got the winners off to a great start by shutting out the Southern stars in…
A day before the best from both EURO League conferences are to play for the right to say they play in the best conference, the league had to hand out three crowns. The fastest skater, hardest shot and most accurate shooter contests were held in Paris, and the favorites going in found they had to…
Five Athens Greeks were voted onto this week’s all-star game by league general managers. No other club had as many voted in. All three players on Frankfurt’s top forward line were the top vote-getters in the Southern Conference and will star the game together. Here are the rosters, in order of votes received: Northern Conference Goalies:…
