Geneva 3, Gothenburg 2 (shootout) – Geneva veteran Nick Foligno has been extra cantankerous this week. On Tuesday, he got a roughing penalty and then got into a fight in St. Petersburg, and on Thursday, in front of the home crowd, he got into another tussle, this time with Devil tough guy Frazier McLaren. Those…
Lisbon 6, Athens 1 – With an ailing John Tavares limited to 5 minutes of ice time, Lisbon HC put a hurting on Athens in Portugal. With centers Joe Thornton and Alexei Kalyuzhny available to fill in for Tavares, Lisbon steamrolled the Greeks, scoring 4 times in the second period. Tavares actually scored to stake the…
St. Petersburg 4, Geneva 3 (shootout) – Three out of the five games played Tuesday went to a shootout, and in all three shootouts, the team with the most shots in regulation time came out on top. In St. Petersburg, Dmitri Kalinin and rookie Jan Kovar provided the sparks near the end of the game…
Oslo 7, Paris 4 – Alex Pietrangelo is picking up right where he left off after winning Player of the Year honors in the EURO League’s Season 4. The Paris Rouge Eiffels star scored points at just under one per game last year (81 points in 82 games) and this year he has 16 points…
Madrid 4, Prague 3 – Andrej Meszaros had to be exhausted and dehydrated Thursday night after the work he put in in Madrid’s win over Prague. The 30-year-old Slovakian assisted on the opening goal and scored the game-tying goal in the second period. He also had 4 hits, 2 blocked shots and ended up working 35 minutes.…
Wednesday’s games Dublin 4, Minsk 3 (shootout) – The Fighting Irish were outshot 45-22 in Minsk, but they came away with the 2 points after a four-round shootout. In a battle of backup goalies, it was Jonathan Bernier out-dueling Russian Anton Khudobin. Bernier made 42 saves and stopped Gustav Nyquist on the final shot of…
It’s good to be generous. It gives you a good feeling, especially if your generosity leads to a teammate’s goal. Ryan O’Reilly of the Athens Greeks is one of the most generous guys in the league with 13 assists so far in 11 games. But being generous all the time isn’t good, really. On the…
Monday’s games (I will miss some days here and there. Sorry, guys) Stockholm 4, Prague 2 – Stockholm goalie Braden Holtby was extra stingy and defenseman Mike Green orchestrated the offensive attack as the Eagles surprised the Wolf Pack in Prague. Green had assists on all Stockholm’s goals except the empty-netter and Holtby stopped 29 of 31…
Oslo 1, Bratislava 0 – Semyon Varlamov is on a two-game scalding hot streak and that means two straight wins for the Oslo Outlaws. Varlamov did not allow St. Petersburg to score on Tuesday and he was unbeatable Friday against Bratislava. Against St. Petersburg he stopped 34 shots and against Bratislava he stopped 33. His 92.4 save percentage…
Helsinki 5, St. Petersburg 2 – Paul Stastny, Helsinki’s 30-year-old star center, averaged more than a point per game in each of the first three seasons before dipping below that pace last season. He’s up over a point per game again this season and the chemistry he has with his new linemate Thomas Vanek has…
