O’Reilly keeps getting better for Athens

The Athens Greeks have had their fair share of injuries this season, but their old reliable has been Ryan O’Reilly. The 24-year-old center was the first person the franchise drafted when GM Terry Moutafis called his name on Season 1 draft day to make him the 22nd player selected overall. Two rounds later, Moutafis drafted…

Arlbrandt suspended 3 games for elbow

EURO League officials acted quickly in the wake of a vicious elbow delivered Friday night to the head of veteran Henrik Zetterberg, captain of the Bern Bears. Zetterberg is expected to be out of action for up to 4 weeks.  This morning, league commissioner Chuck Massaro announced the hiring of a Director of Player Discipline…

Berlin belts Geneva again; Zetterberg out for 3-4 weeks

Berlin 5, Geneva 1 – The Geneva Generals played better Friday night against the Berlin Smurfs than they did the night before, but they still have to be glad to get a three-week break from the hot German team. Berlin defeated Geneva 4-1 and 5-1 in successive nights. Alexander Edler was the star of the game…

Cellar-dwelling Munich makes change at top

Copenhagen 5, Munich 2 – As the score went from 1, to 2, to 3 nothing, the handwriting was on the wall in Munich. Changes had to be made. The Dire Wolf were not even trying, it appeared. There was no zest in their play, the mood on the bench seemed hopeless and miserable, and players weren’t…

London carries momentum into Edinburgh today

London 5, Zurich 2 – After Brandon Saad put London up 2-1, Zurich came onto the ice for the third period trying to tie the contest. But London forwards Devin Setoguchi and Jeff Skinner sabotaged that plan with two goals 1 minute and 22 seconds apart. London’s points were divvied up between 12 different players.…

Thornberg, Dubinsky lead Caps to win

Edinburgh 6, Bratislava 2 – Bratislava took a lot of penalties and paid for it as Edinburgh scored 3 powerplay goals in 9 chances. Martin Thornberg scored the first two PP goals and when Jamie Benn followed those up with his 9th goal 11 minutes into the second period, it became 3-0 Capitals. Brandon Dubinsky was the…

Great day for Danes Nielsen, Andersen

Bratislava 4, Athens 1 – Bratislava had to play their best hockey in order to get points from a tough three-game stretch against three EURO powerhouses, and they came through with flying colors. On Wednesday of last week, the Eagles got a point against Paris, losing 3-2 in a shootout, and they were then able to beat…