Jake Gardiner of the London Dons has become the second player suspended by the league for deliberately injuring another player. The 25-year-old Minnesota native has never had as many as 30 minutes in penalties in any one EURO League season, and this year, he had no minutes at all until he took his first penalty…
Helsinki 5, Gothenberg 0 – Finns and Swedes have a slight disrespect for each other and on Tuesday, the Finns got the last – or at least most recent – laugh. A 5-0 shutout win punctuated by 32 hits by the Jokerit had a few Devils … umm, hot. Dan Girardi seemed to care more about…
Stockholm 5, Minsk 3 – Stockholm’s win against Minsk Monday was a good sign for their fans, coach and General Manager Michael Sauer. Two games earlier, in a win over rough and tumble Helsinki, veteran Pavel Datsyuk had to leave the game halfway through the third period, limping off in a lot of pain. It…
Zurich 6, Lisbon 3 – Second-line forwards Drew Stafford, Jussi Jokinen and Patrick Sharp helped Zurich upend one of the hottest teams in the league Sunday. Stafford and Jokinen each scored a goal and had two assists in the game and all three members are in double figures in goals this season, as are the…
Madrid 3, Bern 1 – Andrej Meszaros has been a good addition to the Madrid Royals defense corps. He came over from Copenhagen in a trade that sent rookie MarkoDano and a future second-round pick to Denmark. The 30-year-old primarily known as a defensive defenseman is the team’s leading scorer among defensemen. And that’s on…
