Berlin 3, Athens 1 – Something highly unusual happened in the first 2 minutes of the game in Athens Wednesday. Logan Couture scored 1:17 into the game to put the visiting Smurfs in front 1-0. Couture scoring a goal isn’t the unusual part; he scored later in the game as well and is currently third…
Gothenburg 2, Moscow 0 – Frolunda was better than Spartak in just about every area, handing Moscow their second shutout of the week and third of the season. Pekka Rinne was perfect in goal, the penalty killers were perfect during 7 Moscow powerplays, and Frolunda outshot Spartak 32-23 in the game and 12-6 in the…
Edinburgh 7, London 4 – It was mostly offense Monday in Britain, where the Capitals scored three quick goals in the first period and three quick goals in the third period to outdistance themselves from the Dons. Defensemen Andy Sertich and Adam Larsson did well for Edinburgh, each scoring a third period goal and getting an…
Friday’s games Minsk 5, Dublin 3 – Five different Hussars scored goals, but one Minsk player had an assist on every one of those goals. Nicklas Backstrom, who now leads the league in scoring, goals and assists, added 5 assists to his total. Backstrom was drafted in the third round of the initial draft. GM Igor…
In a Saturday game against the Southern Conference’s top team, Bratislava had just taken a 2-1 lead late in the second when Eagle veteran Troy Brouwer made a move that will cost him a league suspension. After a battle against the boards just inside the Bratislava blueline, Brouwer and Josef Vasicek stopped playing and faced…
Athens 3, Berlin 2 – The first half of Thursday’s game in Athens belonged to Berlin, but the rest of the game – including the final score – was all Greek. Alex Edler and Logan Couture scored in the second period to give the Smurfs a 2-0 lead, but Athens roared back, outshooting Berlin handily…
London 6, Edinburgh 2 – Taylor Hall simply had enough of this losing stuff. The London Dons had lost 6 straight games heading into Wednesday’s game in Edinburgh. And then Edinburgh’s Adam Larsson scored to put London down by a goal in the middle of the first period. Nearly 10 minutes later, Hall started his heroic performance to break…
Helsinki 4, Bratislava 3 – Playing in their first-ever outdoor game – the Season 6 Klassikko Talvi in Helsinki – the Bratislava Eagles seemed a little awed by the whole thing. Temperatures were slightly below freezing for the game, with partly cloudy skies and a gentle breeze hitting the players as they sat on their respective benches. “That’s when…
Moscow 4, Belfast 2 – Usually, when James Neal scores a goal, good things happen for the defending champion Belfast Giants. On Monday, however, Neal put his team up by a goal about midway through the game and that tally seemed to poke the Russian bear. Thirty seconds after Neal’s goal, Spartak worked their way…
Friday games Stockholm 3, Gothenburg 0 – The Eagles dominated at home, out-shooting Gothenburg 43-16 and shutting out Frolunda. Gothenburg goalie Anders Lindback, who ended up making 40 saves, kept his team in the game by holding off Stockholm’s shooters until Derick Brassard stole the puck from Dan Girardi right in front of the net and slammed…
