Helsinki 5, Copenhagen 1 – Steve Downie is Helsinki’s leading goal scorer. What? Yes, it’s true and he added two goals to his total Thursday when the Jokerit invaded Copenhagen and dismantled the Tridents. Downie, know more for making people really mad at him, now has 13 goals, which equals the total that teammates Thomas…

Minsk 5, London 4 – In a fast and furious game featuring two Northern Conference heavyweights, one team did well in the first half of the game, the other did well in the second half, and Colin Wilson’s 6th goal of the season was the difference. The third-line left wing, took a pass from center…

Edinburgh 1, Gothenberg 0 – Jakub Kovar stopped all 30 Gothenburg shots, Fedor Tyutin blocked four more, and the fourth line of Alex Killorn, Alexnder Kerfoot and Carl Soderberg combined on the game’s only goal as Edinburgh won in Sweden. It was the 22-year-old Kovar’s first shutout in the league, and the Caps’ second shutout…

Bratislava 1, Geneva 0 – If the season had ended Monday, Frederik Andersen of Geneva and Corey Crawford of Bratislava would both be carrying around trophies today – Andersen for having the league’s best save percentage (93.3 percent) and Crawford for lowest goals against average (1.91 per game). One would think a game involving those…

Dublin 5, Moscow 3 – The Fighting Irish fought hard enough Sunday to claim two points in the standings and send Moscow home with none. Dublin got into penalty trouble early in the game but battled back to tie and eventually overtake the invaders from Moscow. David Backes put Moscow in front with a pair of goals in the…

Munich 5, London 4 – Craig Smith isn’t the only one benefitting from an increase in his ice time. His Munich Dire Wolf teammates and fans get something out of it too. Like on Saturday, when the Madison, Wisconsin native scored twice – including the game-winner – to help Munich surprise London in England. Playing…

Oslo 3, Athens 2 (OT – SO) – The Oslo Outlaws kept Athens’ big guns off the scoreboard and emerged from Greece with a win.  Anze Kopitar, T.J. Oshie, Andrew Ladd and Jason Pominville were able to fire a combined 22 shots at the Oslo net, but Semyon Varlamov was on his game and stopped…

St. Petersburg 5, Edinburgh 3 – The Red Stars fired 53 shots on Edinburgh goalie  Jakub Kovar on Wednesday. One of the players Jakub was facing was his older brother Jan, the reigning Rookie of the Year. Jan scored once and had a game-high 8 shots on his brother and when the game’s 3 stars were…

Minsk 5, Belfast 1 – In what most observers thought would be a titanic clash of EURO giants, Tuesday’s Belfast at Minsk game was anything but. The Hussars demolished the Giants 5-1, outshooting them 48-19 in the process.  The two-time defending champs have won only 4 times in their last 9 games. Still, there seems to…