Belfast won the Northern Conference finals 4-1 in games and advances to the Cup Finals for a chance at its fourth EURO championship. The turning point in the serieswas Game 4 when Mikko Lehtonen sparked the Giants with the 2 goals including the game’s first. The win gave Belfast a 3-1 series lead. Belfast limited…
The Athens Gods had a dream season, finishing first overall, but the Smurfs were their nightmare in the Southern Conference finals. The biggest Berlin win was in Game 2, when Staffan Kronwall scored a goal to tie it 1-1 and Derek Ryan scored on the third shot in overtime to win it. It was the…
The Conference Finals begin Friday and it’s down to 4 teams.One has been there before – many times. Here is a look at what the four teams bring to the table Northern Conference The upstart London Ice Lords who finished with 97 points and were 4th in the North go up against the #2 in…
Athens 4, Paris 3 It was one of the closest series in memory and Athens advanced to the conference finals in a real nail-biting tense Game 7 when Brandon Sutter scored one of the biggest goals in franchise history with 1:30 remaining in the first OT period. He also scored the only goal in the…
Berlin 4, Geneva 1 The Generals played a wide-open style but the Smurfs beat them at their own game. Only 2 of the 12 playoff series saw no team scored fewer than 2 goals in a game and Geneva was in both of them. Berlin was just better. At least 8 Smurfs were +4 or…
Here’s a glance at what happened in Round 2 of the playoffs in the Northern Conference: London 4. St. Petersburg 0 The Ice Lords maintained momentum from their first-round sweep of Copenhagen and surprised St. Petersburg in games 1 and 2 in Petrograd. The Ice Lords won by at least 2 goals in every game.…
