London 4, Bern 2 – Bern goalie Mike Smith stayed busy and good in the Bern net, but London’s assault was too fierce for him Tuesday. Defensemen Dmitri Orlov and Marco Scandella blasted slapshots past Smith and Devin Setoguchi and Jimmie Ericsson also scored for the Dons, who outshot the Bears 35-21. Orlov ended up with…
Sunday games Minsk 6, Gothenburg 3 – Milan Lucic assisted on 4 Minsk goals before scoring one of his own in the last minute and a half a game that was close for 50 minutes even though Minsk had twice the number of shots that Gothenburg did. Nicklas Backstrom (2 goals and 2 assists) was…
Helsinki 2, Dublin 1 – The Fighting Irish simply got ripped off. They outshot Helsinki 51-15 and lost 2-1. The three men to blame – or credit, depending on how you look at it – were Helsinki’s Boone Jenner, who scored twice; Carlo Colaiacovo, who passed the puck to Jenner on both goals; and especially goalie…
Prague 4, Belfast 3 – The Prague Wolf Pack, who haven’t lost in regulation time this season, handed the Giants their first loss of Season 5. The visitors from Belfast got a great game out of stars Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin and James Neal, but Prague was better as a whole, especially goalie Ryan Miller…
Paris 3, Athens 2 – It may be too early in the season to come out with the line “Every goal and save is a big one,” but there is little doubt Paris has come up with three big wins already. After losing by a goal to the Cup champion Belfast Giants, Les Rouges Eiffels…
Oslo 4, St. Petersburg 2 – It was a close game, but Oslo’s early momentum was enough to see them through to the victory at home. Mikhail Grabovski of Oslo was the first star withe a goal and 2 assists. All his points came on powerplays that gave the Outlaws a 3-0 through the first…
Monday’s games Prague 4, Stockholm 2 – The former country of Czechoslovakia is home to the early surprises of the first 10 days of the EURO League season. Prague and Bratislava are two of three teams which have not yet lost in regulation time. They have both played 5 games. Belfast is 4-0. On Monday, Keaton…
Stockholm 3, Geneva 2 – More than 20,000 attended Stockholm’s first win of the season. They saw Braden Holtby, Magnus Johansson and Mike Richards turn a tie game into a win. Holtby kept Geneva off the scoreboard through two periods and 17 shots, and when he finally was score upon by Erik Cole, they helped…
Saturday’s games Paris 4, Berlin 3 (shootout) – At home, Paris outshot Berlin 42-24 but needs to thank its penalty killers for the two points they earned in shootout. Berlin scored one power play goal in 9 attempts. Jimmy Howard of Berlin made 39 saves on 42 shots and his teammate Ryan Callahan scored a…
Friday’s games Edinburgh 6, Lisbon 2 – In their first game against each other since being traded for each other straight up, Claude Giroux got the better of John Tavares. By a long shot. Giroux haunted his old team and general manager with 2 goals and 2 assists, working particularly well with winger Rick Nash…
