Selanne goal sends Geneva into Finals

Geneva goes through to the finals, but barely. Trailing 1-0 more than halfway into the third period, Geneva came through with two goals on Munich’s Jonathan Quick and they will now face Copenhagen for the EURO Cup. Quick stopped 17 shots through the first two periods to keep the Generals off the board and Milan…

Copenhagen wins; prepares for Cup final

The Copenhagen Tridents are in. On the brink of elimination for three straight games, Copenhagen survived to be the Northern Conference champion. The Danish team dominated the first half of the game and were up 5-0 early in the third period. Dublin tried to come back but their three goals weren’t enough to extend the…

Copenhagen fights back to force a Game 7

The Copenhagen Tridents battled in hostile territory, scored two early goals and won the contest to tie the Northern Conference finals series at 3-3. On Sunday in Copenhagen, a deciding game will be played. On Friday, defenseman Alex Goligoski blasted a loose puck from the high slot past Tim Thomas, and Jamie Langenbrunner followed with…

Geneva scores four in a row to overtake Foxes

Geneva scored four goals in a 7:30 span of the second period to erase a 2-goal deficit and emerge from Game 5 of the Southern Conference finals with a 6-4 win. Munich led 4-2 after Steve Downie and Toni Lydman scored goals in the second period, but then the Generals took over. Chris Kunitz, Marian…

Good effort keeps Copenhagen in series

The Tridents looked solid in defeating Dublin 6-4 on Wednesday, making the Irish fans nervous about getting that one more win. The Northern Conference finals now stands at 3-2 in favor of Dublin with the next game to come on Friday in Ireland. In this game, it was typically tight through the first period and…

Hejduk scores OT winner; series tied

Milan Hejduk scored a little more than 4 minutes into sudden death overtime to give Munich a 3-2 win over Geneva on Tuesday. The win tied the Southern Conference finals at 2 games a piece. Hejduk’s winning  goal – with assists to Matt Cooke and Joe Thornton – came on the powerplay with Justin Williams…

Dublin wins; on verge of another upset

The Dublin Fighting Irish, who finished the regular season in the middle of the pack and as the fifth seed in the Northern Conference, are now a game away from making it to the EURO Cup Finals.  The Irish were considered underdogs in each of their three playoff series to date, and have previously ousted…

Munich’s Thornton dents Geneva’s armor

Joe Thornton led the Munich Fox to a 3-2 win at home Sunday, handing the Geneva Generals their first loss of the playoffs. Thornton had a goal and 2 assists and won 16 of 21 faceoffs, mainly against the line of Mike Fisher, Teemu Selanne and Ryan Malone. Thornton and his linemates – Patrik Elias…

Dublin goes in front in series

All-star defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk helped his team by blocking 5 shots on Saturday, but he also hurt the Copenhagen Tridents by taking four penalties. His third trip to the box proved to be the most costly as Jaromir Jagr banged home a Nikita Nikitin rebound to give the Dublin Fighting Irish their third lead of…