Even after nearly six periods of hockey that included 10 hits and 6 shots on goal, Nicklas Lidstrom’s 41-year-old body still had enough juice for one more big, important shot. Lidstrom’s overtime slapshot goal ended the Game 2 marathon between his Geneva Generals and the Munich Fox on Friday to give Geneva a 2-0 in…
Dublin erased a 2-0 deficit and were able to bottle up Copenhagen after an Evander Kane goal early in the third period put the Irish ahead to stay. The Tridents scored two first period goals – one by Dany Heatley (6th of the playoffs) and the other by Stephen Weiss (5th) – on Tim Thomas,…
VIENNA , Austria – (Feb. 7, 2013) EURO Hockey League officials have unveiled the trophy the teams have been fighting for. The EURO Cup is intended to be a blending of the histories and cultures of the dozen-and-a-half countries and nationalities that have teams in the league. The 35-inch tall, 22-pound trophy is made of…
The Geneva Generals came out strong and held on to win their ninth playoff game in nine tries. Outshooting Munich 15-4 in the first period and 15-7 in the second, Geneva held a 3-0 advantage after two on goals by Chris Kunitz, Michael Del Zotto and Patrick Marleau. But halfway through the third period, the…
The Dublin Fighting Irish tried to set a turbulent tone in Game 1 of the conference finals series, but wound up being rocked by the Tridents 6-1. Dublin took 11 penalties to Copenhagen’s zero. By the end of the first period, Dublin had dug themselves a big hole from which they could never climb out.…
Who needs Las Vegas when you have Copenhagen and Phelim McAleer? The Copenhagen writer who assessed the teams before the season was pretty accurate when he predicted their finishes. McAleer’s prognostications came before trades, injuries, suspensions and ownership changes, but nonetheless, he was pretty good. He predicted St. Petersburg and Geneva would win the Kharlamov…
The Munich Fox slammed the door on the Bern Bears to advance to the Southern Conference finals in Geneva. The Fox were the underdogs against Bern, and trailed 2-0 in the first period on Saturday, but managed to score three unanswered goals on Mike Smith. Meanwhile, Munich’s Jonathan Quick was perfect over the last 40…
With a capacity crowd of 15,450 chanting and singing Irishmen cheering them on, Dublin beat powerful St. Petersburg by a goal Friday to win the playoff series. The Fighting Irish narrowly knocked off Oslo in seven games in round one, and now St. Petersburg in six games. Next up is a little rest and then…
The game and series were tied when the third period began in Bern on Thursday and then the Brooks Laich hero tour started. Until then, Bern seemed to have had the better of play and were somehow not in the lead. Eventually, they outshot Munich 44-27 and had a 10-3 advantage in powerplays. But on…
You really can’t blame Stockholm’s Cam Ward for the series-ending loss in Denmark Wednesday. The guy was absolutely pelted with Trident shots and he stopped the first 50 that came his way. The, 8 minutes into sudden death overtime, Copenhagen’s Andrew Ladd suddenly killed the Spartans’ season. After taking a Stephen Weiss pass in the…
