Southern Conference powers Geneva and Bern steamrolled their opponents on Monday to set tones in their first playoff series, while Prague did the same to Bratislava. But in the conference’s other game, Milan stunned Munich in Germany as Steve Ott’s overtime goal ended a wild shootout that featured 54 shots by each team. The triple…
With the regular season over and the playoffs under way, it’s also time to vote on the EURO League’s individual awards. To vote, go to the WSH website and the EURO League page and click on the “Go vote for Trophies!” link in the blue box on the right. If you have already voted, you…
Fans attending the first-ever EURO playoff game in Copenhagen Sunday were hoping Swiss-born goalie Jonas Hiller would be able to get the job done in net while Roberto Luongo nurses a finger injury he sustained in the final game of the regular season. But it was apparent by the end of the first period, Hiller…
In the midst of the Helsinki Jokerit’s fight to retain the eighth and final playoff spot in the Northern Conference, they acquired a bit more reinforcement by plucking Ryan White off the waiver wire this week. The 23-year-old center was waived by Minsk and comes to Helsinki with OK numbers for someone who has seen…
Tonight’s game in Edinburgh was as pivotal a game as there has been in the EURO thus far. It pitted two teams that are fighting tooth-and-nail for the final playoff spot in the Northern Conference. The lead-up Helsinki traveled to Scotland on Tuesday with a 2-point lead over the Capitals for that coveted eighth-place spot.…
The Bern Bears and the Geneva Generals, two Swiss rivals, have become the first EURO League teams to clinch playoff berths. With less than 20 games remaining in each team’s regular season schedule. Bern has 97 points, which is 41 more than Paris, the ninth-place team in the Southern Conference. Geneva is a point behind…
For the first weeks of the first EURO Hockey League season, Jason Spezza and his Bern Bear teammates seemed to be dominating the stats sheets. Two-thirds of the way into the season, however, the landscape looks different. Among the top 32 scorers in the league, 18 teams are represented. Prague has four skaters in the…
Helsinki 4, Madrid 2 With Alex Tanguay out of commission for three weeks or more with a back injury, the Madrid Royals had trouble generating enough offense in Helsinki on Wednesday. Jordan Staal scored two goals to pull them into a 2-2 tie with the Jokerit, but Dainus Zubrus came up with a big third-period…
GMs, sorry about not keeping up with the blog on a daily basis. I have a few things going on now – mainly a college hockey season that I help with as assistant coach – that I didn’t have going on earlier in the year. Here’s a reminder that the trade deadline is approaching. The…
The Guerriero made a long journey from Milan to Minsk, (Rochelle, Rochelle), and left with a point. They would have had two points if not for third period goals by Minsk defensemen Nicklas Grossman and Nick Leddy, which led to overtime and a shootout that Patrik Hornquist and Niclas Backstrom won for the Hussars. Minsk…
