Zidlicky, Bouchard help London beat Oslo

London 5, Oslo 2 London faced a tall order Wednesday, traveling to Norway to play a surging Oslo team. But the Knights surprised their hosts with a 5-2 win, with defenseman Marek Zidlicky leading the way with 2 goals. Zidlicky was inserted into the lineup due to the injury to Zach Bogosian. The Knights are…

Hot Berglund leads Minsk; Backstrom out

In the world of Websim Hockey’s EURO League, it’s the Holiday Season. Merry Christmas, everyone. Seems no one could really get into the Christmas spirit this year for some reason. Per Noel even dumped on a few teams by  giving them injuries instead of presents this year. Milan’s Daniel Alfredsson will be out a month…

Cole leads St. Petersburg comeback

St. Petersburg 6, Berlin 3 The Berlin Smurfs marched into St. Petersburg on Monday, built a nice 3-1 lead, and then Petrograd turned into Stalingrad for the Germans. In a matter of 33 seconds very late in the second period, left winger Erik Cole scored twice to tie it. Then in the third period, the…

London’s young forwards come through

London 5, Frankfurt 3 In a battle of teams with some of the top young forwards in hockey, London dominated at home, outshooting the Inferno 41-20. Tyler and Taylor (Seguin and Hall) as well as Devin Setoguchi scored in the first 25 minutes of the game, but Frankfurt had the game all tied up after…

Veterans Lidstrom, Whitney score 2 each

Geneva 6, Belfast 1 Veteran blueliner Nicklas Lidstrom had a 4-point for Geneva, leading the Generals past the Giants in Belfast. Lidstrom scored twice in the first period as his team outshot Belfast 42-17 with Kari Lehtonen picking up the save. Patrick Marleau had a goal and 2 assists for Geneva. Bern 4, Zurich 3…

57 saves for Giants all-star Schneider

Belfast 1, Munich 0 Cory Schneider stopped 57 shots to shut out the Foxes, and Keith Aulie picked a wonderful time to score his first EURO goal as the Giants ruined Munich’s first game under their new owner.  Most of the action was in the Belfast end on Tuesday, as the Foxes outshot the Giants…

Big names have big games for Moscow

Moscow 6, Paris 0 Filip Kuba was voted into the all-star game as Moscow’s only representative, leaving some big names back in Russia when the league’s best were playing in Slovakia on Sunday.  Names like Ovechkin, Keith and Kopitar watched the game from a far … and apparently thought hard about why they weren’t there.…

Northern Conference wins All-Star Game 7-6

The North, coached by Russian Viktor Tikhonov,  defeated the South 7-6  in the first ever EURO Hockey League All-Star Game, played this weekend in Bratislava, Slovakia. It looked good for the Southern Conference after 20 minutes, with Mike Smith of Bern shutting out the North and his teammates staking the Southern Conference to a 2-0…

Skills competition winners crowned

A day before the best from both EURO League conferences are to get it on to decide who lives in the toughest neighborhood, the league had to hand out some beautiful crowns. The fastest skater, hardest shot and most accurate shooter contests were held in Nepela Arena, Bratislava, and the favorites going in found they…