Moscow outshoots Belfast 51-11, but loses

Belfast 3, Moscow 2 (shootout) Cody Hodgson and his teammates celebrated in the corner to the left of Moscow goalie Jaroslav Halak as most of the 21,300 Dynamo fans in attendance just stood there in disappointed amazement. Somehow, Moscow didn’t win a game in which they outshot their opponents 51-11. The biggest reason was Giant…

Iginla joins all-star crowd in St. Pete

Jarome Iginla will be looking for a new home in the beautiful city of St. Petersburg, Russia, and the mortgage shouldn’t be a deterrent in his house hunting. SergeiP signed the star free agent to a three-year, $7.75 million deal with a player option after Iginla was bought out by Munich. St. Petersburg stumbled out…

Season 1 All-Stars named

Without further adieu (the adieu comes at the end of  this story), here are your Season 1 EURO League All-Stars: Northern Conference Starters Goalie – Roberto Luongo, Copenhagen Defense – Kevin Shattenkirk, Copenhagen Defense – Shea Weber, Oslo LW – Erik Cole, St. Petersburg C – Brad Richards, St. Petersburg RW – Blake Wheeler, St.…

Oslo holds off late Dublin charge

Oslo 6, Dublin 5 Dublin was trailing 6-2 in the third period but mounted a furious comeback attempt only to be thwarted in the end by Oslo goalie Jimmy Howard. Mikhail Grabovski scored two for the Devils, and three other Oslo forwards had multiple-point nights, but the Norwegian media who voted on the three stars…

Geneva reaches top of standings

Here’s a mini-update of games played Tuesday: Geneva 4, Prague 1 – The Generals takeover first place overall with a 3-goal win over one of the teams they are fighting neck-and-neck for the President’s Trophy. For the second straight game, David Desharnais scored a goal and was named the game’s second star. Teemu Selanne assisted…

All-Star Voting: The Right Wings

  Please vote for 3 players in each conference by going to the league’s Websim page and sending a message to the commissioner. You may not vote for your own players. The first player you name will receive 5 votes, the second will receive 3 votes and the third will receive 1 vote. Here are…

Madrid come back from 3-1 to win

Madrid 5, Bern 3 The Madrid Royals used a potent powerplay to put away the Bears in Bern on Monday. Bern led 3-1 in the second period but couldn’t withstand a Royals onslaught that produced four unanswered goals. Madrid was 3 for 4 on the powerplay. Jordan Staal helped get the Royals back into the…

All-Star uniforms, skill hopefuls announced

The EURO League today unveiled the uniforms that will be worn in this weekend’s all-star game. Officials also named the representatives of each of the 24 teams who will take part in the skills competition the day before the game. General managers voted in Bratislava, Slovakia, as the host city for the all-star game. The…

Bryzgalov was stingy when he needed to be

Helsinki 6, Dublin 5 (shootout) Keith Yandle’s improbable goal with 3 seconds left in regulation earned the Dublin Fightin’ Irish a point in the standings, but Ilya Bryzgalov’s pressure-cooker saves in overtime and the shootout earned 2 for Helsinki and their new owner, oldtimehockey. Anthony Stewart took a delaying the game penalty with 35 seconds…

All-Star Voting: The Centers

Please vote for 3 players in each conference by going to the league’s Websim page and sending a message to the commissioner. You may not vote for your own players. The first player you name will receive 5 votes, the second will receive 3 votes and the third will receive 1 vote. Here are the…