The Madrid Royals and defensive-minded coach Dan Bylsma have a new best defensive asset thanks to a trade with Athens, giving up Michal Neuvirth, Nick Johnson and a first round draft pick to get it. Madrid acquired goaltender Tomas Vokoun, a 35-year-old earning $1.5 million this year, the final year of his contract. The Royals…
Bratislava 7, Munich 3 Jonathan Quick may have won the L.A. Kings a Stanley Cup in his last gig, but on Friday, the third overall pick in the EURO draft was awful. Quick stopped 9 shots the whole game against Bratislava and let 7 pucks get past him for goals. If coach Glen Gulutzan didn’t…
Paris 5, Zurich 4 The Zurich Lions wanted to impress new owner CristoWall and put 48 shots on Paris goalie Jose Theodore, but there were just too many Swiss misses, as Les Rouges Eiffels emerged with a one-goal win. Michael Ryder had 10 shots himself to lead everyone in the game, but he managed just…
Dublin 3, Bratislava 2 Dublin was the Fighting, Scratching, Clawing, Slashing and Spearing Irish on Wednesday, as they tried every method known to man to keep the Eagles from their 14th consecutive win. Bratislava didn’t commit any penalties in the game, but it’s probably because they didn’t have time. It seemed they were always trying…
Prague 5, Bern 3 Prague took down the mighty Bern Bears, and Bryan Little was their biggest player. Little scored a hat trick and one was one of 4 Sparta forwards who had 6 shots on goal. Prague ended up outshooting Bern 39-28. Bear star Jason Spezza had a tough go of it, getting an…
Frankfurt 3, Berlin 2 Claude Giroux took a Steven Stamkos pass and with a lightning fast release, beat Mika Kiprusoff to give the Inferno a 1-0 lead over the Smurfs in the first period. It worked so well, Stamkos and Giroux did it again in the second period. And when Yannick Weber scored his second…
Bern 6, Madrid 2 Madrid outshot Bern 39-32 but lost by 4 goals. The line of Henrik Zetterberg, Jason Spezza and Radim Vrbata did the most damage, with Zetterberg scoring two times. Spezza and Ray Whitney, who are now the league’s top two scorers, each had 3 assists. Sergei Gonchar and Jeff Carter of Madrid…
Belfast 1, Moscow 0 Cory Schneider was spectacular in net for the Giants Saturday, stopping all 38 Moscow shots to earn his first EURO League shutout in 14 games. Schneider now has a goals against average of 3.03 and has a save percentage of 91.9, which places him third in the league in that category…
Madrid 6, Milan 0 The ref hates Milan. It’s the only explanation. On Friday, the Guerriero were whistled 11 times for penalties and the Royals went the whole game without being shorthanded even once. And the Royals really took advantage of the situation, scoring 5 powerplay goals. Michal Neuvirth did a fine job in goal…
St. Petersburg 1, Edinburgh o (overtime) Sixty minutes of play ended with neither Pekka Rinne nor Henrik Lundquist allowing a single goal. Then, on the first shot of overtime, Brad Richards beat Lundquist to end it and give St. Petersburg a road win and an extra point in the standings. A day after Felix Hernandez…
