Moscow 5, Minsk 3 – Chris Stewart lengthened his goal-scoring streak to 4 games on a goal that put Moscow in front 3-0 and gave his teammates plenty of breathing room against the defending Cup champions who beat them two days earlier. Stewart has 5 goals in those four games and the last goalie to…
Belfast 3, Oslo 2 – Ondrej Palat had 11 shots on goal and scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal for Belfast in Norway. The visitors deserved the win, outshooting the Outlaws 42-21. Palat, who now has 19 goals and 43 points, also assisted on a shorthanded goal by Claude Giroux that opened…
This is just one guy’s opinion of who is overachieving and underachieving this season for each EURO League team. Feel free to comment on the Websim story. This is part 1 of 2 with the teams listed in alphabetical order. It was written before Friday’s games. Look for the second set of 12 teams over…
Bern 5, Lisbon 2 – Goalie Mike Smith and the last-place Bern Interrail fought back from a two-goal deficit for an emphatic win against a good team. Lisbon came out of the blocks fast, outshooting Bern 16-4 in the first period and the Portuguese team led 2-0 with about half a game to play. Then…
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Paris 5, Milan 3 – Evgeny Malkin scored three even-strength goals and assisted on an Alex Pietrangelo goal to lead Paris to another home win. Malkin is now third in the league in goals and he and Steven Stamkos are tied for the all-time lead with 287 each. Malkin linemate Corey Perry had four assists…
Seeing Vincent Lecavalier’s contract being bought out by Moscow this afternoon made us think about the players in the league who are approaching the end of their careers. Lecavalier is 37, he’s only played 9 games over the last three seasons, and his body is slowing down rapidly. If he gets onto another team, it…
Zurich 7, Oslo 4 – The Lions are climbing back into the playoff picture after a disappointing start to the season and they prevailed Tuesday in a game with Oslo that featured 11 goals. Jakub Voracek scored twice to lead a four-goal explosion by Zurich in the first period and he was one of five Lions with…
That was a close one. The Northern Conference won the EURO All-Star Game for the sixth time in seven seasons, but only by a goal, 11-10. The smiley, cooperative, practice feel of the game gave way to a pretty competitive contest by the end, as the South put together a third-period rally, led by hometown hero…
Phil Kessel’s blazing speed kept defensemen from a sweep of the three events in the EURO League Skills Competition on Saturday. The Dublin forward edged out Prague defenseman Torey Krug for first place in the star-studded Fastest Skater competition. The times put in by the top 7 skaters were very close. St. Petersburg’s Jonathan Huberdeau…
