Playoff update Northern Conference Minsk def. Dublin 4-0 – The Hussars are looking good. They out-scored the Fighting Irish 20-6 in the series and outshot them 141-78. Dublin was a strong offensive club, so the work of the defense and goaltender Carey Price deserves an extra pat on the back. But the Irish had the…
Playoff update. Northern Conference Moscow leads Helsinki 3-0 – Spartak is securely in the driver’s seat and their offensive might is the reason. Moscow scored 5 goals in games 1 and 2 and then 6 in Game 3. The two games in Moscow were close, but Game 3 in Finland was a disaster for Helsinki…
Sometimes, EURO League news is made off the ice, and that usually happens come playoff time. The league’s director of player safety and discipline, Sepp Blatter, announced Wednesday morning that league secretary and accountant Rose has been placed on administrative leave for an unspecified time. Speaking from Rudolf Scheer & Söhne (http://www.scheer.at/) a high-end men’s…
Once again, the commissioner and league accountant/secretary Rose have come out with their playoff predictions and once again, they didn’t agree on a single series. That has to be some sort of record for disagreements. Northern Conference Dublin (No. 8 seed) vs. Minsk (No. 1) Season series: Minsk 4, Dublin 0 Commissioner: Minsk is a…
Tuesday was a good day for Gothenburg, Munich and Bratislava and a bad one for Stockholm, Lisbon and especially Athens. Bratislava 6, Athens 3 – An important game for both teams went the home team’s way. With the win, coupled with Lisbon’s loss in Portugal to powerful Paris, Bratislava moved up one spot in the…
Fans of the Stockholm Eagles and Munich Dire Wolf have to wait a little while longer to learn if their teams will have home ice advantage as the fourth seeds in their conferences. One of the highlights of the first round of the EURO playoffs will be the All Sweden Series that will pit Stockholm…
Madrid 2, Dublin 1 – The Madrid Royals have won seven of their last eight games and will finish as the sixth-best team in the league. In the playoffs, they will be the third seed in the Southern Conference and their opponent will be … anybody’s guess between Athens, Bratislava, Lisbon and Zurich. On Wednesday, the…
Munich 4, Athens 1 – The Munich Dire Wolf concluded their 82-game schedule with a 4-1 victory against one of the teams they are battling for fourth place in the conference. It was the second time this week that Munich defeated Athens and it was the Dire Wolf’s fifth straight win. They are 14-3 over their…
Back in Season 1 of the EURO League, veteran Marty Turco watched a lot of hockey from the St. Petersburg bench. Pekka Rinne did almost all of the goaltending for the team that season and Turco saw action in only 10 games. He probably deserved more playing time with his .915 save percentage. If you…
In both conferences, there is a three-team fight to the finish for the 4th place spot in the standings. In the Northern Conference (current totals): 4. Helsinki – 79 GP, 91 points 5. Stockholm – 80 GP, 91 points 6. Gothenburg – 77 GP, 87 points London has an outside chance at 79 GP and 85…
