Sbisa, Milan dominate at home

Milan 4, Stockholm 2 – Almost all phases of Milan’s game were working Sunday as they outshot Stockholm 42-18 in northern Italy. Luca Sbisa was voted as the game’s first star with a goal and an assist. His goal opened the scoring in the game and it was his first of the season. Sbisa has…

New Gods batter former teammate

Athens 5, Bratislava 3 – The new-look Athens franchise got off on the right foot by scoring five goals against the man who was their starting goalie the year the league began. Corey Crawford, 33, has appaered in three games this season for Bratislava and has stopped only 78.3 percent of the shots against him. On…

First suspension of season levied

  In Moscow’s last game, Chris Stewart delivered a high hit against the boards on Stockholm defenseman John Klingberg.  The Eagle player went to ice hard and had to be helped off the ice. Now Klinberg is injured and out of Stockholm’s lineup and Stewart has been issued a one-game suspension. “We have to make…

Lisbon rolls over Paris in France

Lisbon 6, Paris 1 – Sacre bleu! Les Rouges Eiffels have lost two home games in a row. That basically never happens. Lisbon HC rolled over Paris after getting an early tally from Steven Stamkos and then two more goals before the end of period one. Paris was their own worst enemy in this one,…

Sedins produce a goal, spark Dire Wolf

Munich 4, Belfast 3 – It took nine games, but Daniel and Henrik Sedin finally combined for a Munich goal and that seemed to wake up the slumping Dire Wolf and catapult the team to a win over visiting Belfast. Munich got two big goals in the second period from Nikita Zadorov and Talgat Zhailauov…

Madrid rookie scores winner in Paris

Madrid 4, Paris 3 – It’s not easy to win a game in Paris if you’re the visitors, but the Royals left with 2 points Wednesday. After Patrik Berglund tied the game 3-3 in the second period, the unlikely hero for Madrid was quiet Swiss rookie Reto Suri, who beat Phillipp Grubauer after taking a…

Twins playing more like distant relatives

Athens 5, Munich 1 – When Tomas Fleischmann found out his Munich Dire Wolf had acquired Daniel Sedin, planned to pair him with his twin Henrik and give Fleischmann the right wing on that line, he probably said, “Oh great! I get to play with the Sedin twins!” Now he’s probably saying sarcastically, “Oh great. I…

Geneva is EURO’s only unbeaten team

Geneva 3, Munich 0 – The Geneva Generals are the only undefeated team in the EURO League with a record that has reached 7-0. Defense and penalty killing have been the winning formula so far for Coach Brent Sutter, with the Generals allowing just 9 goals while scoring 22 this season. On Monday, the formula…

Moscow outshoots London 46-9

Moscow 6, London 1 – The score was a little deceiving … it could have been much worse for the Dons,. They were outshot 46-9 in the game and 14-1 in the final period. London has won just once in the seven games this season and it’s as if the Dons have lost interest in the sport. Ryan…

Angry Smurfs claim another GM

Berlin 5, Bern 1 – New General Manager Paja Jansson of Bern made the same mistake many other GMs have made in the EURO League’s history: he made the Smurfs angry and then paid for it. Jansson posted a photo of the Interrail locomotive about to crush a line of Smurfs. That made the Smurfs…