Zurich 3, Geneva 2 – This one-goal game officially eliminated one Swiss team from the playoffs while helping another Swiss team get closer to locking up its playoff berth. Prague is currently in 9th place in the Southern Conference, and to disappoint either Zurich or Lisbon, Sparta will have to win at least three of their remaining four games. Should…
After spending the last 8 days in cars, planes and walking around the Rocky Mountains, I return to write about this thing here. Belfast 5, Lisbon 2 – Joe Pavelski is having his best season since leaving Madrid as a free agent before Season 4, but he wasn’t good enough to help Lisbon HC conquer…
Bratislava 4, Lisbon 1 – Sunday’s game in Lisbon was an eventful one, and not just because Tyler Toffoli scored twice to lead the visitors to a win. Lisbon and Bratislava are two of the six or seven Southern Conference clubs who still don’t know if they will have playoff games in their future. For them,…
Berlin 2, Prague 1 (OT) – Prague Sparta still has a good chance of moving from 9th place into the playoffs, but they can’t afford too many more games like the one they played Thursday. Logan Couture and Alex Edler were heroes for the Smurfs as they helped their team transform a zero-point trip to the…
Dublin 5, Belfast 2 – Belfast won the previous two meetings between Irish rivals, but on Thursday, surging Dublin beat the Giants by three goals. It was the fourth straight win for the Fighting Irish and their 7th win in the last 10 games. Belfast likes to throw their weight around and their physical style of play has…
Helsinki center Paul Stastny has been suspended for one game in connection with a match penalty he received Tuesday when he checked James Van Riemsdyk from behind. The Dublin forward went heavily into the boards near the Helsinki bench and emerged with a knee injury. Sepp Blatter, the league’s Director of Player Safety and Discipline, said…
St. Petersburg 5, Bratislava 0 – Antti Niemi played like he had something to prove Wednesday night. Earlier in the day, the commissioner posted a trivia question pointing out Niemi has the worst save percentage in the league. The commish should have checked the schedule before coming out with that question. As luck would have it, Niemi…
Paris 3, Bern 1 – Mike Smith, the Bears’ goalie, kept the game close despite a large advantage in shots that the Rouge Eiffels enjoyed. The teams traded powerplay goals in the first period and the game was tied until David Bolland struck for a shorthanded goal with 7 minutes remaining in the second period.…
Zurich 3, Belfast 2 – By beating the two-time defending champs, the Zurich Lions leapfrogged Munich again in a fierce, multi-team battle for the last playoff spots in the Southern Conference. Jussi Jokinen was the hero for Zurich Monday, after scoring the game-tying goal late in the second period and then the winning goal near…
Munich 7, St. Petersburg 4 – A little gap has opened in the playoff race between the top 9 teams in the Southern Conference and the bottom three, and with their win against St. Petersburg on Sunday, Munich is on the good side of that gap. The Dire Wolf are currently in eighth place, a…
