Lisbon 5, Paris 1 – Scoring three times in the first period and twice in the second period gave Lisbon a chance to play conservatively and defensively for more than a period en route to a home win over the Southern Conference’s best team. Paris has been uncharacteristically slumping lately (4 wins in the last…
Geneva 3, Moscow 2 – A minute after Max Pacioretty fired in his 31st goal of the season to give Moscow a 1-0 lead in front of the home fans, Geneva evened the score again when Nick Foligno charged into Spartak goalie Alexander Salak while trying to jam the puck over the goal line. Salak…
Gothenburg 3, St. Petersburg 2 (OT-SO) – All four goals scored in Tuesday’s game occurred while St. Petersburg had a man advantage: two powerplay goals by the Red Stars and two shorthanded goals by Frolunda. After a conservative overtime period, the game had to be decided in a shootout, with Adam Henrique and Carl Hagelin…
Dublin 6, Zurich 1 – Fans of the Dublin Fighting Irish have grown accustomed to relying on their top line to score goals and win games for the team. In the beginning, Ryan Kesler, Phil Kessel and Bobby Ryan teamed up to form one of the EURO’s most feared lines. Then Ryan left in a trade…
Oslo 5, Belfast 2– Where did that come from? The league’s 24th-ranked team out-skated and out-played the two-time defending champs Thursday night, winning by 3 goals. Oslo’s Connor McDavid is already making a name for himself in Norway. The 18-year-old whiz kid is playing up to lofty expectations with 26 points in 23 games for…
Russian defenseman Maxim Chudinov is just 22, but he has already put together three straight seasons of 100 minutes or more in penalties. On Tuesday, he overdid it and got another penalty that costs him much more than two minutes. In the first period, Morgan Rielly of the Oslo Outlaws fell to the ice and Minsk’s…
After nearly a month away from writing, I’m back … hopefully for an extended stay. Some special projects at work have been keeping me too busy to write lately. A quick catch-up overview since we last met: Minsk is flying along in first place, looking like the team to beat, but perennial powers Paris, Belfast, Berlin and…
STOCKHOLM – Here’s a chronological report of the Season 6 All-Star Game played tonight in Stockholm, Sweden. Pre-game entertainment provided by Avicii and Anette Olzon, two popular musicians in Sweden. First period- Goalies: Carey Price (Northern), Cory Schneider (Southern) 2:45 – Nathan MacKinnon passes to Adam Henrique in the slot; wrist shot beats Schneider to…
On a day that saw his team trade away his center, Evander Kane of Belfast seemed extra motivated to skate his way to the league’s Fastest Skater title. Kane topped a super fast field and he’ll show off his wheels alongside Claude Giroux, who was traded to Belfast today in a deal that sent Sidney Crosby over…
All-Star Weekend starts today with the Skills Competition in Stockholm. Later today, some interesting questions will be answered in three skills competitions. The most important questions are Who is the EURO’s fastest man? Who has the hardest shot? Who is the most accurate shooter? But there are some sub plots this year. Will defensemen out-skate,…
