Irish blank London; Geneva now in 8th place

Dublin 3, London 0 – Against a team ahead of them in the standings, the Dublin Fighting Irish looked determined to stay in a playoff position Monday. They shut out the London Dons 3-0, with Jonathan Bernier making 21 saves. Jakob Silfverberg, James Van Riemsdyk and Tomas Plekanec all had a goal and an assist for the Irish.…

Geneva, Gothenburg win to stay in the hunt

Geneva and Gothenburg won games Sunday that they had to in order to stay in the playoff hunt. The Generals got a goal from Mike Fisher with just 29 seconds left to beat visiting Bern 3-2. Geneva, who lost defenseman Karel Rachunek to a groin injury in the game, is in 9th place in the Southern…

Edinburgh beats Minsk for 2 big points

Mike Cammalleri scored twice to lead Edinburgh to a 3-2 win over Minsk Saturday giving the Capitals a huge 2 points in the standings. With just 4 tough games to play, Edinburgh has opened a 3-point gap over Dublin and a 5-point lead over Gothenburg. Edinburgh and Gothenburg will play each other on Tuesday. In…

Playoff picture still unclear

Each team has just a handful of games to play in the EURO regular season and the final playoff berths in both conferences are still up for grabs. In the Northern Conference, Stockholm has inexplicably fallen by the wayside and are looking at very long odds to sneak into the 8th and final place in the…

Munich-Moscow scoreless until the shootout

Moscow 1, Munich 0 (Shootout) – Jaroslav Halak shut out Munich and Cory Schneider shut out Moscow in the same game. Halak had to make 37 saves and Schneider turned away 10 fewer shots. The only pucks that touch nets were in the shootout. Moscow’s Andrew Ladd and Anze Kopitar scored, while only Talgat Zhailauov…

Huberdeau hat trick propels St. Pete

St. Petersburg 5, London 2 – In a game against London and all-star goalie Martin Jones, Jonathan Huberdeau hit the 20-goal mark for the first time in his career and he scored a hat trick in St. Petersburg’s 5-2 win. Huberdeau is one of three Red Stars with 21 goals or more. Brad Richards (23)…

Backes helps Athens pull out late win

Athens 3, Edinburgh 2 – The Greeks had to pull one out in the third period at home against the Capitals. David Backes scored his 28th of the season late and that was the winner. The captain who had 10 shots on goal is shooting for his fifth straight season of 30 goals or more.…

Bratislava’s Myers suspended; coach not happy

Tyler Myers, the league’s top goal scorer among defensemen, will sit a game following a spearing incident in a game in Paris on Tuesday. About halfway through the first period, Myers and Paris center Sergei Zinovjev pushed and shoved each other in front of the Bratislava net and Myers used the tip of his stick to…