The Athens Greeks have had their fair share of injuries this season, but their old reliable has been Ryan O’Reilly. The 24-year-old center was the first person the franchise drafted when GM Terry Moutafis called his name on Season 1 draft day to make him the 22nd player selected overall. Two rounds later, Moutafis drafted…

Gothenburg 4, London 1 – Saturday was a bad day for 4 teams that saw key forwards go down with injuries. Late in the first period in Gothenburg, there was a scramble of players fighting for the puck in front of the net and a few of them went to the ice at about the…

Berlin 5, Geneva 1 – The Geneva Generals played better Friday night against the Berlin Smurfs than they did the night before, but they still have to be glad to get a three-week break from the hot German team. Berlin defeated Geneva 4-1 and 5-1 in successive nights. Alexander Edler was the star of the game…

Copenhagen 5, Munich 2 – As the score went from 1, to 2, to 3 nothing, the handwriting was on the wall in Munich. Changes had to be made. The Dire Wolf were not even trying, it appeared. There was no zest in their play, the mood on the bench seemed hopeless and miserable, and players weren’t…

London 5, Zurich 2 – After Brandon Saad put London up 2-1, Zurich came onto the ice for the third period trying to tie the contest. But London forwards Devin Setoguchi and Jeff Skinner sabotaged that plan with two goals 1 minute and 22 seconds apart. London’s points were divvied up between 12 different players.…

Edinburgh 6, Bratislava 2 – Bratislava took a lot of penalties and paid for it as Edinburgh scored 3 powerplay goals in 9 chances. Martin Thornberg scored the first two PP goals and when Jamie Benn followed those up with his 9th goal 11 minutes into the second period, it became 3-0 Capitals. Brandon Dubinsky was the…

Bratislava 4, Athens 1 – Bratislava had to play their best hockey in order to get points from a tough three-game stretch against three EURO powerhouses, and they came through with flying colors. On Wednesday of last week, the Eagles got a point against Paris, losing 3-2 in a shootout, and they were then able to beat…

Geneva 3, Gothenburg 2 (shootout) – Geneva veteran Nick Foligno has been extra cantankerous this week. On Tuesday, he got a roughing penalty and then got into a fight in St. Petersburg, and on Thursday, in front of the home crowd, he got into another tussle, this time with Devil tough guy Frazier McLaren. Those…

Lisbon 6, Athens 1 – With an ailing John Tavares limited to 5 minutes of ice time, Lisbon HC put a hurting on Athens in Portugal. With centers Joe Thornton and Alexei Kalyuzhny available to fill in for Tavares, Lisbon steamrolled the Greeks, scoring 4 times in the second period. Tavares actually scored to stake the…

St. Petersburg 4, Geneva 3 (shootout) – Three out of the five games played Tuesday went to a shootout, and in all three shootouts, the team with the most shots in regulation time came out on top. In St. Petersburg, Dmitri Kalinin and rookie Jan Kovar provided the sparks near the end of the game…