Pietrangelo, Paris have a rare bad day

Oslo 7, Paris 4 – Alex Pietrangelo is picking up right where he left off after winning Player of the Year honors in the EURO League’s Season 4. The Paris Rouge Eiffels star scored points at just under one per game last year (81 points in 82 games) and this year he has 16 points…

Meszaros, Polak lead Madrid over Prague

Madrid 4, Prague 3 – Andrej Meszaros had to be exhausted and dehydrated Thursday night after the work he put in in Madrid’s win over Prague. The 30-year-old Slovakian assisted on the opening goal and scored the game-tying goal in the second period. He also had 4 hits, 2 blocked shots and ended up working 35 minutes.…

Bernier earns Dublin a win in Minsk

Wednesday’s games Dublin 4, Minsk 3 (shootout) – The Fighting Irish were outshot 45-22 in Minsk, but they came away with the 2 points after a four-round shootout. In a battle of backup goalies, it was Jonathan Bernier out-dueling Russian Anton Khudobin. Bernier made 42 saves and stopped Gustav Nyquist on the final shot of…

Stockholm beats Prague; Green with 3 assists

Monday’s games (I will miss some days here and there. Sorry, guys) Stockholm 4, Prague 2 – Stockholm goalie Braden Holtby was extra stingy and defenseman Mike Green orchestrated the offensive attack as the Eagles surprised the Wolf Pack in Prague. Green had assists on all Stockholm’s goals except the empty-netter and Holtby stopped 29 of 31…

Hot Varlamov translates into Oslo wins

Oslo 1, Bratislava 0 – Semyon Varlamov is on a two-game scalding hot streak and that means two straight wins for the Oslo Outlaws. Varlamov did not allow St. Petersburg to score on Tuesday and he was unbeatable Friday against Bratislava. Against St. Petersburg he stopped 34 shots and against Bratislava he stopped 33. His 92.4 save percentage…

Stastny, Vanek finding early chemistry in Helsinki

Helsinki 5, St. Petersburg 2 – Paul Stastny, Helsinki’s 30-year-old star center, averaged more than a point per game in each of the first three seasons before dipping below that pace last season. He’s up over a point per game again this season and the chemistry he has with his new linemate Thomas Vanek has…

Scramble of a game in Minsk goes to the Greeks

Athens 5, Minsk 4 – Both teams saw leads disappear in Minsk Wednesday. Greeks Scott Hartnell and Ian White scored the only goals of the first period, but Minsk erased the two-goal lead and went up 4-3 with more than 16 minutes of the third period to play. But in the last 7 minutes of regulation, Jason Pominville…

Berlin keeps Paris from gaining a point

Berlin 4, Paris 3 – The first period had to demoralize Paris a bit because they outshot Berlin 11-5 yet came out of the period trailing 2-1. Paris was kept off balance the rest of the game, but they were able to tie it twice in the third period. Loui Eriksson scored for the second…

Orlov first star in London’s win

London 4, Bern 2 – Bern goalie Mike Smith stayed busy and good in the Bern net, but London’s assault was too fierce for him Tuesday. Defensemen Dmitri Orlov and Marco Scandella blasted slapshots past Smith and Devin Setoguchi and Jimmie Ericsson also scored for the Dons, who outshot the Bears 35-21. Orlov ended up with…

Lucic, Backstrom lead Minsk to win

Sunday games Minsk 6, Gothenburg 3 – Milan Lucic assisted on 4 Minsk goals before scoring one of his own in the last minute and a half a game that was close for 50 minutes even though Minsk had twice the number of shots that Gothenburg did. Nicklas Backstrom (2 goals and 2 assists) was…