Edinburgh storms back to beat Spartak

Edinburgh 5, Moscow 4 – The Edinburgh Capitals waited in the weeds for most of the game and then poured it on in the final 14 minutes to record a one-goal comeback win against visiting Moscow Spartak. Olivier Roland of Edinburgh scored two power play goals after the score was 4-2 Moscow and goalie Ilya Bryzgalov let in…

Malkin expected to hear boos tonight

Recap of Sunday game Minsk 2, Athens 1 – Even with backup goalie Anton Khudobin in goal, the Minsk Hussars looked in control at home against one of the league’s top teams. Minsk outshot Athens 36-17 and the game was scoreless until the last minute of the second period, when Minsk’s Thomas Powell set up…

Paris not the same outside of France

Munich 4, Paris 3 – The Paris Rouge Eiffels sit 2 points out of first place in the Southern Conference with games in hand over the two teams ahead of them, and if any team needs to finish first in their conference and get home ice advantage throughout the playoffs, it’s Paris. The Eiffels are…

Bieksa shines in Stockholm shutout win

Recap of Sunday games Stockholm 4, Oslo 0 – Could a good waiver pickup lift the play of the whole team? Stockholm general Manager Michael Sauer said there might be some correlation between the acquisition of former Edinburgh defenseman Karl Alzner and the play of Kevin Bieksa, who scored 3 points Sunday. There might be…

Moscow acquires Pacioretty from Frankfurt

Max Pacioretty assisted on two goals scored by longtime linemates Steven Stamkos and Claude Giroux when the Inferno defeated Milan 6-3 on Sunday, but he won’t feed them any more passes. About five hours after the game, it was announced that Pacioretty has been traded to the defending champion Moscow Spartak. Moscow gave up plenty…

Toews tallies twice in 4 straight games

Bratislava 7, Berlin 2 – After an atypically sluggish start, Jonathan Toews is officially on fire. He has scored 2 goals in each of the last four games and in the three games before those, he scored once in each to put him on a 7-game goal scoring streak. In those 7 games, the team…