In a case of role reversal, Moscow Spartak took too many penalties Monday and was shelled by mighty Paris 5-1 in the opening game of the EURO Cup finals. Three Paris defensemen scored in the game and the Rouges Eiffels’ powerplay was masterful, clicking on 4 of 9 opportunities. Paris kept feeding the puck to…

Wednesday’s Southern Conference finals game was like a James Bond movie. Athens had Paris right where they wanted them: an Athens victory would have ended the series and finished off Paris for the year. Three goals down with less than 12 minutes to play, it looked like there was no escape for the defending champion…

Moscow Spartak advanced to the EURO Cup Finals Tuesday with a convincing 5-1 in Game 6 of their series with Copenhagen. David Jones and Aleskey Morozov scored two goals each for the winners. The Tridents finished the regular season second overall to Paris and they accumulated 5 more points than their Northern Conference rival Moscow…

Athens carried their Game 4 momentum into Game 5 and it was just enough to give them the lead in the series, as the Greeks upended Paris 4-3 in France. The Greeks could win the series and make their first Cup Finals with a win at home on Wednesday. In Monday’s game, the Greeks scored three…

By tonight, both conference finals series will stand at 3-2, with one team in each conference on the brink of elimination. Copenhagen was already on the edge of the cliff, but staved off elimination Sunday in convincing fashion, beating Moscow 5-1 in Copenhagen. Two days earlier, in Russia, Spartak breezed to a 4-1 win with…

Both  Copenhagen and Athens were facing 2-0 series deficits going into Game 3, and both teams defeated their foes. Copenhagen did it the hard way – in Moscow – getting goals from four different players including former Spartak star Alex Ovechkin. Moscow actually outshot the Tridents 36-33 in the game. Roberto Luongo was voted as…

Moscow has taken a 2-0 lead in the Northern Conference finals series, allowing just one Copenhagen goal in the process. And both wins came on the road.  The games have been very evenly played thus far, with the Tridents are adhering to their game plan, not taking many penalties and outshooting Spartak by a shot…

Goalie Cam Ward was the biggest star Wednesday as Athens completed an unlikely comeback to knock Berlin out of the playoffs. The Greeks have advanced to play defending Cup champion Paris for the Southern Conference title. The Smurfs seemed to have the series in hand when they were up 3-0 and Athens had three forwards injured. But…

The Athens Greeks have stretched their playoff series to seven games with a thrilling 5-4 win at home Monday. They and Berlin will play a deciding game on Wednesday and the biggest question that will be answered that day is: That look in the Smurfs’ eyes … is it anger or fear? It has been…

Kevin Dallman scored two powerplay goals and Chris Higgins scored the game-winner to lift Moscow Spartak into the Northern Conference finals against Copenhagen. In Game 6 of their series with Helsinki, the Russians faced a tough, game Jokerit team in front of the Finnish Sea of Blue fans. The difference was in the penalties. Moscow…