The Berlin Smurfs were at home Saturday, a win away from advancing to the conference finals, but the Athens Greeks had no intention of rolling over and playing dead. Instead, they growled and attacked. A little more than 12 minutes into the game, Dominic Moore bit Berlin with a goal. Then he assisted Tomas Vincour on another…

Aleksey Morozov, Anze Kopitar and Andrew Ladd had some real offensive chemistry going in Game 5 to help their Moscow Spartak team defeat Helsinki 6-4. While they were on the ice together, the threesome accounted for a total of 4 goals and 9 points. But coach Glen Gulutzan won’t get to build on that chemistry…

Paris took a first-period lead, held their opponent scoreless the rest of the way and won Game 4 against Bratislava 3-1 and they now lead the series by the same count. Alexander Semin had an assist and a goal in the first period to lead the way for the Eiffels, but it was the goaltending of teammate…

Copenhagen was relentless and St. Petersburg didn’t have it Wednesday and that means the Tridents are a win away from the Northern Conference Finals to play either Helsinki or Moscow. Helsinki won by a goal and now their series is tied. The Red Stars did a lot of clean hitting and Pekka Rinne was good…

We don’t know how many times we have to repeat this: Don’t make the Smurfs angry. Athens came out hitting in front of their home crowd on Tuesday, wore out a path to the penalty box and ended up paying dearly in the end. They now trail 3-0 in the series and Berlin looks primed…

The toll taken on the Helsinki Jokerit in their first-round marathon sprint with Gothenburg might be showing a little. The Finns fought back from a 3-0 deficit Monday, but they seemed to peter out in the game’s final minutes, and Chris Higgins struck the death blow with 3:26 to play in regulation.  Moscow now leads…

Logan Couture, ladies and gentlemen. Nine shots on goal and both of the goals for his team in a 2-1 win Sunday. Couture is now the leading scorer in the playoffs, with 5 goals and 8 assists in just 6 games. During the regular season,he was just as effective, scoring 38 goals and 105 points.…

After a 63-minute pitchers duel, Andrew Ladd scored on Helsinki’s Henrik Lundqvist in overtime Saturday to win the game for Moscow and even the series at 1 game a piece. For a while – a long while to Spartak fans and team members – it looked like King Henrik was going to claim another game. He stopped all 34…

Ryan Callahan scored two huge goals to give the Berlin Smurfs the early lead in their series with Athens. The Greeks had a 2-1 lead after an evenly played first period, but Berlin controlled the remainder of the game. Slava Voynov scored for Berlin in the first period, but Athens pulled ahead when Ian White…

Moscow saw the enemy, and he is Lundqvist. King Henrik was the difference in Game 1 of the Helsinki-Moscow series, as he led the Jokerit to the win despite being outshot 41-17. And that wasn’t even the most lopsided shot total of the two games played Thursday. Helsinki was revved up and raring to go, and when…