Penalty killing and goalie Pekka Rinne came to the fore as St. Petersburg won Game 7 and eliminated the Dublin Fighting Irish Monday on the Emerald Isle. The Red Stars delivered the first blow just 9 seconds after the opening puck drop. St. Petersburg’s Brad Richards won the draw back to Marc-Eduoard Vlasic, who hit Valterri…
Bratislava dominated the first two periods and held off a furious charge by Munich in the third period Sunday to win the series and move onto the second round. Three shorthanded goals were scored in the game, one by Milan Gulas of the Eagles and two by the Fox’s Dave Bolland and Eric Gryba on…
In the mood for a couple of Game 7s on Monday? St. Petersburg has fended off Dublin in two straight do-or-die games, and Henrik Lundqvist shut out Gothenburg Saturday in the Coin Flip Series. The Red Stars stormed out of the gate, showing their home fans they meant business. Brad Richards took a nifty pass…
After making a meteoric ascent through the Southern Conference, winning 19 of their last 21 regular season games, the Madrid Royals flamed out. The Athens Greeks dispatched them in 5 games, taking the last one by a convincing 5-2 score. Defense might have been the problem for the Spanish side, as they allowed Athens to…
Martin St. Louis broke open a tie game in the third period with two goals just 11 seconds apart to lead the Gothenburg Devils to a 7-5 win and 3-2 series lead against the Helsinki Jokerit Thursday. The goals gave St. Louis a hat trick in the game. He opened the scoring 57 seconds into…
Paris and Berlin both advanced to the second round of the playoffs Wednesday in 4-0 sweeps. Athens Greek forward Vadim Shipachyov scored one of the most important goals of the season thus far. He swooped in next to the Madrid net, grabbed a loose puck, spun and swept a shot along the ice to beat…
Petr Vrana is one of the fastest skaters in the league and he quietly put together an excellent sophomore year in Gothenburg. He scored 18 goals and 37 points as a third-liner for the Devils and his plus-minus rating for the year was +21. In the first three and a half games of the playoffs…
Berlin and Paris took commanding 3-0 leads in their series Monday, and Bratislava snuck ahead of Munich in their matchup, but the biggest news came from Spain, where Madrid clawed their way back into the series with Athens. Before the game started, the Royals were dealt a serious gut shot to the lineup. Rick Nash,…
The Hussars made the first playoff game played in Minsk memorable for the 17,806 fans who were there. Unfortunately for them, they lost another forward to injury. Without Nicklas Backstrom in the lineup, the Hussars were on the losing end of a 4-2 score through two periods against Copenhagen. The only Minsk player who was…
Munich evened up its season with Bratislava and three other series in the Southern Conference turned into 2-0 leads on Saturday. The biggest statement of the day was made in Athens, where the Greeks’ top line of Jason Pominville, Scott Hartnell and David Backes were a wrecking crew. Each member of the line had five shots…
