Athens 4, Paris 3 The Athens Greeks meant business when Monday’s game in Paris began and captain David Backes led the charge. Eighteen shots poured in on Paris goalie Jose Theodore in the first period and by the time that period was over, it was 4-0 Greeks. After Erik Condra opened the scoring, Backes followed…

Weekend Wrap-up Sunday Games Edinburgh 3, Belfast 2 (OT-SO) – Matt Duchene’s shorthanded goal tied it for the home town Giants, but Rick Nash and Sidney Crosby were stopped by Ilya Bryzgalov in the shootout. Derek Stepan scored in the first period and in the shootout. Victor Hedman blocked 5 shots for Belfast but accounted…

Dublin 3, Stockholm 1 The Fighting Irish jumped over two teams into seventh place in the Northern Conference Friday. Evander Kane scored twice and Ryan Kesler added his 8th of the season to lead Dublin. Kane leads the team in shots and is tied for third in scoring while Kesler leads the team in scoring…

Copenhagen 3, Belfast 1 Kevin Dallman scored his first EURO League goal and added an assist, Jonas Hiller out-dueled Ondrej Pavelec in goal, and the Giants took 11 penalties. The result was the Tridents’ 11th win in 13 games this season. If you were to look over the team statistics pages for the EURO League…

Stockholm 6, Minsk 4 Coach Peter DeBoer and General Manager Tim Wagner hope Wednesday’s amazing comeback is symbolic foreshadowing for their Stockholm team. The Spartans trailed Minsk 4-0 after a period of hockey but stormed back with Kyle Okposo leading the charge that had Stockholm scoring 6 straight goals to win it. The Spartans need…

London 6, St. Petersburg 3 Defenseman Jake Gardiner recorded a hat trick as the London Dons downed the notoriously slow-starting St. Petersburg Red Stars 6-3 on Tuesday for their third straight win. Gardiner played 29 minutes and also had 3 hits and 2 blocked shots. London was 3-6 until three games ago, when they shut…

Frankfurt 6, Minsk 3 Max Pacioretty and Steven Stamkos were too hot to handle Monday, as each scored two goals and assisted on the other’s pair of goals. The victim of it all was Minsk goalie Carey Price, who still made 29 saves in the lopsided contest. For both Pacioretty and Stamkos, it was goals…

Madrid 5, Belfast 3 Belfast scored two quick goals and were able to tie the game in the third period, but Madrid was the better team and got the win they deserved. R.J. Umberger got the Royals into the game with a pair of goals in the first period, his 5th and 6th of the…

Zurich’s Micki Dupont is known more for his rough play than for his scoring prowess, but he put one in the Bern goal during the third period Wednesday to break a 1-1 tie and shift momentum from the Bears to the Lions. With Bern star Jason Spezza in the penalty box for interference, Zurich winger…

Berlin 7, Bern 3 Almost 20,000 Berlin fans watched their team crush the Bern Bears Tuesday, but their cheers were tempered by the loss of center Logan Couture, who went down and out with a shoulder injury in the third period. Couture contributed to the win with a plus 2 effort that included a goal…