Thomas makes 44 saves to beat St. Pete

Dublin put forth a gritty effort to show they are no door mat for the Northern Conference’s top dog. In St. Petersburg, the Fighting Irish won 4-1 to even the second round series. Tim Thomas was the star of the game, for sure. The former Boston Bruin netminder made 44 saves, allowing just one past…

Swiss teams coast to Game 1 wins

A series opener that saw a lot of penalties also saw a lot of Bern goals as the Bears overwhelmed Munich on Wednesday. Bern outshot the Foxes 48-20 in the game and 17-5 in the first period, but strangely, the home team trailed Munich 1-0 after 20 minutes thanks to Jim Slater’s shorthanded goal nearly…

St. Petersburg dishes up recipe for success

The Dublin Fighting Irish got a taste of the St. Petersburg Lynx at their best on Tuesday and now they’re feeling a bit queasy. Jarome Iginla, Viktor Stalberg and Willie Mitchell served up three goals and that was plenty big enough for Pekka Rinne, who starts the second round of the EURO playoffs with a…

Stempniak the hero as Eagles oust Sparta

Lee Stempniak stunned the home crowd in Prague Saturday with a wristshot goal in overtime that eliminated the Sparta from the EURO playoffs and catapulted the Eagles into the second round. Prague seemed to have been doing everything right against the upstart seventh-seed in the seventh game of what was dubbed the Czechoslovakia series. The…

Eagles even series on shorthanded OT goal

Paul Martin’s shorthanded goal has extended the Czechoslovakia series to a seventh and deciding game. With 2:45 remaining in the first overtime period, referee Vladimir Kvachkov called Bratislava’s Matt Greene for unnecessary roughness for decking Jason Blake after play stopped in the Eagles zone. Coach Bruce Boudreau almost put his team two men down when…

There will be two Game 7s in Northern Conference

Copenhagen and Dublin came up with wins Wednesday to force two Game Sevens in the Northern Conference of the EURO League Payoffs. In Gothenburg, Sweden, goals by Alex Goligoski and Stephen Weiss put the Tridents in front to stay in what had been a see-saw battle and a real nail-biter for the home fans. After…

Madrid hangs in, beats Bears in Bern

The Madrid Royals and goalie Tomas Vokoun are putting up quite a fight in their Southern Conference playoff series with Bern. Down 3-0 after the first three games, the Royals won the next two, including Tuesday’s 3-2 win in Bern. The teams will pick up again and go to Spain tonight, where a Game 6…

Gothenburg, Oslo take 3-2 leads

Daymond Langkow put a shot past Roberto Luongo to win it in overtime for Gothenburg and give his team a 3-2 advantage in the first-round playoff series. The home crowd in Denmark had a good feeling about the game until two quick goals in the third period by Gothenburg’s Jordan Eberle and Ryan Jones erased…

Czechoslovakia series now even Steven

Seven different Eagles scored in Bratislava to help even the Czechoslovakia series at 2-2 on a night that saw Geneva become the first team to advance to the second round of the EURO playoffs. In the Czech series, Prague was playing without injured center Ryan Getzlaf for the first time and it showed. Getzlaf had…