Minsk 5, Dublin 1 Patrik Berglund remains a pleasant surprise in Belarus, as the Swede scored four times against Tim Thomas and the Fighting Irish. Berglund now has 16 goals and 25 points in 34 games this season. He is just a point behind team co-leaders Patrick Hornquist and Nicklas Backstrom, but both of those…
Here’s an abbreviated wrap-up of the games played Saturday, Sunday and Monday in the EURO league. Tight, tight play Eighteen pretty closely contested games were played, 12 of them decided by just one goal. Three of those games were decided by late goals in regulation, three others went to overtime and two of those had…
Prague 3, Madrid 1 Madrid management and fans will appeal to the Spanish government to ban Ryan Miller and Jason Pominville from entering the country from now on after the pair of former Buffalo Sabres stole 2 points from their team on Friday. Madrid outshot the visiting Sparta 42-19 but somehow were never really in…
Stockholm 6, Bern 2 Stockholm overpowered the powerful Bern Bears in the first meeting ever between the two clubs. Eric Staal led the way for Stockholm with 3 points, but it might have been the play of Bern’s top units that decided the game. Forwards Jason Spezza, Ray Whitney and Radim Vrbata, along with blueliners…
London 5, Oslo 2 London faced a tall order Wednesday, traveling to Norway to play a surging Oslo team. But the Knights surprised their hosts with a 5-2 win, with defenseman Marek Zidlicky leading the way with 2 goals. Zidlicky was inserted into the lineup due to the injury to Zach Bogosian. The Knights are…
In the world of Websim Hockey’s EURO League, it’s the Holiday Season. Merry Christmas, everyone. Seems no one could really get into the Christmas spirit this year for some reason. Per Noel even dumped on a few teams by giving them injuries instead of presents this year. Milan’s Daniel Alfredsson will be out a month…
St. Petersburg 6, Berlin 3 The Berlin Smurfs marched into St. Petersburg on Monday, built a nice 3-1 lead, and then Petrograd turned into Stalingrad for the Germans. In a matter of 33 seconds very late in the second period, left winger Erik Cole scored twice to tie it. Then in the third period, the…
London 5, Frankfurt 3 In a battle of teams with some of the top young forwards in hockey, London dominated at home, outshooting the Inferno 41-20. Tyler and Taylor (Seguin and Hall) as well as Devin Setoguchi scored in the first 25 minutes of the game, but Frankfurt had the game all tied up after…
Geneva 6, Belfast 1 Veteran blueliner Nicklas Lidstrom had a 4-point for Geneva, leading the Generals past the Giants in Belfast. Lidstrom scored twice in the first period as his team outshot Belfast 42-17 with Kari Lehtonen picking up the save. Patrick Marleau had a goal and 2 assists for Geneva. Bern 4, Zurich 3…
Belfast 1, Munich 0 Cory Schneider stopped 57 shots to shut out the Foxes, and Keith Aulie picked a wonderful time to score his first EURO goal as the Giants ruined Munich’s first game under their new owner. Most of the action was in the Belfast end on Tuesday, as the Foxes outshot the Giants…
