Moscow 6, Paris 0 Filip Kuba was voted into the all-star game as Moscow’s only representative, leaving some big names back in Russia when the league’s best were playing in Slovakia on Sunday.  Names like Ovechkin, Keith and Kopitar watched the game from a far … and apparently thought hard about why they weren’t there.…

Belfast 3, Moscow 2 (shootout) Cody Hodgson and his teammates celebrated in the corner to the left of Moscow goalie Jaroslav Halak as most of the 21,300 Dynamo fans in attendance just stood there in disappointed amazement. Somehow, Moscow didn’t win a game in which they outshot their opponents 51-11. The biggest reason was Giant…

Jarome Iginla will be looking for a new home in the beautiful city of St. Petersburg, Russia, and the mortgage shouldn’t be a deterrent in his house hunting. SergeiP signed the star free agent to a three-year, $7.75 million deal with a player option after Iginla was bought out by Munich. St. Petersburg stumbled out…

Oslo 6, Dublin 5 Dublin was trailing 6-2 in the third period but mounted a furious comeback attempt only to be thwarted in the end by Oslo goalie Jimmy Howard. Mikhail Grabovski scored two for the Devils, and three other Oslo forwards had multiple-point nights, but the Norwegian media who voted on the three stars…

Here’s a mini-update of games played Tuesday: Geneva 4, Prague 1 – The Generals takeover first place overall with a 3-goal win over one of the teams they are fighting neck-and-neck for the President’s Trophy. For the second straight game, David Desharnais scored a goal and was named the game’s second star. Teemu Selanne assisted…

Madrid 5, Bern 3 The Madrid Royals used a potent powerplay to put away the Bears in Bern on Monday. Bern led 3-1 in the second period but couldn’t withstand a Royals onslaught that produced four unanswered goals. Madrid was 3 for 4 on the powerplay. Jordan Staal helped get the Royals back into the…

Helsinki 6, Dublin 5 (shootout) Keith Yandle’s improbable goal with 3 seconds left in regulation earned the Dublin Fightin’ Irish a point in the standings, but Ilya Bryzgalov’s pressure-cooker saves in overtime and the shootout earned 2 for Helsinki and their new owner, oldtimehockey. Anthony Stewart took a delaying the game penalty with 35 seconds…

Bern 6, Bratislava 3 For weeks, fans had anxiously awaited the first meeting of the year between the teams that have been 1 and 2 most of the season. Bern blitzed the Bratislava Eagles early in the game and now the Bears will have to pick on a new number 2 team. Bratislava’s hot streak…

Copenhagen 3, Moscow 2 Moscow fans didn’t like the way the game against visiting Copenhagen started. Neither did captain Alexander Ovechkin. Not only did the Tridents jump out to a 3-0 lead on goals by Teddy Purcell, Jamie Langenbrunner and Troy Brouwer, but Copenhagen defenseman Keith Ballard followed that up by sending Moscow’s Vaclav Prospal…

Athens 2, Bratislava 1 This could be a really good sign for the Athens Greeks. After dropping four straight at home, Athens faced the unenviable task of visiting the home rinks of the league’s top 2 teams – Bern and Bratislava. They wound up beating both clubs by a goal. Corey Crawford followed up his…