Munich 5, Milan 4Munich moved into a tie for 2nd overall by beating previously second-best Milan. Penalties might have been the difference because Milan gave Munich 5 powerplay chances to just one Dun penalty. Munich defenseman Alexandre Picard scored his first goal of the year in the first period and his second of the year…
Moscow 6, London 4 Moscow built a 6-2 lead and held on for the win in London. It was the start of a five-game home stand for the Knights, a curious piece of scheduling with the Olympics in town for a 17-day gig. Nearly 15,000 hockey fans fought through traffic and security checks to make…
Milan 5, Belfast 0 The Guerriero delighted 15,450 home fans with another Antti Niemi shutout on Wednesday. Niemi’s first shout came in the second game of the season, also against Belfast. Milan seemed to be trying to give Belfast chances to score by taking 10 penalties, but the Giants were unable to get one across…
Paris 2, Minsk 1 (0vertime) Once again Carey Price was stingy in the Minsk net. The former Montreal Canadiens star has given up just 2 goals in the last 8 periods of hockey, but unfortunately for the Hussars, both of those came in overtime. On Tuesday, Evgeni Malkin put a sudden end to the game…
Frankfurt 4, Berlin 3 (shoot-out) Logan Couture of Berlin countered the 2-point night of Frankfurt’s Drew Doughty, Ray Emery was just a tad better than his Smurf counterpart Mika Kiprusoff, as Frankfurt beat their fellow Germans in OT. Frankfurt held a 3-1 lead after the first period, but Couture’s heroics in the second tied the…
Bern 4, Gothenberg 0 Bern allowed just 13 shots, making for a relatively easy shutout for goalie Mike Smith, and the Bears went to 7-0-0. Jason Spezza kept his astounding start going with two more goals and he now has 17 points in 7 games. Ray Whitney also scored and defenseman Tobias Enstrom’s long wrist…
Berlin 4, Milan 3 The Smurfs knocked the Guerriero from the ranks of the unbeaten, getting an overtime game-winner from Logan Couture on the first shot in extra time. R.J. Umberger assisted on the winner and those two linemates created three of the four Berlin goals against Antti Niemi. David Krejci scored the other Berlin…
Stockholm 6, Minsk 3 It’s probably no coincidence that once Stockholm’s big guns finally started scoring goals, the Spartans got into the win column. Their first win in six games came when Shane Doan, Loui Eriksson and Miko Koivu all scored their first goals of the year. Those goals came in the first period against…
Minsk 3, Munich 2 (shootout) Despite being outshot 40-24, the Minsk Hussars emerged from Munich with a win Tuesday. The game was a tense one throughout for Minsk coach Claude Julien. Goals by Colin Wilson and Patrik Berglund had the Hussars in the driver’s seat as the game clocked ticked down. Munich pulled goalie Jonathan…
London 7. Berlin 3 Jamie McBain had an individual performance that will be tough to match. The Knight defenseman scored 3 goals, including two shorthanded goals less than 2 minutes apart in the first period to make the score 3-1. By the time he scored his hat trick goal in the second, the game was…
