Monday’s games (I will miss some days here and there. Sorry, guys) Stockholm 4, Prague 2 – Stockholm goalie Braden Holtby was extra stingy and defenseman Mike Green orchestrated the offensive attack as the Eagles surprised the Wolf Pack in Prague. Green had assists on all Stockholm’s goals except the empty-netter and Holtby stopped 29 of 31…

Oslo 1, Bratislava 0 – Semyon Varlamov is on a two-game scalding hot streak and that means two straight wins for the Oslo Outlaws. Varlamov did not allow St. Petersburg to score on Tuesday and he was unbeatable Friday against Bratislava. Against St. Petersburg he stopped 34 shots and against Bratislava he stopped 33. His 92.4 save percentage…

Helsinki 5, St. Petersburg 2 – Paul Stastny, Helsinki’s 30-year-old star center, averaged more than a point per game in each of the first three seasons before dipping below that pace last season. He’s up over a point per game again this season and the chemistry he has with his new linemate Thomas Vanek has…

Athens 5, Minsk 4 – Both teams saw leads disappear in Minsk Wednesday. Greeks Scott Hartnell and Ian White scored the only goals of the first period, but Minsk erased the two-goal lead and went up 4-3 with more than 16 minutes of the third period to play. But in the last 7 minutes of regulation, Jason Pominville…

Berlin 4, Paris 3 – The first period had to demoralize Paris a bit because they outshot Berlin 11-5 yet came out of the period trailing 2-1. Paris was kept off balance the rest of the game, but they were able to tie it twice in the third period. Loui Eriksson scored for the second…

London 4, Bern 2 – Bern goalie Mike Smith stayed busy and good in the Bern net, but London’s assault was too fierce for him Tuesday. Defensemen Dmitri Orlov and Marco Scandella blasted slapshots past Smith and Devin Setoguchi and Jimmie Ericsson also scored for the Dons, who outshot the Bears 35-21. Orlov ended up with…

Sunday games Minsk 6, Gothenburg 3 – Milan Lucic assisted on 4 Minsk goals before scoring one of his own in the last minute and a half a game that was close for 50 minutes even though Minsk had twice the number of shots that Gothenburg did. Nicklas Backstrom (2 goals and 2 assists) was…

Helsinki 2, Dublin 1 – The Fighting Irish simply got ripped off. They outshot Helsinki 51-15 and lost 2-1. The three men to blame – or credit, depending on how you look at it – were Helsinki’s Boone Jenner, who scored twice; Carlo Colaiacovo, who passed the puck to Jenner on both goals; and especially goalie…

Prague 4, Belfast 3 – The Prague Wolf Pack, who haven’t lost in regulation time this season, handed the Giants their first loss of Season 5. The visitors from Belfast got a great game out of stars Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin and James Neal, but Prague was better as a whole, especially goalie Ryan Miller…

Paris 3, Athens 2 – It may be too early in the season to come out with the line “Every goal and save is a big one,” but there is little doubt Paris has come up with three big wins already. After losing by a goal to the Cup champion Belfast Giants, Les Rouges Eiffels…