Heading into Sunday’s Game 6 in Germany, three series are finished in each conference. Monday will feature a Game 7 in the Northern Conference when Edinburgh hosts Copenhagen. From Friday: Zurich 5, Bern 2 – Zurich wins series 4-1 Bern had a 2-0 lead, but the Lions roared back with five straight goals by five different players.…
Minsk 5, Gothenburg 2 – Minsk leads series 3-2 The home team has taken every game of the series and that’s good news in Minsk. The Hussars played a dominant game, outshooting the Devils 38-22 with Nicklas Backstrom and Patrik Berglund leading the charge with 14 shots between the two of them. Minsk scored first,…
Frankfurt 4, Berlin 1 – Series tied 2-2 Two wins at home by Frankfurt have the German series in a deadlock. On Wednesday, Alexander Steen scored the first two goals of the game and he added an assist on a Claude Giroux goal that put the Smurfs in a 3-0 hole. Frankfurt’s top line of…
Moscow 5, Stockholm 3 – Moscow wins series 4-0 Aleksey Morozov, who hadn’t scored yet in the series, finished off the Stockholm Eagles by scoring a pair of goals in the third period. A few minutes earlier, Craig Smith scored to tie the game. Morozov led everyone in shots with 6 and was named the…
Home ice advantage was evident Monday as all four home teams won their games. The home team has won all 12 of the games played so far in the Southern Conference playoffs. Bern 3, Zurich 0 – Zurich leads series 2-1 A new venue and a new netminder meant a new result for the Bern…
Copenhagen 3, Edinburgh 2 – Copenhagen leads series 2-1 Fearsome Shea Weber took a slapshot while his Copenhagen Tridents were on the powerplay late in a 2-2 game and the result was a lead in the game and an eruption of home fans. The Weber goal held up and the Tridents now have a 2-1 series…
The 16 teams in the EURO playoffs have all played two games and in 7 of the 8 series, the higher-seeded teams are enjoying 2-0 leads. All the series will shift locations today. Zurich 2, Bern 1 – Zurich leads series 2-0 In a very close series, the Lions have a razor-thin edge in statistics but a…
Copenhagen 7, Edinburgh 4 – Series tied 1-1 The Copenhagen Tridents produced the only win by a visiting team through 12 games of the EURO Playoffs, after they poured it on in the second and third periods in Scotland Friday. The Tridents trailed 3-1 before Russian star Alexander Ovechkin scored twice in the second period…
Athens 3, Bratislava 2 – Athens leads series 1-0 Knowing his team would beat Bratislava in the first round of the playoffs, Athens coach John Tortorella did a curious thing. He benched veteran right wing T.J. Oshie and inserted Czech Tomas Vincour in his place. After the game, he called the move unintentional, blaming his office staff.…
Minsk 3, Gothenburg 2 (OT) – Minsk leads series 1-0 Thomas Powell scored in overtime to give the Minsk Hussars a 1-game lead in what observers expect to be the tightest series of the EURO playoffs. Looking at the shots on goal total, Minsk deserved the win, as they outshot the Devils 42-16. Each team…
