The Commissioner and Rose took a look at the Northern Conference playoffs after they had a long conversation about the movie “Unbroken” and Rose seemed to know way more about WWII Japanese submarines than she could possibly know. Her resume doesn’t say anything about her working during the mid-1940s. Hmmm. As we said last year, please…
The unpredictable playoff results have been predicted by the Commissioner and Rose again this season. Last season, the commish out-guessed the accountant by a single series. Paris (No. 1 seed) vs. Madrid (No. 8) Commissioner: Paris should take this one with ease. Madrid kind of backed into the playoffs, having lost 9 of its last…
Desperate battles for the final playoff spots in the EURO League’s two conferences has Geneva outside looking in, with London in the same position … at the moment. Helsinki slipped past London thanks to the Dons losing four straight games to playoff-bound teams in games number 78 through 81. London’s regular season is over, but they have…
Stockholm 2, Minsk 1 – The high-flying Minsk Hussars took one on the chin Friday on home ice with the Stockholm Eagles jumping out to a 2-0 lead and holding on until the end. Minsk had won 9 straight games and 11 of their last 12 before the loss to Stockholm. A Zac Rinaldo-Zach Bogosian…
Berlin 5, Frankfurt 1 – The Berlin Smurfs played a very aggressive and active game against Frankfurt Thursday and the Inferno could never really get into it. Berlin outshot Frankfurt 51-26, out-hit them 30-18 and when Logan Couture scored a shorthanded goal in the second period to make it 3-1, it seemed a foregone conclusion…
Zurich 3, Bratislava 2 – Thanks to three goals in the final 11:16 of the game, the Lions overtook Bratislava in the standings and moved into 5th place in the Southern Conference. Bratislava had a 2-0 shutout going until Patrick Kane scored and then set up the league’s leading goal scorer – Ilya Kovalchuk –…
Rose said this morning, “That President’s Trophy must be pretty nice.” That’s because the 6 top teams seem to skating in a roller derby pack and each one is acting like a blocker and a jammer at the same time. Berlin tried to draft behind leading Moscow Sunday but there was Edinburgh in the way with a big elbow. And Minsk…
Helsinki 6, Madrid 2 – There is still hope in Helsinki. The Jokerit are 2 points away from the last playoff berth in the Northern Conference with 10 games to go. On Thursday in Madrid, the game was the kind of game Helsinki’s general manager likes. Yes, Trevor Grimm likes it rough. There was a furious…
St. Petersburg 3, Bern 0 – That’s two wins in two days for the Red Stars and goalie Antti Niemi. On Wednesday, he shut out the Bears, making 24 saves. St. Petersburg scored a goal in each period with Devante Smith-Pelly scoring his second of the season in the first, Jeff Petry getting his 7th…
Munich 2, Copenhagen 1 – Munich, Frankfurt and Prague all won Tuesday keeping all three of them at 66 points and 3 points behind 8th-place Geneva in the Southern Conference playoff race. Munich downed Copenhagen despite giving up twice as many shots as they took. The Dire Wolf powerplay and the goaltending of Robert Kristan…
