As expected, the EURO Cup finals series is tighter than Rose’s waistband. After dropping a pair of games to the defending champions in Paris, Moscow Spartak responded with two wins on home ice. The series is now a best two out of three and the winner will get the third-ever EURO Cup. In Game 3,…
From Geoffrey Paul, our esteemed colleague in London: You may have seen me experimenting with what data is available to me on websim in an attempt to extrapolate possession numbers. This is relatively easy to eyeball, especially for someone who has been reading up on the stats that are becoming more popular (corsi,fenwick, and PDO…
Paris fans hope last round’s near-death experience taught the Rouge Eiffels players a lesson about playing to the end. After winning 5-4 Wednesday on a Josef Vasicek overtime goal, the Eiffels are now up 2-0 in the Finals against Moscow. But they were up 2-0 in the Southern Conference finals against Athens two weeks ago…
In a case of role reversal, Moscow Spartak took too many penalties Monday and was shelled by mighty Paris 5-1 in the opening game of the EURO Cup finals. Three Paris defensemen scored in the game and the Rouges Eiffels’ powerplay was masterful, clicking on 4 of 9 opportunities. Paris kept feeding the puck to…
So Paris escaped Athens’ clutches and gets a chance to defend the title starting tonight against Moscow. Commissioner: On paper, it looks like Paris should win. But the Cup will end up in the Kharlamov Division this year, I predict. Spartak comes at you from too many directions – it’s hard to stop a team…
Wednesday’s Southern Conference finals game was like a James Bond movie. Athens had Paris right where they wanted them: an Athens victory would have ended the series and finished off Paris for the year. Three goals down with less than 12 minutes to play, it looked like there was no escape for the defending champion…
Moscow Spartak advanced to the EURO Cup Finals Tuesday with a convincing 5-1 in Game 6 of their series with Copenhagen. David Jones and Aleskey Morozov scored two goals each for the winners. The Tridents finished the regular season second overall to Paris and they accumulated 5 more points than their Northern Conference rival Moscow…
Athens carried their Game 4 momentum into Game 5 and it was just enough to give them the lead in the series, as the Greeks upended Paris 4-3 in France. The Greeks could win the series and make their first Cup Finals with a win at home on Wednesday. In Monday’s game, the Greeks scored three…
By tonight, both conference finals series will stand at 3-2, with one team in each conference on the brink of elimination. Copenhagen was already on the edge of the cliff, but staved off elimination Sunday in convincing fashion, beating Moscow 5-1 in Copenhagen. Two days earlier, in Russia, Spartak breezed to a 4-1 win with…
Both Copenhagen and Athens were facing 2-0 series deficits going into Game 3, and both teams defeated their foes. Copenhagen did it the hard way – in Moscow – getting goals from four different players including former Spartak star Alex Ovechkin. Moscow actually outshot the Tridents 36-33 in the game. Roberto Luongo was voted as…
