Martin St. Louis broke open a tie game in the third period with two goals just 11 seconds apart to lead the Gothenburg Devils to a 7-5 win and 3-2 series lead against the Helsinki Jokerit Thursday. The goals gave St. Louis a hat trick in the game. He opened the scoring 57 seconds into…

Paris and Berlin both advanced to the second round of the playoffs Wednesday in 4-0 sweeps. Athens Greek forward Vadim Shipachyov scored one of the most important goals of the season thus far.  He swooped in next to the Madrid net, grabbed a loose puck, spun and swept a shot along the ice to beat…

Petr Vrana is one of the fastest skaters in the league and he quietly put together an excellent sophomore year in Gothenburg. He scored 18 goals and 37 points as a third-liner for the Devils and his plus-minus rating for the year was +21. In the first three and a half games of the playoffs…

Berlin and Paris took commanding 3-0 leads in their series Monday, and Bratislava snuck ahead of Munich in their matchup, but the biggest news came from Spain, where Madrid clawed their way back into the series with Athens. Before the game started, the Royals were dealt a serious gut shot to the lineup. Rick Nash,…

The Hussars made the first playoff game played in Minsk memorable for the 17,806 fans who were there. Unfortunately for them, they lost another forward to injury. Without Nicklas Backstrom in the lineup, the Hussars were on the losing end of a 4-2 score through two periods against Copenhagen. The only Minsk player who was…

Munich evened up its season with Bratislava and three other series in the Southern Conference turned into 2-0 leads on Saturday. The biggest statement of the day was made in Athens, where the Greeks’ top line of Jason Pominville, Scott Hartnell and David Backes were a wrecking crew. Each member of the line had five shots…

It was an eventful Friday night in Europe. That screaming you heard was Minsk fans when Nicklas Backstrom went down with a severe injury that will keep him out of the first round of the playoffs. And what sounded like an echo from the east was actually Moscow fans screaming when Anze Kopitar was hurt…

Game 1 highlights and what to look for on Saturday Outfoxed themselves – Munich started backup goalie Robert Kristan to open the series against Bratislava and while the young Slovenian didn’t perform poorly, his teammates did. It could be that when they were told Kristan was starting, the message they got was that this was going…

A quick report on what happened in Game 1 and what to look for in Game 2 Silfverberg strikes gold – Dublin and St. Petersburg got involved in a real track meet, with the Fighting Irish outshooting the Red Stars 42-34 and outscoring them by one. Jakub Silfverberg scored two powerplay goals, including the one…