Bern blitzes Bratislava; Ryan scores 4 for Irish

Bern 6, Bratislava 3 – The Bern Bears burst out of the gate and took control of their game against Bratislava early, leading 4-0 after about 16 minutes and outshooting the Eagles 18-5 after the first period. Pascal Dupuis led the way with assists on the first two goals and a goal of his own…

Kopitar, Ovechkin pick up their game in Moscow win

Moscow 6, Belfast 3 – Moscow Spartak turned their arena into a shooting gallery on Friday and poor Cory Schneider of Belfast had to stand in there the whole time. Rich Peverley fired 12 at the Giants net all by himself and he might have had more if he didn’t have to sit out 2…

Edinburgh on the move; beats Oslo twice this week

Edinburgh 3, Oslo 2 Although his team is currently in 18th place, Coach Lindy Ruff has the Edinburgh Capitals moving up in the standings. The Scots are 6-3-1 in there last 10 games and tied for seventh place in the Northern Conference. Their big problem was their slow start. They were only 2-7 before that…

Geneva momentum stopped by visiting Moscow

Moscow 6, Geneva 1 – The world champs almost had their mojo back. About a week and a half ago, the Generals were mired in a three-game losing streak and they lost 5 of 7 games in that stretch. But a 5-1 win in Bratislava kicked off a four-game win streak that had Geneva right…

Krejci leads Smurfs over Helsinki

Berlin 5, Helsinki 3 – No one is happy Logan Couture suffered a substantial shoulder injury 10 games ago in the eighth game of the year for the Berlin Smurfs, but there is someone who has benefited. Czech-born David Krejci has been the undisputed first line center in Couture’s absence and he has been the…

Paris turnaround has them in fifth place

Paris 3, St. Petersburg 2 Les Rouges Eiffels took a one-goal lead into the third period, killed off 4 penalties, and still outshot their guests 18-7 that period to earn a win. Paris is now 9-5-2 and in 5th place overall, hardly looking like a team that missed the playoffs in Season 1. Corey Perry…

Minsk’s Galchenyuk outdoes his 2-point debut

Minsk 5, Bratislava 3 The Minsk Hussars haven’t been winning too much this season and their 4-11-1 record has them stuck in last place overall. They ended a 10-game losing streak Wednesday by beating Bratislava, the team that started the losing streak three weeks earlier. What’s different about the Minsk that lost 4-3 to the…

Who is ‘due’ to get on the scoresheet?

With Bryan Little and Zach Parise on his wings, Ryan Getzlaf of Prague is off and running with the lead in the EURO scoring race. Four goals and 22 assists have him with 26 points through 15 games. He is 3 points ahead of Oslo center Pavel Datsyuk and 4 ahead of a pack of…

Backes carries Athens to win in Paris

Athens 4, Paris 3 The Athens Greeks meant business when Monday’s game in Paris began and captain David Backes led the charge. Eighteen shots poured in on Paris goalie Jose Theodore in the first period and by the time that period was over, it was 4-0 Greeks. After Erik Condra opened the scoring, Backes followed…