Geneva 6, Belfast 1 Veteran blueliner Nicklas Lidstrom had a 4-point for Geneva, leading the Generals past the Giants in Belfast. Lidstrom scored twice in the first period as his team outshot Belfast 42-17 with Kari Lehtonen picking up the save. Patrick Marleau had a goal and 2 assists for Geneva. Bern 4, Zurich 3…
Belfast 1, Munich 0 Cory Schneider stopped 57 shots to shut out the Foxes, and Keith Aulie picked a wonderful time to score his first EURO goal as the Giants ruined Munich’s first game under their new owner. Most of the action was in the Belfast end on Tuesday, as the Foxes outshot the Giants…
Moscow 6, Paris 0 Filip Kuba was voted into the all-star game as Moscow’s only representative, leaving some big names back in Russia when the league’s best were playing in Slovakia on Sunday. Names like Ovechkin, Keith and Kopitar watched the game from a far … and apparently thought hard about why they weren’t there.…
The North, coached by Russian Viktor Tikhonov, defeated the South 7-6 in the first ever EURO Hockey League All-Star Game, played this weekend in Bratislava, Slovakia. It looked good for the Southern Conference after 20 minutes, with Mike Smith of Bern shutting out the North and his teammates staking the Southern Conference to a 2-0…
A day before the best from both EURO League conferences are to get it on to decide who lives in the toughest neighborhood, the league had to hand out some beautiful crowns. The fastest skater, hardest shot and most accurate shooter contests were held in Nepela Arena, Bratislava, and the favorites going in found they…
Belfast 3, Moscow 2 (shootout) Cody Hodgson and his teammates celebrated in the corner to the left of Moscow goalie Jaroslav Halak as most of the 21,300 Dynamo fans in attendance just stood there in disappointed amazement. Somehow, Moscow didn’t win a game in which they outshot their opponents 51-11. The biggest reason was Giant…
Jarome Iginla will be looking for a new home in the beautiful city of St. Petersburg, Russia, and the mortgage shouldn’t be a deterrent in his house hunting. SergeiP signed the star free agent to a three-year, $7.75 million deal with a player option after Iginla was bought out by Munich. St. Petersburg stumbled out…
Without further adieu (the adieu comes at the end of this story), here are your Season 1 EURO League All-Stars: Northern Conference Starters Goalie – Roberto Luongo, Copenhagen Defense – Kevin Shattenkirk, Copenhagen Defense – Shea Weber, Oslo LW – Erik Cole, St. Petersburg C – Brad Richards, St. Petersburg RW – Blake Wheeler, St.…
Oslo 6, Dublin 5 Dublin was trailing 6-2 in the third period but mounted a furious comeback attempt only to be thwarted in the end by Oslo goalie Jimmy Howard. Mikhail Grabovski scored two for the Devils, and three other Oslo forwards had multiple-point nights, but the Norwegian media who voted on the three stars…
Here’s a mini-update of games played Tuesday: Geneva 4, Prague 1 – The Generals takeover first place overall with a 3-goal win over one of the teams they are fighting neck-and-neck for the President’s Trophy. For the second straight game, David Desharnais scored a goal and was named the game’s second star. Teemu Selanne assisted…
