Copenhagen 7, Oslo 4 Oh sure. The league announces there is going to be an all-star game and Derek Roy goes ballistic, coming up with a five-point, plus 4 performance in 14 minutes of playing time while going 14-6 on faceoffs. We’re surprised Royzie didn’t change his jersey number from “9” to “Vote for Me.”…
Please vote for 3 players in each conference by going to the league’s Websim page and sending a message to the commissioner. The first player you name will receive 5 votes, the second will receive 3 votes and the third will receive 1 vote. Here are the goalies on the ballot, arranged by conference and…
Athens 1, Bern 0 The best team in the league got more bite than they bargained for Sunday when one of the league’s cellar dwellers came to Bern for a visit. The Bears found out Corey Crawford was unbeatable on this day after trying 24 times to get a puck past him. It was Crawford’s…
Plans are being made for the first EURO League all-star game, to be held the weekend of Sept. 29-30 at a location to be decided by a vote of the general managers. Likewise, players for the game will be voted on by the GMs. Here’s how it will work: Location: GMs will have until noon…
Oslo 3, St. Petersburg 2 (shootout) The Oslo Devils didn’t let their 4 injuries bother them, nor the fact they gave up 54 shots on goal. And 18,500 screaming St. Petersburg fans? Pshaw! They just asked Jimmy Howard to stand on his head, scored a couple of goals in the first two periods, and won…
Paris 4, Munich 3 (shootout) Shut out the night before and trailing 3-1 with a little more than 2 minutes to go, the Paris Rouges Eiffels found something inside them and pulled out 2 points. Kyle Turris scored his 5th of the season on a 2-on-1 with David Perron with 2:14 to play, and then…
Prague 3, Paris 0 Ryan Miller bested Jose Theodore in a top-notch goalie battle. The former Buffalo Sabre stopped all 35 shots to earn his second shutout of the year and his first without an owner looking. For the third time this season, a team was abandoned and for the third time, it was abandoned…
Frankfurt 2, Minsk 0 Ondrej Pavelec shut out the Minsk Hussars, making 23 saves, while Steven Stamkos scored his 16th and Bryan Allen his 3rd for Frankfurt. Stamkos had 7 shots on goal, while Allen had 3. The only other player to have more than 2 shots was Jakub Voracek of Minsk, who had 5.…
St. Petersburg 2, Copenhagen 1 Two third period goals decided a matchup of two of the league’s best goalies, as Pekka Rinne’s St. Petersburg Lynx beat Robert Luongo’s Copenhagen Tridents. Andrew Ladd put Copenhagen in front with a first period goal that held up until Jeff Petry and Daniel Alfredsson scored for St. Petersburg. Luongo…
Edinburgh 3, Belfast 0 The line of James Neal, Derek Stepan and Jamie Benn connected for two first period goals and Henrik Lundquist all 19 Belfast shots on Thursday. Neal later added his 10th of the season on the powerplay to help his Capitals distance themselves from the Giants. Chris Campoli had 5 shot blocks…
