Two wingers who were rumored to be on their way out of their respective cities were traded for each other today. Two defensemen were also part of the deal. Athens dealt young, tough Evander Kane and Alexander Sulzer to Dublin for Scott Hartnell and Tim Gleason, as well as two first round draft picks and…
Copenhagen 3, Munich 2 (Shootout) Jonathan Quick nearly pulled out a win for Munich, but the Tridents had enough firepower to rise to 3rd place overall. It was the first meeting of the year between Munich and Copenhagen. Alex Goligoski ended the game with a goal in the shootout session and his defense partner, Joni…
Bratislava 6, Zurich 2 Tyler Ennis and Marian Hossa led a late charge for Bratislava on Tuesday, enabling the Eagles to defeat the Lions twice in three days. Ennis scored his first goal of the season with 8 minutes to go in a tie game. He scored again near the end of the game, with…
The first major trade since the season got started included 6 players, three from Edinburgh packing their bags and heading for St. Petersburg, with 3 going the other way. Edinburgh landed scoring right wing James Neal, shifty winger Andrei Kostitsyn and young defenseman Karl Alzner, while Petrograd got big, young winger Blake Wheeler, steady and…
Helsinki 4, Copenhagen 3 (shootout) Copenhagen needs to pull out of a tailspin and get flying straight again. despite out-shooting Helsinki Jokerit 41-32, the Tridents lost in a shootout and have now dropped five of their last six games. Copenhagen took 7 penalties and the Jokerit scored twice with a man advantage. Ilya Bryzgalov was…
Dublin 5, Paris 3 Paris controlled the game early, scoring on their first powerplay opportunity and opening up a 2-0 lead, but Dublin reeled off five straight goals to leave France with two points. Tim Gleason had a great game for the Fighting Irish, leading all skaters with 3 points, and dishing out 5 hits…
Munich 5, Milan 4Munich moved into a tie for 2nd overall by beating previously second-best Milan. Penalties might have been the difference because Milan gave Munich 5 powerplay chances to just one Dun penalty. Munich defenseman Alexandre Picard scored his first goal of the year in the first period and his second of the year…
Moscow 6, London 4 Moscow built a 6-2 lead and held on for the win in London. It was the start of a five-game home stand for the Knights, a curious piece of scheduling with the Olympics in town for a 17-day gig. Nearly 15,000 hockey fans fought through traffic and security checks to make…
Milan 5, Belfast 0 The Guerriero delighted 15,450 home fans with another Antti Niemi shutout on Wednesday. Niemi’s first shout came in the second game of the season, also against Belfast. Milan seemed to be trying to give Belfast chances to score by taking 10 penalties, but the Giants were unable to get one across…
Paris 2, Minsk 1 (0vertime) Once again Carey Price was stingy in the Minsk net. The former Montreal Canadiens star has given up just 2 goals in the last 8 periods of hockey, but unfortunately for the Hussars, both of those came in overtime. On Tuesday, Evgeni Malkin put a sudden end to the game…
