Fans of the Stockholm Eagles and Munich Dire Wolf have to wait a little while longer to learn if their teams will have home ice advantage as the fourth seeds in their conferences. One of the highlights of the first round of the EURO playoffs will be the All Sweden Series that will pit Stockholm…
Madrid 2, Dublin 1 – The Madrid Royals have won seven of their last eight games and will finish as the sixth-best team in the league. In the playoffs, they will be the third seed in the Southern Conference and their opponent will be … anybody’s guess between Athens, Bratislava, Lisbon and Zurich. On Wednesday, the…
Munich 4, Athens 1 – The Munich Dire Wolf concluded their 82-game schedule with a 4-1 victory against one of the teams they are battling for fourth place in the conference. It was the second time this week that Munich defeated Athens and it was the Dire Wolf’s fifth straight win. They are 14-3 over their…
Back in Season 1 of the EURO League, veteran Marty Turco watched a lot of hockey from the St. Petersburg bench. Pekka Rinne did almost all of the goaltending for the team that season and Turco saw action in only 10 games. He probably deserved more playing time with his .915 save percentage. If you…
In both conferences, there is a three-team fight to the finish for the 4th place spot in the standings. In the Northern Conference (current totals): 4. Helsinki – 79 GP, 91 points 5. Stockholm – 80 GP, 91 points 6. Gothenburg – 77 GP, 87 points London has an outside chance at 79 GP and 85…
Zurich 3, Geneva 2 – This one-goal game officially eliminated one Swiss team from the playoffs while helping another Swiss team get closer to locking up its playoff berth. Prague is currently in 9th place in the Southern Conference, and to disappoint either Zurich or Lisbon, Sparta will have to win at least three of their remaining four games. Should…
After spending the last 8 days in cars, planes and walking around the Rocky Mountains, I return to write about this thing here. Belfast 5, Lisbon 2 – Joe Pavelski is having his best season since leaving Madrid as a free agent before Season 4, but he wasn’t good enough to help Lisbon HC conquer…
Bratislava 4, Lisbon 1 – Sunday’s game in Lisbon was an eventful one, and not just because Tyler Toffoli scored twice to lead the visitors to a win. Lisbon and Bratislava are two of the six or seven Southern Conference clubs who still don’t know if they will have playoff games in their future. For them,…
Berlin 2, Prague 1 (OT) – Prague Sparta still has a good chance of moving from 9th place into the playoffs, but they can’t afford too many more games like the one they played Thursday. Logan Couture and Alex Edler were heroes for the Smurfs as they helped their team transform a zero-point trip to the…
Dublin 5, Belfast 2 – Belfast won the previous two meetings between Irish rivals, but on Thursday, surging Dublin beat the Giants by three goals. It was the fourth straight win for the Fighting Irish and their 7th win in the last 10 games. Belfast likes to throw their weight around and their physical style of play has…
