Helsinki center Paul Stastny has been suspended for one game in connection with a match penalty he received Tuesday when he checked James Van Riemsdyk from behind. The Dublin forward went heavily into the boards near the Helsinki bench and emerged with a knee injury. Sepp Blatter, the league’s Director of Player Safety and Discipline, said…
St. Petersburg 5, Bratislava 0 – Antti Niemi played like he had something to prove Wednesday night. Earlier in the day, the commissioner posted a trivia question pointing out Niemi has the worst save percentage in the league. The commish should have checked the schedule before coming out with that question. As luck would have it, Niemi…
Paris 3, Bern 1 – Mike Smith, the Bears’ goalie, kept the game close despite a large advantage in shots that the Rouge Eiffels enjoyed. The teams traded powerplay goals in the first period and the game was tied until David Bolland struck for a shorthanded goal with 7 minutes remaining in the second period.…
Zurich 3, Belfast 2 – By beating the two-time defending champs, the Zurich Lions leapfrogged Munich again in a fierce, multi-team battle for the last playoff spots in the Southern Conference. Jussi Jokinen was the hero for Zurich Monday, after scoring the game-tying goal late in the second period and then the winning goal near…
Munich 7, St. Petersburg 4 – A little gap has opened in the playoff race between the top 9 teams in the Southern Conference and the bottom three, and with their win against St. Petersburg on Sunday, Munich is on the good side of that gap. The Dire Wolf are currently in eighth place, a…
Lisbon 5, Paris 1 – Scoring three times in the first period and twice in the second period gave Lisbon a chance to play conservatively and defensively for more than a period en route to a home win over the Southern Conference’s best team. Paris has been uncharacteristically slumping lately (4 wins in the last…
Geneva 3, Moscow 2 – A minute after Max Pacioretty fired in his 31st goal of the season to give Moscow a 1-0 lead in front of the home fans, Geneva evened the score again when Nick Foligno charged into Spartak goalie Alexander Salak while trying to jam the puck over the goal line. Salak…
Gothenburg 3, St. Petersburg 2 (OT-SO) – All four goals scored in Tuesday’s game occurred while St. Petersburg had a man advantage: two powerplay goals by the Red Stars and two shorthanded goals by Frolunda. After a conservative overtime period, the game had to be decided in a shootout, with Adam Henrique and Carl Hagelin…
Dublin 6, Zurich 1 – Fans of the Dublin Fighting Irish have grown accustomed to relying on their top line to score goals and win games for the team. In the beginning, Ryan Kesler, Phil Kessel and Bobby Ryan teamed up to form one of the EURO’s most feared lines. Then Ryan left in a trade…
Oslo 5, Belfast 2– Where did that come from? The league’s 24th-ranked team out-skated and out-played the two-time defending champs Thursday night, winning by 3 goals. Oslo’s Connor McDavid is already making a name for himself in Norway. The 18-year-old whiz kid is playing up to lofty expectations with 26 points in 23 games for…
