Prague 5, Paris 4 – The Wolf Pack got off to a great start, taking the first period 3-1, and fought off Paris’ comeback. When Nail Yakupov scored his 12th of the season and Marcel Hossa followed with his 8th, the 5-1 lead was just too much for the Rouge Eiffels, who made a valiant…
London 3, Belfast 2 – Rookies Martin Jones and Artemy Panarin played major roles for the London Dons as they did in the league’s top team. Jones made 35 saves and Panarin scored a powerplay goal with just 43 seconds left to give London the win. Belfast took charge early on first-period goals by Ondrej Palat…
League official Sepp Blatter announced that Helsinki has won the vote to host the Season 5 All-Star game on Aug. 2. In a runoff election, GMs favored the Finnish city to Berlin, Germany, by a 14-7 count. In a related note, Blatter said the league named Finland’s national team coach as one of the honorary coaches…
Paris 4, Gothenburg 1 – The Paris Rouge Eiffels had a tough time getting through Gothenburg’s Pekka Rinne but were finally able to break the ice early in the second period. After Rinne turned away 16 Paris shots in the first period, the Rouge Eiffels struck for a powerplay goal while Devil defenseman Kevin Dallman…
After four All-Stars games in the EURO League, the league office has decided to produce a document that keeps all All-Star Game information in one place. The book is mainly a history of the games played so far and includes: The game recap and box score that was published the night of the game; A…
Lisbon 6, Munich 0 – Former Moscow Spartak forward Alexei Kalyuzhny racked up 5 points as Lisbon easily turned away visiting Munich. Kalyuzhny scored his 3rd goal of the season and had 4 assists in the game to give him 17 so far this season as a third-line center. He should easily surpass his personal…
Bern 6, Prague 1 – Tobias Enstrom was about all the Bears needed Monday to beat the visiting Wolf Pack. Enstrom, 31, has been an important member of the team since Season 1, teaming with Brent Seabrook on the Bears’ back line for almost all of that time. He was voted to the all-star team…
Munich 6, Berlin 3 – In a battle between the league’s two German teams, the underdogs tore into the EURO’s second best team, doubling their score. The last-place Dire Wolf scored two in each period against Jimmy Howard and six different players scored goals. Radko Gudas, the bruising Munich defenseman who has surprisingly good hands when it…
Edinburgh 4, Bratislava 1 – The Edinburgh Capitals got their first win for new General Manager John Charles and in the process they became the first team this season to win in regulation time in Bratislava. Charles gets partial credit for the win, along with the players. And Jakub Kovar, the rookie goalie filling in for injured Kari Lehtonen,…
Moscow 5, Gothenburg 0 – The Bare Bear Brawlers dominated on Friday, with the line of Anze Kopitar, Blake Wheeler and Max Pacioretty leading the way. Kopitar and Pacioretty each had a goal and an assist. Moscow’s Ryan Suter ended with 5 shots and a goal. As a team, Moscow is currently third-best in the…
