Euro Hockey Ticker

King goes long term with Freezers

2010-01-14T20:08:00.005-04:00

Current team top scorer has inked a two-year extension in Hamburg. Former Vancouver Canuck Jason King leads the Freezers this season with 18 goals and 18 assists to this point in the season.

Rapperswil scoops up Murley

2010-01-14T19:59:00.000-04:00

Matt Murley is getting to see a lot of the Swiss countryside. Dumped by both Langenthal (NLB) and Lugano (NLA), Rapperswil has acquired the Troy, NY native's services as their extra import down the stretch.

Frankfurt GM stays on

2010-01-13T20:41:00.000-04:00

After first letting the option deadline for a contract extension pass, the Frankfurt Lions have reached an agreement on a new deal through the end of the 2010-2011 season with general manager Dwayne Norris. As a player, the Newfoundland native appeared in 616 DEL games. As a manager, he has been at the job in Frankfurt since 2006-07.

Deggendorf adds imports in play-off hunt

2010-01-13T20:22:00.000-04:00

The Deggendorf Fire have add two imports to the mix in a bid to reach the play-offs. New to the team are Jamie Dowhayko and Matt Armstrong. Dowhayko actually played for the Fire in the 2007-08 season but has been in the Finnish Mestis league with Kiekko Vantaa since then.

Kotyk headed back to Innsbruck

2010-01-13T08:07:00.002-04:00

Former San Jose farmhand Seamus Kotyk has agreed to a contract for the remainder of the 2009-10 season with Innsbruck where he played two seasons in the EBEL before the club voluntarily dropped down to the Nationalliga. The goalie from London, ON is a 146-game AHL veteran who also won a Memorial Cup with Ottawa in 1998-99.

Jiranek new co-trainer in Mannheim

2010-01-13T08:06:00.001-04:00

Mannheim has hired on former Krefeld head coach Martin Jiranek to assist new head coach Teal Fowler after the club fired Doug Mason. Mason was let go on Monday,fired by his second team in two seasons. The German-Canadian Jiranek is a former top player in the DEL.

Grumet-Morris blanks Bulls

2010-01-13T08:02:00.002-04:00

The Salzburg Red Bulls gambled and lost in Jesenice going down 1-0 to the Slovenians. Pierre Page's squad rested most of their key players to concentrate on the Continental Cup finals coming up this weekend in Grenoble expecting that they would still be able to handle their last place opponents. Unfortunately for them, American Dov Grumet-Morris was unbeatable in goal and a late tally gave the home side the victory.

Noah Clarke leaves Ambri

2010-01-11T08:09:00.001-04:00

Former Colorado College winger Noah Clarke has been released by Ambri-Piotta and will most likely be joining Slavia Praha of the Czech Extraliga. The 30-year-old Californian registered only 8 points in 22 games for the Swiss team this season.

Goren to Bern in rare player swap

2010-01-11T07:53:00.001-04:00

Färjestad have traded Canadian forward Lee Goren to SC Bern in exchange for Slovak Lubos Bartecko in an extremely rare international deal. With Goren, the Swiss club is hoping to add some extra toughness. The 33-year-old Winnipegger played 9 games last season for Zug. This year his numbers have been off, totalling only 5 points in 16 games in Sweden.

Nurnberg signs Jesse Schultz

2010-01-06T01:11:00.001-04:00

The Nurnberg Ice Tigers have added forward Jesse Schultz for the remainder of the 2009-10 season. The 27-year-old winger has been playing for Björklöven in the Swedish Allsvenskan this season. In 21 games, the 374-game AHL veteran managed 16 points.

Scott shuts down Ice Tigers

2010-01-04T00:28:00.001-04:00

Travis Scott had a 40-save shutout for Hannover as the Scorpions downed the Ice Tigers in Nurnberg 1-0 in overtime.
Jason Young's goal and two assists paced host Frankfurt to a close 4-3 win over the Grizzly Adams from Wolfsburg.
Brian Swanson's second goal of the game at 11:02 of the third period gave the Roosters a hard-fought 5-4 win over Mannheim in Iserlohn. Defenseman Mark Ardelan was the game's second star with a goal and an assist.
Adam Courchaine with a goal and two assists and Brandon Ried with 1 + 1 lead the way for Dusseldorf in their 5-3 road win over the struggling Straubing Tigers.
Bob Wren notched a pair of goals to help his new Panther team, Ingolstadt, beat his old Panther team, Augsburg, 5-1.
Jason Jaspers had a goal and an assist to propel the host Cologne Sharks past Kassel 4-3.

Calce's trick stuns Bietigheim

2010-01-03T23:56:00.004-04:00

German-Canadian Luigi Calce was the hero with a hat-trick as visiting Heilbronn downed arch rival Bietigheim 5-3.

With their goalie pulled for an extra attacker, Bremerhaven tied the game on a goal by Pierre-Luc O'Brien then Chris Stanley potted his second of the match in overtime giving the Penguins a much-needed 3-2 win over Schwenningen.
Kevin Young was the only successful shooter on both teams as visiting Crimmitschau upset Munich 2-1 in a shootout. Andy Contois sent the game to extra time with his third period marker while Neville Rautert continued his hot scoring for the home team.
Kyle Doyle assisted on three goals and Jamie Chamberlain and newcomer Brady Leisenring had markers in leading Hannover to a 5-2 win over fellow cellar dwellers Freiburg.
Mark McArthur posted a shutout and Garrett Bembridge scored the game's only goal on a powerplay as streaking Riessersee nipped the Tower Stars in Ravensburg 1-0.

Graz with dramatic comeback win

2010-01-03T23:22:00.001-04:00

Graz center Warren Norris scored on a powerplay to tie the game at 2-2 with just 4 seconds left in regulation time and the 99ers finished the job in overtime as the spoiled the party in Zagreb 3-2. Jean-Philippe Pare ended the night with helpers on all three goals.

David LeNeveu made 44 stops to help Salzburg down Alba Volan at home 5-2.
Kiel McLeod scored a pair of goals in a two minute span in the second period to turn the game around as Villach overcame last place Jesenice 4-3.
In Vienna, the Caps were down 2-0 after 4 minutes but thanks to Patrick Lebeau's three assists and goals from Dan Bjornlie, Benoit Gratton and Sean Selmser they came back to win easily 5-2.
Alex Westlund made stopped 31 shots to help Linz defeat visiting Klagenfurt 2-1.

Maracle finds new employer

2010-01-03T23:01:00.001-04:00

It didn't take Norm Maracle long to land on his feet. The former Ljubljana netminder who was released this week for financial reasons has signed to play for Cologne for the rest of the season. The 34-year-old former Atlanta Thrasher played from 2007-09 for the Iserlohn Roosters.

Val Pusteria smokes Fassa

2010-01-03T01:00:00.001-04:00

Val Pusteria scored twice in each period on their way to a 6-0 drubbing of visiting Fassa. League leading scorer Rob Sirianni paced the attack with a goal and four assists. Teammate Taggart Desmet picked up a pair of goals and assists.Greg Jacina had a goal and an assist to power Ritten past host Bolzano 3-1.

Marty Guerin's two goals and one assist paced Pontebba to a 4-3 shootout victory in Cortina. TJ McElroy chipped in a goal and an assist for the winners.
In Valpellice, Michael Henrich scored once to help Asiago to a 2-1 road win.

Pare keeps Graz on top

2010-01-02T12:59:00.001-04:00

Jean-Philippe Pare broke open a 3-3 tie in the third period with a couple of goals sending Graz on its way to a 6-3 win in Klagenfurt.

Brad Purdie scored a pair of goals in a losing cause as Linz was on the short end of a 3-2 shootout loss to Alba Volan.
Newcomer Yves Sarault scored in his first appearance for Vienna and Frederic Cassivi made 28 saves to lead the Capitals to a 4-1 victory over Zagreb.
Todd Elik notched a pair of assists in Jesenice's 4-3 shootout win in Ljubljana.
Kelsey Wilson and Mike Siklenka each had a goal and an assist leading Salzburg to 4-2 triumph over Villach.

McIlveen 'rewarded' with promotion

2010-01-02T00:43:00.001-04:00

Forward Paul McIlveen who was recently dumped by Freiburg for not fitting in was surprisingly snapped up by the Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams for the rest of the 2009-10 season. GM Karl-Heinz Fliegauf was impressed with the 23-year-old's play in North America and decided to give him a chance to prove himself. The move was necessitated by the season-ending injury to Peter Sarno.

Pelicans Lamothe out for a month

2010-01-01T21:24:00.002-04:00

Goalie Marc Lamothe injured his knee in a game against Tappara and will be lost to the Pelicans for at least one month.

Leisenring an Indian

2009-12-31T12:55:00.000-04:00

Former University of Vermont forward Brady Leisenring has been picked up by the Hannover Indians after his contract with the Landshut was not extended. The 27-year-old American put up 15 points in 26 games for the Cannibals this season.

Dufresne gives Crimmitschau upset win

2009-12-28T22:25:00.000-04:00

Sylvain Dufresne sank the winning shootout shot giving Crimmitschau a surprising 6-5 victory in Ravensburg. Andy Contois paced the attack with two goals while Kevin Young had a goal and an assist for the winners.
Mike Wehrstedt tied the game at 4-4 with seven minutes remaining sending the game to overtime where Kaufbeuren scored to upset favored Schwenningen 5-4. Brock Hooton had scored the go ahead marker for the Wild Wings several minutes earlier.
In Hannover, Brad Self and Nicolas Dumoulin had single tallies and Andrew McPherson helped out with three assists as Riessersee prevailed over the Indians 5-2.
Greg Schmidt notched a pair of goals and Justin Kelly a pair of assists as Bietigheim disposed of thier visitors from Landshut 3-0.
Winnipeg native Neville Rautert lead the way for Munich with a goal and three assists as they handily defeated Lausitz 6-2. Defenseman Dave Ried also had a solid game registering one goal and two assists.

Leeb brothers too much for Panthers

2009-12-28T00:37:00.001-04:00

Brad Leeb scored the winner half way thru the last period and added an assist to cap Nurnberg's 3-2 comeback win in Augsburg. Brother Greg Leeb had a pair of helpers.

Chris Herperger notched a pair of goals and Garrett Festerling a single as Hannover easily handled Hamburg 5-1. Justin Mapletoft fired the game winner in OT and added an assist to give Straubing a slim 2-1 victory over Kassel. Goalie Mike Bales made 21 saves and was

Duncan, Salzburg upend Linz

2009-12-28T00:18:00.001-04:00

Ryan Duncan had a goal and an assist to help pace visiting Salzburg to a clear 5-2 win over Linz and move the Red Bulls into sole possession of third place.

Brad Smyth, Joel Prpic, Mike Prpich, and John Hecimovic each scored once in host Zagreb's 4-1 victory over Alba Volan.
Frederic Cassivi made 24 saves as Vienna knocked off last year's champs Klagenfurt 4-1.
Jesenice knocked Graz out of first place with Dov Grumet-Morris stopping 24 of 25 shots to beat his former team.
Newcomer Jean-Francois Fortin opened the scoring for Villach in their 3-2 trimming of Ljubljana.

Barnes upsets Merano

2009-12-26T23:34:00.003-04:00

Former University of Maine defenseman Troy Barnes was the hero scoring the tying goal in the third period then adding the winner in overtime as last place Caldaro upset league leader Merano 6-5.

Brendan Bernakevitch fired a hat-trick and Jarad Bourassa had a goal and two assists leading Gherdeina to a 7-3 trouncing of visiting Egna.
Defensemen Jon Coleman and Eric Braff scored Appiano's goals in a 3-2 shootout loss to Torino.

Sirianni scorching hot

2009-12-26T23:16:00.002-04:00

League leading scorer Rob Sirianni had a hand in all of his team's goals scoring three times and adding a pair of assists as Val Pusteria came back against Pontebba to win 5-4 in OT.
Valpellice trounced visiting Cortina 7-2 with Italian Canadian Luciano Aquino posting two goals and three assists. Fellow Torontonian Daniel Sisca contributed a goal and three assists.
Scott May scored his team's first and last goals as Ritten went into Alleghe and won 5-2.
Michael Henrich notched a pair of goals and added an assist as Asiago upended host Fassa 4-1.

Goldie goal the difference for Ravensburg

2009-12-26T22:41:00.002-04:00

Ash Goldie's powerplay goal with less than two minutes remaining in the game completed a third period comeback for visiting Ravensburg as they got past Landshut 5-4. Ben Thomson recorded a goal and two assists for the Tower Stars.

Mike Sullivan tied the game with a powerplay goal in the third period and assisted on the game-winner in overtime as Lausitz upset Bietigheim 3-2 in Weisswasser.
Paul Ballantyne tallied once on a powerplay and Andy Contois added a pair of assists in Crimmitschau's 3-2 shootout win over Hannover.
Rob Brown scored the eventual winner and Patrick Jarrett helped out on three goals as visiting Dresden surprised Schwenningen 5-4. Dresden built up an insurmountable 5-1 lead then held off a late Wild Wings rally.
Brad Self and Tim Regan each had a goal and an assist to lead Riessersee to a 4-2 victory over Bremerhaven.
Frederik Cabana scored once and helped out on another and Dustin Johner had the eventual winner as Heilbronn knocked off league leader Munich 2-0.