Topic: Europe
Coach Lindy Ruff and his Buffalo Sabres are looking forward to their NHL swing through Europe, but Ruff insists the season-opening trip is no holiday."Don't call it a vacation," Ruff said. "It should be a good trip for us, but we have ...
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Hockey players, former team mates and fans from all over Sweden on Thursday paid tribute to national team goalie Stefan Liv, who was killed in a plane crash in Russia last week.The 30-year-old Swede was among 44 people who ...
MIAMI (Reuters) - The world of ice hockey was in shock and grief after suffering its "darkest day" when a plane carrying the Russian team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashed on Wednesday, killing 43 people and leaving just two survivors."This is a terrible tragedy ...
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish ice hockey player Stefan Liv was among the 43 people who died when a plane carrying Russian team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashed Wednesday, the Swedish Embassy in Moscow confirmed to news agency TT.The 30-year-old national team goalkeeper, an Olympic ...
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - There are thousands of names engraved on the Stanley Cup but Jannik Hansen's would represent a first if the Vancouver Canucks beat the Boston Bruins to be crowned NHL champions.Stanley Cup tradition allows each player of the winning team ...
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Sweden and Finland play for the gold medal in the world ice hockey championship on Sunday when two of the tournament's youngest teams will fight for Nordic bragging rights.Lacking the kind of firepower from National Hockey League superstars on ...
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Marius Holtet's four strikes lifted Norway to a crushing 5-2 win over France at the world championship on Monday and secured them the last available slot for the quarter-finals which start on Wednesday.Norway join Olympic champions Canada, holders Czech ...
Germany finished top of the ice hockey world championship preliminary Group A, coming from behind to beat beating 3-2 minnows Slovenia in a penalty shootout here on Tuesday.Germany, who had already secured a place in the qualifying round, were somewhat careless in ...
The NHL will play season openers in Europe for the fifth-straight year as four clubs will play in three cities including the first regular season games in Berlin's new 02 World Arena.The New York Rangers, Buffalo Sabres, Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Hockey League will help launch its 2011-12 regular season with games in Helsinki, Stockholm and Berlin, the league and its players association announced Monday.Games on October 7 will match the Anaheim Ducks against the Buffalo Sabres ...
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