ska-st.-petersburg Stories - Defending Big D
European Elite League Champions 2010-11
Yesterday, Eisbaren Berlin captured the DEL Championship, sweeping regular season champion Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg in the final. The result was significant, not only because Berlin won the championship in the same year they won the first ever pre-season European Trophy tournament, but because it...
Report: Former Dallas Star Sergei Zubov Retires
A report out of Russia tonight states that former Dallas Stars Sergei Zubov will officially retire from playing the game of hockey after over 1,200 NHL games and two season in the KHL with SKA St. Petersburg. The sourcing on it is a litte funny and sounds a lot like "I heard it from my sister's...
KHL President Medvedev Talks Expansion in Four Countries
Alexander Medvedev always keeps things interesting. In a wide-ranging interview with Sportsdaily.ru, he opened up about his KHL club's (SKA St. Petersburg) recent playoff defeat, and then launched into a rather whimsical vision of potential westward KHL expansion. In the interview, he claims that...
IIHF U20 WJHC/Spengler Cup Day 5 GDT
The Spengler Cup is nearing its end, with the semifinals happening today, while we're starting to figure out the playoff picture for the IIHF U20 World Juniors, though there are some important games to still take place. Stay here for the day's action. Spengler Cup SKA St. Petersburg 4,...
IIHF U20 WJHC/Spengler Cup Day 3 GDT
Four games at the World Juniors, plus the final day of group action at the Spengler Cup highlight today's international hockey ticket. Stick around here for commentary and start times. IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship Switzerland (1-0-0-0) vs. Finland (0-0-1-0), 12:30 PM EST at...
IIHF U20 WJHC/Spengler Cup Day 2 GDT:
Today's games aren't televised, aside from the Spengler Cup, and I'm too late for the first one. Spengler Cup Sparta Prague 3 vs. HC Geneva-Servette 4 Geneva gets rewarded with a win after a hard fought loss yesterday against SKA St. Petersburg. Tomorrow, Prague will take on St. Petersburg and if...
Spengler Cup 2010 Primer
I won't be spending a ton of time on it, focusing more on the WJC's than this long running tradition of the alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland, but here's a short look at what's ahead at this year's Spengler Cup. The tournament has been expanded to invite four club teams from across Europe, plus...
Magintogorsk, Dynamo lead KHL through October
We're a week away from the second International Break of the European Hockey season (the first technically occurs in preseason), so it's a good time to catch up on what's been happening in league play. The European Goliath known as the Kontinental Hockey League has been in full throttle right from...
Compuware NHL Premiere Continues with first NHL game in St. Petersburg since 1990
The first two games of the Premiere Series went the way of the NHL clubs, and after having no games on Sunday there will be two more today, including a high profile showdown in St. Petersburg. On Saturday, the Boston Bruins handed the Belfast Giants Selects a 5-1 loss in the NHL's first visit to...
Mo Money Mo Problems: Big budget SKA St. Petersburg loses home opener
Decided to pay some tribute to Dan Ellis' tweeting career in the title. The free spending SKA St. Petersburg team fell in their home opener to Dinamo Riga, who have earned the title of being my favourite KHL team as I'm a huge fan of Latvian hockey (at SB Nation, we're encouraged to be fans, so...
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