Tuesday, September 17, 2013

KHL Day 14 2013-2014

This marks the two-week point in the season, and we have five games to cover today. The first comes from...

Astana, as Barys hosts Avangard Omsk. Eduard Reizvikh and Vitaly Yeremeyev are in the blue paint. Astana led off with a first period goal by Brandon Bochenski, with a lone assist from Nigel Dawes. Omsk tied it in the second period as Alexander Frolov scored a power play goal, via Dmitry Vorobyov. Barys took the lead again as Roman Starchenko scored, thanks to Dawes and Mike Lundin. Astana added on with a Talgat Zhailauov goal, passed from Alexei Litvinenko and the goalie Yeremeyev. Barys extended the lead in the third period with a power play goal by Maxim Spiridonov, powered by Zhailauov and Fyodor Polishchuk. Avangard got one back on a power play goal netted by Nikita Pivtsakin, fueled by Miroslav Blatak and Tomas Zaborsky. Astana answered as Spiridonov scored another power play goal, with helpers provided by Maxim Semyonov and Zhailauov. This produced the 5-2 final score, with the three stars being Zhailauov, Spiridonov, and Dawes.

Northwest to Moscow, where CSKA hosts their crosstown rivals, Dynamo. Alexander Yeryomenko and Rastislav Stana are the masked men. CSKA opened in the first period as Nikolai Prokhorkin scored, with a lone assist by Alexander Radulov. CSKA added on with an Ilya Zubov goal, made possible by Sergei Shirokov and Prokhorkin. Dynamo got on the board as Maxim Karpov scored, via Yury Babenko. CSKA answered in the second period on another Prokhorkin goal, fueled by Georgy Misharin and Radulov. Dynamo pulled back as Alexei Tsvetkov scored, with the help of Filip Novak and Leo Komarov. Dynamo tied it with a power play goal by Tsvetkov, powered by Denis Kokarev and Maxim Solovyov. CSKA took the lead again in the third period with an unassisted Prokhorkin goal. CSKA extended the lead as Oleg Saprykin scored, assisted by Vladimir Zharkov. CSKA iced it at 6-3 with a Zubov goal, passed from Shirokov and the goalie Stana. The three stars were Prokhorkin, Zubov, and Radulov, while Shirokov and Tsvetkov were given honorable mentions.

Moving along to the Czech Republic, where Lev Praha welcomes Vityaz Podolsk. Johan Backlund and Petri Vehanen are in the creases. Praha got going in the second period on a Martin Thornberg goal, assisted by Jiri Sekac and Ondrej Nemec. Lev added on as Justin Azevedo scored, with a lone helper provided by Calle Ridderwall. Praha extended the lead with a power play goal by Niko Kapanen, powered by Nathan Oystrick and Ryan O'Byrne. Podolsk avoided the shutout with a power play goal in the third period, scored by Mike Iggulden, and helped along by Alexander Korolyuk and Logan Pyett. Lev replied with a late Thornberg goal, coming on the power play from Jakub Nakladal and Martin Sevc. This made it 4-1, with the three stars being Vehanen (22 for 23 in saves), Thornberg, and Azevedo.

Next up, Dinamo Riga hosts Ak Bars Kazan. Konstantin Barulin and Mikael Tellqvist tend the twines. Kazan began in the first period with a Janne Pesonen goal, fueled by Ilya Nikulin and Kirill Petrov. Ak Bars added on in the second period with a power play goal by Alexander Burmistrov, powered by Tim Stapleton and Mikhail Varnakov. Kazan got another as Shaun Heshka scored a power play goal set up by Stapleton and Evgeny Medvedev. Riga got on the board in the third period on a Paul Szczechura goal, coming off of Gunars Skvorcovs. This made it 3-1, a final, with Barulin (24 for 25 in saves), Stapleton, and Burmistrov.

Finally, in Slovakia, Slovan Bratislava brings in Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Georgy Gelashvili and Jaroslav Janus guard the cages. Nizhny Novgorod started in the first period as Wojtek Wolski scored, thanks to Tim Brent. Torpedo added on in the second period with a Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev goal, fueled by Pyotr Schastlivy. Nizhny Novgorod extended the lead when Wolski scored again, with the help of Vladimir Denisov and Mikhail Grigoryev. They held on for a 3-0 win, with the three stars belonging to Gelashvili (20 save shutout), Wolski, and Krasnoslobodtsev.

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