Monday, September 23, 2013

KHL Day 20 2013-2014

Only three games on in the KHL, none of which will take place in Russia. We begin in...

Riga, as Dinamo hosts Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Georgy Gelashvili and Jakub Sedlacek were the masked men. Nizhny Novgorod got going in the second period with a Juuso Hietanen power play goal, assisted by Tim Brent and Sakari Salminen. Torpedo added on as Salminen scored, thanks to Alexander Makarov and Jarkko Immonen. Riga got on the board with a power play goal by Sandis Ozolins, powered by Kyle Wilson and Aleksandrs Nizivijs. Dinamo tied it with a Vitalijs Pavlovs goal, set up by Ozolins and Marcel Hossa on the power play. Nizhny Novgorod took the lead in the third period with a Salminen goal, fueled by Vadim Khomitsky and Brent. They held on to win 3-2, with the three stars being Salminen, Ozolins, and Brent.

Over in Prague, Lev Praha welcomes Ak Bars Kazan. Konstantin Barulin and Petri Vehanen guard the cages. Kazan opened in the first period with a Janne Pesonen goal, coming on the power play via Kirill Petrov and Alexei Tereshchenko. Ak Bars added on in the second period as Pesonen scored again, with a lone helper from Tereshchenko. Praha got on the board in the third period as Nicklas Danielsson scored, with an assist from Martin Thornberg. This was as close as it got, with Ak Bars taking the 2-1 win, and the three stars were Pesonen, Barulin (33 for 34 in saves), and Tereshchenko.

Finally, Slovan Bratislava brings in Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Yeryomenko and Jaroslav Janus tend the twines. Bratislava started with a first period goal by Tomas Mojzis, fueled by Michel Miklik and Michal Vondrka. Slovan added on in the second period as Vondrka scored, with assists from Miklik and Martin Skoula. Moscow got on the board with a Denis Kokarev goal, coming off of Martins Karsums and Alexei Tsvetkov on the power play. Bratislava responded with a Peter Olvecky goal, courtesy of Libor Hudacek and Marko Dano. Dynamo answered in the third period when Maxim Pestushko scored, with the help of Denis Mosalyov. Moscow tied it on a Dominik Granak goal, with a lone helper by Leo Komarov. Dynamo took the lead on Maxim Solovyov goal, assisted by Pestushko and Komarov. Moscow extended the lead on a Konstantin Gorovikov goal, passed from Komarov, who got a sock trick. Slovan took one back on a Martin Bakos goal, set up by Mojzis and Martin Stajnoch. They failed to get an equalizer, dropping a 5-4 game to Dynamo. The three stars were awarded to Pestushko, Komarov, and Miklik, while Vondrka and Mojzis get the honorable mentions.

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