Saturday, September 28, 2013

KHL Day 25 2013-2014

Only four games on today, starting in...

Moscow, as Spartak hosts Avangard Omsk. Teemu Lassila and Jeff Glass are set to start in goal. Moscow led off with a first period power play goal by Deron Quint, powered by Vyachelsav Kozlov and Nikolai Zherdev. Omsk tied it in the second period as Alexander Frolov scored, courtesy of Tomas Zaborsky. Avangard took the lead with a Sergei Kalinin goal, via Andrei Ivanov and Nikita Pivtsakin. Spartak tied it again in the third period on a Matt Anderson power play goal, guided in by Quint and Rastislav Spirko. Moscow ended up winning in the shootout with a Zherdev tally, for a 3-2 final score. The three stars went to Quint, Zherdev, and Anderson.

Over in Belarus, Dinamo Minsk welcomes Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Jakub Kovar and Lars Haugen are in the creases. Minsk was first to score in the second period as Jacob Micflikier scored, with a lone helper by Geoff Platt. Dinamo added on in the third period with a Tomas Surovy goal, made possible by Zbynek Irgl. This was it for the scoring, with Dinamo winning 2-0, and Haugen (23 save shutout), Micflikier, and Surovy were awarded the three stars.

To Ukraine, where Donbass Donetsk brings in Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Mikhail Biryukov and Michael Leighton protect the nets. Donetsk struck first in the third period with a Clay Wilson goal, coming shorthanded via Maxim Yakutsenya. Donbass added on as Yakutsenya scored, thanks to Oskars Bartulis. They held on for a 2-0 win, with the three stars being Yakutsenya, Leighton (27 svae shutout), and Wilson.

Finally, in Croatia, Medvescak Zagreb hosts Barys Astana. Ari Ahonen and Barry Brust show alliteration in front of the nets. Zagreb began in the first period with a Kurtis Foster power play goal, powered by Steve Montador and Bill Thomas. Medvescak added on in the second period as Luke Walker scored, with the help of Patrick Bjorkstrand. Astana got on the board with an Evgeny Blokhin goal, made possible by Roman Starchenko. Zagreb replied in the third period on a goal by Ryan Vesce, assisted by Matt Murley and Mathieu Carle on the power play. Barys got one back as Vladimir Grebenshchikov scored, with a lone helper by Nigel Dawes. They failed to get an equalizer, falling 3-2, with the three stars being Foster, Vesce, and Walker.

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