Thursday, October 3, 2013

KHL Day 30 2013-2014

Nine games coming from Russia today. Fun fact: I was still awake when the first game started. We begin in...

Khabarovsk, as Amur hosts Lev Praha. Petri Vehanen and Alexei Murygin are the goalies. Khabarovsk got going in the second period with a Jakub Petruzalek goal, assisted by Jan Mursak. Amur added on as Mursak scored an empty net goal, going in unassisted. With three second left in the game, Petruzalek added a second empty net goal, also unassisted. The three stars were Murygin (35 save shutout), Petruzalek, and Mursak.

Next up, Admiral Vladivostok welcomes Slovan Bratislava. Miroslav Kopriva and Joakim Lundstrom are in the blue paint. Bratislava opened in the second period with a Tomas Netik goal, set up by Michal Sersen. Vladivostok tied it as Richard Gynge scored, thanks to Mathias Porseland. Admiral took the lead with a Niclas Bergfors goal, made possible by Enver Lisin and Denis Osipov. Vladivostok iced it at 3-1 as Lisin scored an unassisted goal. The three stars were Lundstrom (26 for 27 in saves), Lisin, and Bergfors.

Westward to Novokuznetsk, where Metallurg brings in Dinamo Riga. Mikael Tellqvist and Niko Hovinen are given the starting nods. Riga was first to score in the first period on an Aleksandrs Nizivijs goal, fueled by Paul Szczechura. Dinamo added on with a second period Andris Dzerins goal, passed from Sandis Ozolins and Gints Meija. This would be good for a 2-0 win, with the three stars belonging to Tellqvist (35 save shutout), Nizivijs, and Dzerins.

Into Novosibirsk, where Sibir hosts CSKA Moscow. Rastislav Stana opposes a lesser foe in Mikko Koskinen in goal. Moscow began in the second period with an Ilari Filppula goal, guided in by Daniil Markov and Ilya Zubov. Novosibirsk tied it with an unassisted goal by Jori Lehtera. Sibir took the lead on an Alexander Kutuzov goal, coming off of Jonas Enlund. Novosibirsk extended the lead with a Kristian Kudroc goal, going in unassisted. CSKA got one back in the third period as Sergei Shirokov scored, with the help of Maxim Goncharov. They failed to get an equalizer, falling 3-2, with the three stars being Kudroc, Lehtera, and Kutuzov.

Moving along to Magnitogorsk, as Metallurg welcomes Traktor Chelyabinsk. Michael Garnett and Vasily Koshechkin tend the twines. Magnitogorsk struck first in the first period on a Sergei Mozyakin goal, assisted by Chris Lee and Jan Kovar. Metallurg added on in the second period as Mozyakin scored again, via Danis Zaripov and Kovar. Magnitogorsk extended the lead in the third period with an Evgeny Grigorenko goal, helped along by Justin Hodgman and Denis Platonov. This made it 3-0, the final, with Mozyakin, Koshechkin (23 save shutout), and Kovar getting the three stars.

To the west, Vityaz Podolsk brings in Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Stepanek and Ivan Lisutin are the reliable goalies. Cherepovets started in the first period with a Nikolai Kazakovtsev goal, assisted by Pavel Dedunov and Alexander Yevseyenkov. Podolsk tied it in the third period with a Logan Pyett goal, made possible by Yury Koksharov and Vyacheslav Solodukhin. Vityaz took the lead as Pyett scored again, thanks to Dinar Khafizullin and Koksharov. Podolsk added on when Maxim Afinogenov potted an empty net goal, set up by Alexander Vasilyev and Josh Hennessy. They would go on to win 3-1, with the three stars handed to Pyett, Lisutin (28 for 29 in saves), and Koksharov.

Up in Moscow, Dynamo hosts Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Curtis Sanford and Alexander Yeryomenko guard the cages. Yaroslavl led off in the second period as Yegor Yakovlev scored, with the help of Alexander Chernikov and Alexei Vasilyev. Lokomotiv added on with another Yakovlev goal, with a lone assist by Yury Petrov. Yaroslavl extended the lead as Sergei Plotnikov scored, thanks to Daniil Apalkov. Moscow got one back on a Maxim Solovyov goal, passed from Denis Kokarev and Alexei Tsvetkov, but it only made it a 3-1 loss for them. The three stars were Yakovlev, Sanford (26 for 27 in saves), and Plotnikov.

Backtracking to Nizhny Novgorod, as Torpedo welcomes Atlant Mytishchi. Stanislav Galimov and Vitaly Koval are the masked men. Nizhny Novgorod opened in the first period with a Mikhail Grigoryev goal, made possible by Tim Brent. Mytishchi answered in the second period as Yaroslav Dyblenko scored, with the help of Alexei Mikhnov and Andreas Engqvist. Atlant took the lead as Dyblenko scored an unassisted goal in the third period. Mytishchi iced it at 3-1 with an empty net goal from Sergei Shmelyov, set up by Rafael Batyrshin. The three stars were given to Dyblenko, Galimov (27 for 28 in saves), and Grigoryev.

Finally, we end in Kazan, with Ak Bars bringing in SKA St. Petersburg. Alexander Salak and Konstantin Barulin are between the pipes. St. Petersburg got going in the second period with an Evgeny Skachkov goal, via Vadim Shipachyov. Kazan tied it as Artyom Lukoyanov scored, thanks to Vladimir Tkachyov and Evgeny Medvedev. SKA took the lead back in the third period on a Dmitry Yudin goal, going in unassisted. St. Petersburg added on as Alexei Ponikarovsky scored an unassisted power play goal. This made it 3-1, the final, with the three stars being Yudin, Salak (30 for 31 in saves), and Ponikarovsky.

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