Friday, December 27, 2013

KHL Day 115 2013-2014

Seven games on today leading into a busy weekend for sports. We begin in...

Yaroslavl, as Lokomotiv hosts Traktor Chelyabinsk. Michael Garnett and Vitaly Kolesnik are in the creases. The game was scoreless until the shootout, where a lone tally by Emil Galimov was all Lokomotiv needed to win 1-0. The three stars were Kolesnik (27 save shutout), Galimov, and Garnett (31 save "shutout").

Down in the Moscow Oblast, Vityaz Podlsk welcomes a team from the city, Spartak Moscow. Jeff Glass and Ivan Lisutin are in goal. Moscow began in the first period with a Grigory Zheldakov goal, fueled by Vyacheslav Kozlov and Alexei Krutov. Podolsk tied it on a power play goal by Dinar Khafizullin, guided in by Maxim Afinogenov. Vityaz took the lead in the second period on a shorthanded goal by Dmitry Shitikov, set up by Alexander Korolyuk and Branislav Mezei. Spartak retied it as Nikolai Lemtyugov scored, thanks to Andrei Sergeyev and Oleg Kvasha. Podolsk took the lead back on an Afinogenov goal, courtesy of Airat Ziazov and Khafizullin. Moscow tied it as Kvasha scored, with assists provided by Mikhail Mamkin and Filipp Toluzakov. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Afinogenov matched Toluzakov, but Vityaz still won with a goal by Vyacheslav Solodukhin. Afinogenov, Khafizullin, and Kvasha got the three stars in the 4-3 game.

Back up in Cherepovets, Severstal brings in Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin faces a lesser foe in Ivan Kasutin in goal. Magnitogorsk was first to score in the first period on an Evgeny Timkin goal, fueled by Chris Lee and Vladimir Malenkikh. Metallurg added on in the third period with a power play goal by Francis Pare, powered by Danis Zaripov and Jan Kovar. Magnitogorsk extended the lead on a Sergei Tereshchenko power play goal, assisted by Dmitry Kazionov and Rinat Ibragimov. Metallurg padded the lead with an Oskar Osala goal, courtesy of Kazionov and Pare. This made it 4-0, the final, with Pare, Koshechkin (29 save shutout), and Kazionov earning the three stars.

Out in Minsk, Dinamo hosts Ak Bars Kazan. Konstantin Barulin and Kevin Lalande are the masked men. Kazan led off in the first period with a power play goal by Alexander Burmistrov, powered by Tim Stapleton and Evgeny Medvedev. Ak Bars added on in the third period with an unassisted goal by Dmitry Obukhov. Minsk got on the board as Sergei Drozd scored, thanks to Ivan Usenko. They failed to tie the game, losing 2-1, and the three stars were Barulin (28 for 29 in saves), Obukhov, and Burmistrov.

Further west to Zagreb, as Medvescak brings in Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Yeryomenko and Barry Brust tend the twines. Moscow started in the first period with an unassisted Maxim Karpov goal. Dynamo added on with a Denis Mosalyov shorthanded goal, set up by Dmitry Pestunov. Moscow extended the lead as Alexander Ryazantsev scored a power play goal, powered by Filip Novak and Pestunov. Mark dekanich relieved Brust in the second period. Dynamo padded the lead in the second period with a Konstantin Glazachev goal, courtesy of Yury Babenko and Alexei Tsvetkov. Moscow got another in the third period on a Maxim Pestushko goal, assisted by Leo Komarov and Yegor Dugin. This was good for a 5-0 win, with Yeryomenko (34 save shutout), Pestunov, and Karpov being the three stars.

Backtracking to Ukraine, as Donbass Donetsk welcomes Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Vitaly Koval and Michael Leighton guard the cages. Donetsk struck first in the first period on a Petteri Wirtanen power play goal, powered by Clay Wilson and Teemu Laine. Nizhny Novgorod tied it in the second period as Vladimir Galuzin scored, with a lone assist by Vyacheslav Kulyomin. Torpedo took the lead as Galuzin scored again, with another lone assist by Kulyomin. Donbass tied it in the third period with a power play goal by Dmitry Kagarlitsky, coming off of Lukas Kaspar. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Jarkko Immonen of Torpedo was cancelled out by Randy Robitaille of Donbass, before Wojtek Wolski sealed a 3-2 win for Torpedo with his tally. The three stars were Galuzin, Kulyomin, and Wolski.

Finally, Slovan Bratislava hosts Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Alexander Sudnitsin and Jaroslav Janus protect the nets. Nizhnekamsk opened in the first period with a Pavel Kulikov goal, fueled by Yaroslav Alshevsky and Albert Yarullin. Neftekhimik added on as Denis Tolpeko scored, via Yarullin and Roman Lyuduchin. Bratislava got on the board in the second period with a Milan Bartovic goal, coming off of Peter Olvecky. Slovan tied it with a Michal Vondrka power play goal, powered by Mario Bliznak and Marek Troncinsky. Bratislava took the lead on a Tomas Mikus goal, guided in by Bruno Mraz and Andrej Stastny. Slovan extended the lead in the third period as Vondrka scored his second of the game, assisted by Bliznak and Michel Miklik. This was good for a 4-2 win, with Vondrka, Bliznak, and Yarullin getting the three stars.

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