Monday, January 27, 2014

KHL Day 146 2013-2014

Eight games on the third to last day until the KHL Olympic Break. We begin in...

Khabarovsk, as Amur hosts Traktor Chelyabinsk. Michael Garnett and Alexei Murygin receive the starting nods. Chelyabinsk was first to score in the first period on a power play goal by Maxim Kondratyev, powered by Andrei Kostitsyn and Evgeny Kuznetsov. Traktor added on as Artyom Borodkin scored a power play goal, thanks to Dmitry Ryabykin and Anton Glinkin. Chelyabinsk extended the lead in the second period with an unassisted power play goal by Petri Kontiola. Mika Jarvinen relieved Murygin at this time. Khabarovsk got on the board with a Sergei Smurov goal, assisted by Dmitry Lugin and Alexander Yunkov. Traktor shot back with a Glinkin goal, courtesy of Andrei Popov. Amur answered in the third period when Yunkov scored, with the help of Vladimir Loginov and Lugin on the power play. Khabarovsk pulled closer with a power play goal by Yunkov, his second of the game, coming off of Lugin, who got a sock trick, and Smurov. They failed to tie the game, losing 4-3, with the three stars being Glinkin, Yunkov, and Lugin, while Smurov gets an honorable mention.

Down in Vladivostok, Admiral welcomes Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin and Evgeny Ivannikov guard the cages. Vladivostok began in the first period with a Felix Schutz goal, with a lone helper from Niclas Bergfors. Admiral added on in the third period when Justin Hodgman converted a penalty shot he received after being held by Yaroslav Khabarov. Magnitogorsk got on the board with a power play goal by Jan Kovar, powered by Danis Zaripov. This produced a 2-1 final, with the three stars being Ivannikov (21 for 22 in saves), Hodgman, and Schutz.

Westward to Novosibirsk, as Sibir hosts Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Andrei Vasilevsky and Nikita Bespalov draw the starts. Novosibirsk led off in the first period with a Jonas Enlund power play goal, powered by Jori Lehtera. Ufa tied it with an Alexei Vasilevsky goal, passed from Anton Slepyshev. Salavat Yulaev took the lead in the second period on an Alexei Glukhov goal, courtesy of Arturs Kulda and Yegor Dubrovsky. Ufa added in the third period with an Anton Babchuk power play goal, powered by Igor Mirnov and Alexei Kaigorodov. Sibir pulled back on a Yegor Martynov goal, made possible by Enlund and Ivan Lekomtsev. Novosibirsk tied it with a Dmitry Monya goal, with assists provided by Alexander Kutuzov and Josef Hrabal. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Mirnov and Monya matched each other twice before Mirnov scored a third goal to seal a Salavat Yulaev 4-3 victory. The three stars were Mirnov, Monya, and Enlund.

Over in Novokuznetsk, Metallurg brings in Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Matt Dalton and Ilya Sorokin are in the creases. Novokuznetsk struck first in the first period with an Alexei Kosourov goal, assisted by Vadim Mitryakov. Metallurg added on in the second period as Ansel Galimov scored, thanks to Igor Velichkin. Nizhnekamsk got on the board with a Renat Mamashev goal, passed from Maxim Rybin on the power play. Novokuznetsk replied in the third period on a Velichkin goal, guided in by Nikolai Skladnichenko and Denis Kurepanov. Neftekhimik shot back with a Pyotr Khokhryakov goal, via Rybin and Mamashev. They failed to tie the game, losing 3-2, with the three stars going to Velichkin, Mamashev, and Rybin.

Way to the west, Spartak Moscow hosts Atlant Mytishchi. Sergei Borisov and Alexei Ivanov are the backups making spot starts. Moscow opened in the first period on an Oleg Kvasha goal, courtesy of Nikolai Lemtyugov. Mytishchi tied it with a power play goal by Sergei Shmelyov, powered by Rafael Batyrshin and Evgeny Artyukhin. Atlant took the lead with an Oleg Yashin goal, coming off of Vitaly Novopashin and Alexei Mikhnov. Spartak tied it in the second period on a Grigory Zheldakov goal, assisted by Alexei Krutov. Moscow gained the lead in the third period with an Igor Volkov goal, made possible by Alexei Grishin and Tom Wandell. Mytishchi retied it on another Yashin goal, his second of the game, guided in by Mikhnov and Konstantin Koltsov. Atlant won 4-3 in the shootout with tallies by Yury Trubachyov and Igor Radulov. The three stars went to Yashin, Mikhnov, and Radulov.

Outside of Russia, Dinamo Minsk welcomes SKA St. Petersburg. Ilya Ezhov and Dmitry Milchakov are in goal. St. Petersburg dented the scoreboard in the second period on a Patrick Thoresen goal, with a lone assist by Dinar Khafizullin. Minsk tied it on an Alexander Kitarov goal, fueled by Konstantin Zakharov. Dinamo took the lead with a power play goal by Andrei Stas, powered by Alexei Kalyuzhny. SKA retied it in the third period period with an Alexander Barabanov goal, coming off of Ilya Kablukov and Andrei Kuteikin. St. Petersburg took the lead with a power play goal by Roman Cervenka, via Dmitry Kalinin and Thoresen. This was good for a 3-2 win, with the three stars belonging to Thoresen, Cervenka, and Barabanov.

Moving along to Donetsk, as Donbass hosts Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Curtis Sanford and Jan Laco protect the nets. Donetsk started in the first period with an unassisted goal by Viktor Zakharov. Donbass added on in the second period with a Lukas Kaspar goal, coming off of Ruslan Fedotenko and Randy Robitaille. Donetsk extended the lead on a third period power play goal by Clay Wilson, powered by Peter Podhradsky and Maxim Yakutsenya. This made it 3-0, the final, with the three stars going to Laco (19 save shutout), Zakharov, and Kaspar.

Finally, in Zagreb, Medvescak brings in Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Stepanek and Mark Dekanich are the solid goalies. Cherepovets got going in the third period on a Sergei Monakhov goal, going in unassisted. Zagreb tied it with a Bill Thomas goal, fueled by Matt Murley and Jonathan Cheechoo. Severstal won 2-1 in the shootout with a lone tally by Linus Videll. The three stars went to Stepanek (29 for 30 in saves), Dekanich (24 for 25 in saves), and Videll.

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