Thursday, September 18, 2014

KHL September 18th, 2014

Five games on today, beginning in...

Khabarovsk, as Amur hosts Avangard Omsk for the second day in a row. Denis Kostin and Sergei Borisov draw the starts again. Khabarovsk got going in the second period with an Alexander Yunkov power play goal, powered by Tommi Taimi and Kirill Safronov. Omsk tied it in the third period on a power play goal by Sergei Shirokov, assisted by Alexander Popov. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Amur got goals from Marcel Hascak and Dmitry Lugin to top a lone tally from Avangard's Vladimir Sobotka. The three stars of the 2-1 Amur victory were Borisov (50 for 51 in saves), Lugin, and Kostin (27 for 28 in saves).

Down in Vladivostok, we have another back-to-back rematch game, as Admiral welcomes Barys Astana. Jan Laco and Ari Ahonen man the creases this time. Astana began in the first period with a Nigel Dawes goal, passed from Dustin Boyd. Vladivostok tied it on an Enver Lisin power play goal in the second period, assisted by Ilya Zubov and Logan Pyett. Admiral took the lead as Richard Gynge scored, thanks to Niclas Bergfors. Vladivostok added on in the third period with an Alexander Goroshansky goal, courtesy of Bergfors and Gynge. Admiral extended the lead with another Gynge goal, fueled by Goroshansky. Barys got one back as Dawes and Boyd connected for another goal, potted by Dawes. The final stood at 4-2, with the three stars being Gygne, Dawes, and Goroshansky, while Bergfors and Boyd gets the honorable mentions.

Westward to Mytishchi, where Atlant hosts Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Ivan Kasutin and Atte Engren are the masked men. Mytishchi led off in the first period with an Andreas Engqvist goal, passed from Artyom Chernov. Atlant added on as Engqvist scored again in the second period, thanks to Yaroslav Dyblenko and Vladimir Malevich. Mytishchi extended the lead with a third period power play goal by Oleg Yashin, powered by Roman Rukavishnikov and Matthew Gilroy. Nizhny Novgorod got on the board with a Wojtek Wolski goal, courtesy of Viktor Drugov and Juuso Hietanen. The final was 3-1, and the three stars were Engqvist, Engren (16 for 17 in saves), and Yashin.

Out in Belarus, Dinamo Minsk brings in Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Stepanek and Lars Haugen are between the pipes. Minsk dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Paul Szczechura power play goal, powered by Alexei Kalyuzhny and Jonathan Cheechoo. Dinamo added on with a Charles Linglet power play goal, passed from Cheechoo and Nick Bailen. Cherepovets got on the board with a Pavel Chernov goal, coming off of Dmitry Kagarlitsky and Evgeny Mons. Minsk shot back with a Matt Ellison power play goal, assisted by Cheechoo, who got a sock trick, and Linglet. Severstal pulled closer in the third period with a Gennady Stolyarov goal, guided in by Pavel Buchnevich and Pavel Lukin. Cherepovets tied it on an Alexander Urbom power play goal, set up by Buchnevich and Stolyarov. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Marek Kvapil's lone tally lifted Severstal to a 4-3 win. Stolyarov, Buchnevich, and Linglet were given the three stars, while Cheechoo was an honorable mention.

Finally, in Croaita, Medvescak Zagreb hosts CSKA Moscow. Stanislav Galimov and Barry Brust are in the blue paint. Moscow started in the first period with a Nikolai Prokhorkin power play goal, powered by Bogdan Kiselevich and Jan Mursak. Zagreb tied it on a Pascal Pelletier goal, courtesy of Martin St. Pierre and Brandon Segal on the power play. CSKA took the lead back with a Stephane Da Costa goal, assisted by Nikita Zaitsev and Denis Denisov on the power play. Medvescak tied it again in the second period with a Patrick Bjorkstrand goal, coming off of Mathieu Carle. Moscow pulled ahead again in the third period on a Mursak goal, with a lone assist by Kiselevich. This held up for a 3-2 win, with the three stars belonging to Mursak, Kiselevich, and Da Costa.

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