Monday, September 29, 2014

KHL September 29th, 2014

Four games on for today, beginning with...

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hosting the Sochi Leopards. Andrei Gavrilov is mismatched with Curtis Sanford in goal. Sochi opened in the first period with a Nikita Shchitov goal, passed from Clay Wilson and Yegor Morozov on the power play. Yaroslavl tied it on a second period goal by Yegor Averin, assisted by Daniil Apalkov. Lokomotiv took the lead with a power play goal by Geoff Platt, powered by Jiri Novotny and Martin Thornberg. Yaroslavl added on with an Averin power play goal, made possible by Thornberg and Ilya Gorokhov. Lokomotiv iced it at 4-1 with a Thornberg goal on the power play in the third period, courtesy of Jonas Holos and Gorokhov. The three stars were handed to Averin, Thornberg, and Gorokhov.

Up in Helsinki, Jokerit welcomes Dinamo Riga. Edgars Masalskis and Riku Helenius are in the blue paint. Riga began with a first period goal by Miks Indrasis, courtesy of Gints Meija and Maris Bicevskis. Helsinki tied it on a power play goal by Niklas Hagman, powered by Juhamatti Aaltonen and Ville Lajunen. Dinamo took the lead back in the second period on a Meija goal, fueled by Indrasis and Bicevskis. Jokerit tied it again with an Oskari Korpikari goal, with a lone helper from Daine Todd. Helsinki took the lead in the third period as Topi Jaakola scored, thanks to Steve Moses and Ossi Vaananen. This made it 3-2, the final, with the three stars going to Indrasis, Meija, and Bicevskis.

Out in Slovakia, Slovan Bratislava brings in Dinamo Minsk. Dmitry Milchakov and Jaroslav Janus are between the pipes. Bratislava got going in the second period on a Vaclav Nedorost goal, via Michal Vondrka and Ladislav Nagy on the power play. Minsk tied it with a Paul Szczechura goal, coming off of Alexei Kalyuzhny and Jonathan Cheechoo. Slovan took the lead back in the third period as Andrej Stastny scored, thanks to Tomas Netik. Dinamo tied it with a power play goal by Artur Gavrus, powered by Nick Bailen and the goalie Milchakov. Slovan won 3-2 with goals in the shootout by Nagy and Netik. The three stars were given to Netik, Nagy, and Janus (26 for 28 in saves).

Finally, Medvescak Zagreb hosts SKA St. Petersburg. Alexander Salak and Mark Dekanich protect the nets. Zagreb started in the first period with a Matt Anderson power play goal, going in unassisted. St. Petersburg tied it on a Patrick Thoresen goal, via Viktor Tikhonov on the power play. SKA took the lead with a Vadim Shipachyov goal, courtesy of Artemy Panarin and Evgeny Dadonov. St. Petersburg added on in the second period with a Tony Martensson goal, guided in by Thoresen and Anton Belov. SKA extended the lead on an unassisted goal by Martensson. St. Petersburg padded the lead with a Dadonov goal, fueled by Yury Alexandrov and Shipachyov. The final stood at 5-1, with the three stars being Martensson, Thoresen, and Shipachyov, while Dadonov gets an honorable mention.

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