Saturday, October 18, 2014

KHL October 18th, 2014

Four games on today, beginning in...

Chelyabinsk, as Traktor hosts Slovan Bratislava. Jaroslav Janus and Michael Garnett are the masked men. Bratislava opened in the first period with a Tomas Netik goal, via Milan Bartovic. Chelyabinsk tied it on a Jan Bulis goal, assisted by Stanislav Chistov and Konstantin Panov. Slovan took the lead back in the second period on a Ziga Jeglic goal, passed from Rok Ticar and Kurtis Foster. Traktor tied it again with an Anton Glinkin power play goal, powered by Andrei Popov. Chelyabinsk took the lead in the third period on a Semyon Kokuyov goal, courtesy of Oleg Piganovich. This was good for a 3-2 win, with the three stars going to Kokuyov, Glinkin, and Bulis.

Over to Khanty-Mansiysk, as Yugra welcomes Medvescak Zagreb. Barry Brust and Stepan Goryachevskikh are in the blue paint. Zagreb started in the first period on a Matt Anderson goal, assisted by Mark Flood and Aaron Polushaj. Khanty-Mansiysk tied it in the second period with a power play goal by Igor Magogin, powered by Andrei Sergeyev and Alexei Pepelyaev. Medvescak won 2-1 in overtime on a power play goal by Bill Thomas, with a lone assist by Mathieu Carle. The three stars went to Brust (30 for 31 in saves), Thomas, and Anderson.

West to Nizhnekamsk, where Neftekhimik brings in Dinamo Minsk. Dmitry Milchakov and Alexander Sudnitsin draw the starts in goal. Lars Haugen had to relieve an injured Milchakov in the first period. Nizhnekamsk promptly led off with a first period goal by Alexander Korolyuk, assisted by Alexander Yevseyenkov and Ilshat Bilalov. Neftekhimik added on with an unassisted Pyotr Khokryakov goal in the second period. Minsk got on the board with a Paul Szczechura goal, coming off of Ilya Shinkevich and Alexei Kalyuzhny. Dinamo tied it on a Charles Linglet goal, passed from Ryan Vesce and Ivan Svarny. Nizhnekamsk took the lead back with a Khokryakov penalty shot goal, after he was hooked by Nick Bailen. Minsk tied it again in the third period with another Linglet goal, made possible by Matt Ellison and Bailen. Neftekhimik pulled ahead on a Maxim Rybin goal, fueled by Korolyuk and Mikhail Zhukov. Dinamo tied it once more with an Ellison goal, with helpers provided by Linglet and Jonathan Cheechoo. Nizhnekamsk won 5-4 in overtime with a Tim Stapleton goal, guided in by Nikolai Belov and Igor Polygalov. The three stars were given to Linglet, Korolyuk, and Khokryakov.

Finally, Lada Togliatti hosts Atlant Mytishchi. Atte Engren and Ilya Ezhov receive the starting nods. Mytishchi got going in the second period on an Artyom Chernov power play goal, powered by Matthew Gilroy. Togliatti tied it in the third period as Andrei Nikitenko scored, thanks to Semyon Valuisky. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Lada got goals from Georgy Belousov, Valuisky, and a clincher from Nikitenko to top a lone tally by Maxim Mayorov from Atlant. The three stars of the 2-1 game were Ezhov (35 for 36 in saves), Engren (30 for 31 in saves), and Nikitenko.

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