Wednesday, October 22, 2014

KHL October 22nd, 2014

Four games on today, beginning in...

Chelyabinsk, as Traktor hosts Dinamo Minsk. Lars Haugen and Michael Garnett receive the starting nods. Minsk began in the first period with a Matt Ellison goal, made possible by Ryan Vesce. Dinamo added on in the second period as Nick Bailen scored, thanks to Dmitry Meleshko and Artur Gavrus. Chelyabinsk got on the board with a shorthanded and unassisted Konstantin Panov goal in the third period. Traktor tied it with an Anton Glinkin goal, passed from Danil Gubarev. Minsk retook the lead with another Ellison goal, assisted by Charles Linglet and Ilya Shinkevich. This made it 3-2, the final, with the three stars being Ellison, Haugen (33 for 35 in saves), and Bailen.

Over in Khanty-Mansiysk, Yugra welcomes Atlant Mytishchi. Atte Engren and Mikhail Biryukov are the experienced goalies. Khanty-Mansiysk was first to score in the first period with a Nikita Gusev goal, with a lone assist by Igor Magogin. Yugra added on as Magogin scored, thanks to Gusev. Mytishchi got on the board in the second period with a goal by Artyom Chernov, passed from Andreas Engqvist and Ondrej Nemec. Atlant tied it on a third period goal from Nikita Soshnikov, via Igor Levitsky and Artyom Voronin. In the shootout, Atlant won with tallies by Igor Radulov and Maxim Mayorov. The three stars in the 3-2 game were Gusev, Magogin, and Mayorov.

Continuing to Nizhnekamsk, where Neftekhimik brings in Slovan Bratislava. Johan Backlund and Alexander Sudnitsin are in the blue paint. Bratislava led off in the first period with a power play goal by Vaclav Nedorost, powered by Ivan Baranka and Mario Bliznak. Slovan added on in the second period with a Rok Ticar goal, courtesy of Ziga Jeglic and Ladislav Nagy. Bratislava extended the lead in the third period on a Tomas Netik goal, with a lone helper by Nedorost. Nizhnekamsk got on the board with a shorthanded and unassisted goal by Yaroslav Alshevsky. This only made it 3-1, the final, and the three stars belonged to Nedorost, Backlund (21 for 22 in saves), and Ticar.

Finally, Lada Togliatti hosts Medvescak Zagreb. Barry Brust and Ilya Ezhov play between the pipes. Zagreb struck first in the first period with a Bill Thomas goal, assisted by Ville Leino and Matt Anderson. Togliatti tied it on a Dmitry Ogurtsov goal, guided in by Alexander Sharov. Lada took the lead in the second period with a Yury Petrov goal, with a lone assist provided by Stanislav Bocharov. This held up for a 2-1 win, with the three stars handed to Ezhov (27 for 28 in saves), Petrov, and Ogurtsov.

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