Monday, January 12, 2015

KHL January 12th, 2015

Ten games on for a busy day, beginning in...



Omsk, as Avangard hosts Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Jakub Kovar and Denis Kostin are the goalies. Omsk dented the scoreboard in the third period with a Felix Schutz goal, via Denis Kulyash. Avangard added on as Sergei Kalinin scored, thanks to Erik Gustafsson and Vladimir Sobotka. Yekaterinburg got on the board with a power play goal by Alexei Simakov, powered by Andrei Antonov. This only made it 2-1, the final, with the three stars going to Kostin (32 for 33 in saves), Kalinin, and Schutz.

Down in Astana, Barys welcomes Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin faces a lesser foe in Pavel Poluektov in goal. Magnitogorsk led off in the first period on a Rinat Ibragimov goal, assisted by Danis Zaripov and Chris Lee. Metallurg added on with an Oskar Osala goal, passed from Denis Platonov. Magnitogorsk extended the lead on a Platonov goal, with a lone assist by Lee. Dmitry Malgin replaced Poluektov in goal. Astana got on the board in the third period on a Nigel Dawes goal, made possible by Dustin Boyd. Barys pulled closer with a Roman Starchenko goal, courtesy of Nikolai Antropov and Roman Savchenko. This only made it 3-2, the final, with the three stars being Platonov, Lee, and Osala.

Back in Russia, Traktor Chelyabinsk brings in Admiral Vladivostok. Ilya Proskuryakov and Michael Garnett are in the blue paint. Vladivostok began in the first period with a Niclas Bergfors power play goal, powered by Richard Gynge. Chelyabinsk tied it in the second period as Vyacheslav Osnovin scored, thanks to Yegor Martynov and Artyom Penkovsky. Traktor took the lead with a Martin Ruzicka goal, made possible by Penkovsky. Chelyabinsk added on with an Andrei Popov goal, fueled by Dmitry Pestunov and Anton Glinkin. This made it 3-1, the final, with the three stars going to Garnett (27 for 28 in saves), Penkovsky, and Ruzicka.

Over to Khanty-Mansiysk, where Yugra hosts Amur Khabarovsk. Sergei Borisov and Stepan Goryachevskikh are between the pipes. Khabarovsk opened in the first period on a Vyacheslav Litovchenko goal, via Ruslan Bashkirov and Tuukka Mantyla. Khanty-Mansiysk tied it in the second period on an Igor Magogin goal, guided in by Dmitry Ryabykin and Nikolai Lemtyugov. Yugra took the lead with a Lukas Kaspar power play goal, with a lone helper by Alexander Korolyuk. Amur tied it in the third period on a Mikhail Fisenko goal, passed from Kirill Safronov. Khanty-Mansiysk retook the lead on another Kaspar goal, coming off of Pavel Valentenko and Lemtyugov. Yugra finished it at 4-2 with a Nikita Gusev goal, courtesy of Valentenko and Andrei Sergeyev. The three stars belonged to Kaspar, Valentenko, and Lemtyugov.

Continuing to Ufa, where Salavat Yulaev welcomes Ak Bars Kazan. Anders Nilsson and Vladimir Sokhatsky are the masked men. Ufa was first to score in the first period on an Alexander Kutuzov power play goal, powered by Evgeny Skachkov and Antti Pihlstrom. Kazan tied it with a Justin Azevedo goal, fueled by Vladimir Denisov and Konstantin Koltsov. Salavat Yulaev took the lead back with a Denis Tolpeko goal, with a lone assist by Denis Khlystov. Ufa added on with an Anton Slepyshev goal, passed from Dmitry Makarov and Teemu Hartikainen. Salavat Yulaev extended the lead with a Hartikainen power play goal, assisted by Dmitry Makarov and Kirill Koltsov. Ak Bars got one back on an Igor Mirnov goal, made possible by Stepan Zakharchuk and Dmitry Obukhov. Kazan pulled closer on a Mikhail Varnakov power play goal, with assists provided by Konstantin Korneyev and Sergei Kostitsyn. Ufa iced it at 5-3 with a Kutuzov empty net goal, going in unassisted. The three stars were Hartikainen, Kutuzov, and Slepyshev.

West a little to Togliatti, as Lada brings in Sibir Novosibirsk. Alexander Salak and Evgeny Ivannikov are the goalies. Novosibirsk started in the first period on a Vladimir Butuzov goal, assisted by Artyom Voroshilo. Togliatti tied it as Georgy Belousov scored, with the help of Anton Shenfeld. Sibir took the lead on a second period goal by Sergei Shumakov, going in unassisted. Novosibirsk closed it at 3-1 with an empty net goal by Igor Ozhiganov, set up by the goalie Salak. The three stars went to Salak (24 for 25 in saves), Shumakov, and Butuzov.

Into Nizhnekamsk, where Neftekhimik hosts Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Rafael Khakimov and Alexander Sudnitsin draw the starts. Nizhnekamsk got going in the second period on a Yaroslav Alshevsky goal, assisted by Stanislav Alshevsky and Pavel Kulikov. Neftekhimik added on with an Igor Polygalov goal, passed from Maxim Berezin and Yegor Milovzorov. Nizhnekamsk extended the lead in the third period as Milovzorov scored, thanks to Berezin and Polygalov. Neftekhimik padded the lead on an Evgeny Grigorenko goal, courtesy of Matt Anderson and Dan Sexton. Nizhnekamsk continued with a Sexton goal, with a lone assist by Anderson. Neftekhimik finished it at 6-0 on a Grigorenko goal, helped along by Sexton. The three stars were awarded to Milovzorov, Sexton, and Grigorenko, while Polygalov, Berezin, Anderson, and Sudnitsin (28 save shutout) received the honorable mentions.

Over in Yaroslavl, Lokomotiv welcomes Medvescak Zagreb. Calvin Heeter and Curtis Sanford occupy the creases. Zagreb struck first in the first period with a Sasa Martinovic goal, passed from Brandon Segal and Kurtis McLean. Yaroslavl tied it on a Yegor Yakovlev goal, assisted by Jonas Holos and Geoff Platt. Lokomotiv took the lead on a Platt goal, via Alexei Vasilyev and Ilya Lyubushkin. Yaroslavl added on with a Kirill Kapustin goal, made possible by Vladislav Kartayev. Medvescak got one back in the second period on a Bill Thomas power play goal, powered by Martin St. Pierre. Zagreb tied it in the third period as Mark Flood scored, thanks to Segal and McLean. Lokomotiv retook the lead on a Platt goal, his second of the game, coming off of Jiri Novotny. This held up for a 4-3 win, with the three stars given to Platt, Segal, and McLean.

Down to Sochi, as the Leopards bring in Atlant Mytishchi. Atte Engren and Tomas Popperle are the former Lev Praha goalie teammates. Sochi led off in the first period on a Nikita Shchitov goal, courtesy of Andrei Kostitsyn and Ryan Whitney. The Leopards added on with a power play goal by Andre Petersson, powered by Clay Wilson and Cory Emmerton. Sochi extended the lead with an Evgeny Lapenkov goal, made possible by Shchitov and Kostitsyn. The Leopards chased Engren on another Lapenkov goal, guided in by Wilson and Petersson on the power play. Mytishchi got on the board in the second period with an Anton Babchuk goal, passed from Nikita Soshnikov and Evgeny Bodrov. Atlant got closer with a Vyacheslav Kozlov goal, with a lone assist by Albert Yarullin. Sochi replied with a Lapenkov goal, completing his hat trick, with the help of Petersson and Pavel Koledov. Mytishchi answered with a Soshnikov goal, helped along by Yarullin and Sergei Shmelyov. Atlant pulled closer as Matthew Gilroy scored, thanks to Maxim Potapov and Artyom Chernov on the power play goal. The Leopards wrapped it up at 6-4 with a Petersson goal, with assists from Emmerton and Lapenkov. The three stars were Lapenkov, Petersson, and Shchitov, while Kostitsyn,Wilson, Emmerton, Soshnikov, and Yarullin receive the honorable mentions.

Finally, Vityaz Podolsk hosts Slovan Bratislava. Johan Backlund and Harri Sateri protect the nets. Bratislava began in the second period on a Libor Hudacek power play goal, powered by Peter Olvecky and Ladislav Nagy. Podolsk tied it on a Maxim Afinogenov power play goal in the third period, via Denis Grebeshkov. Vityaz won 2-1 in overtime with a Mario Kempe goal, assisted by Alexei Semenov and Mathias Porseland. The three stars were Sateri (16 for 17 in saves), Kempe, and Afinogenov.

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