Nine games for the ninth day of the season, beginning in...
Magnitogorsk, as Metallurg hosts Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Georgy Gelashvili and Vasily Koshechkin are the veteran goalies. Magnitogorsk opened in the first period on a Wojtek Wolski goal, passed from Sergei Mozyakin and Jan Kovar on the power play. Metallurg added on in the second period as Viktor Antipin scored, thanks to Mozyakin and Evgeny Biryukov. Khanty-Mansiysk got on the board with an Alexei Vasilchenko goal, via Igor Bortnikov and Nikita Gusev. Magnitogorsk replied with a Yaroslav Khabarov goal, courtesy of Chris Lee and Evgeny Timkin. Metallurg extended the lead in the third period on a Oskar Osala goal, coming off of Tomas Filippi. Magnitogorsk padded the lead on a Mozyakin goal, made possible by Wolski and Kovar. Yugra got one back on an Alexei Mikhnov goal, guided in by Vitaly Sitnikov and Vasilchenko. Metallurg finished it at 6-2 on a Danis Zaripov goal, with helpers provided by Osala and Lee. The three stars went to Mozyakin, Osala, and Wolski, while Kovar, Vasilchenko, and Lee get the honorable mentions.
West to Chelyabinsk, where Traktor welcomes Barys Astana. Jan Laco and Vasily Demchenko are between the pipes. Chelyabinsk was first to score in the first period with a Semyon Kokuyov goal, assisted by Alexander Ryabakov. Traktor added on in the second period with a Francis Pare goal, fueled by Ilya Davydov and Rybakov. Astana got on the board in the third period with an unassisted power play goal by Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev. This only made it 2-1, the final, with the three stars going to Rybakov, Demchenko (21 for 22 in saves), and Pare.
Back east, Salavat Yulaev Ufa brings in Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Igor Ustinsky and Vladimir Sokhatsky are the inexperienced goalies. Yekaterinburg struck first in the first period on an Alexei Dostoinov power play goal, powered by Petr Koukal and Alexei Vasilevsky. Avtomobilist added on with a power play goal by Alexander Loginov, fueled by Koukal and Eero Elo. Ufa got on the board with a Dmitry Makarov goal, passed from Sami Lepisto and Linus Omark. Salavat Yulaev added on with an Andreas Engqvist goal in the second period, coming off of Artyom Chernov and Anton Lazarev. Yekaterinburg retook the lead with an Andrei Alexeyev goal, made possible by Sergei Yemelin and Alexander Pankov. Avtomobilist extended the lead in the third period on a Vasilevsky goal, via Alexander Torchenyuk. Yekaterinburg padded the lead with an Oleg Saprykin goal, fueled by Pavel Turbin and Torchenyuk. Ufa pulled back on a Denis Khlystov goal, with assists from Nikolai Prokhorkin and Yegor Dubrovsky. Salavat Yulaev chipped closer on a Teemu Hartikainen goal, guided in by Omark and Sergei Soin. They couldn't get an equalizer, and the game ended at 5-4. The three stars went to Vasilevsky, Torchenyuk, and Koukal, while Omark got an honorable mention.
Way to the west, Slovan Bratislava hosts Sibir Novosibirsk. Alexander Salak and Michael Garnett guard the cages. Novosibirsk dented the scoreboard in the second period on a Maxim Shalunov goal, assisted by Sergei Gimayev and Damir Zhafyarov. Sibir added on with a Sergei Shumakov goal, passed from Konstantin Okulov. Bratislava got on the board with an Andrej Stastny goal, with a lone helper by Ziga Jeglic. Slovan tied it with a Lukas Kaspar goal, courtesy of Vaclav Nedorost. Novosibirsk gained the lead in the third period on a shorthanded goal by Shalunov, his second of the game, set up by Calle Ridderwall. This gave them a 3-2 win, with the three stars going to Shalunov, Shumakov, and Salak (31 for 33 in saves).
Back in Russia, CSKA Moscow welcomes Dinamo Riga. Jakub Sedlacek and Stanislav Galimov protect the nets. Moscow started in the first period with a Jan Mursak goal, assisted by Simon Hjalmarsson. CSKA added on in the second period as Geoff Platt scored, thanks to Nikita Zaitsev and Alexander Radulov on the power play. Moscow extended the lead on a Bogdan Kiselevich goal, via Dmitry Kugryshev and Mursak. CSKA padded the lead in the third period with an Alexander Kutuzov goal, made possible by Roman Lyubimov. Moscow kept going on a Kugryshev goal, fueled by Mursak and Hjalmarsson. The final stood at 5-0, with the three stars handed to Mursak, Kugryshev, and Galimov (17 save shutout), while Hjalmarsson gets an honorable mention.
A little to the south, Vityaz Podolsk brings in Amur Khabarovsk. Juha Metsola and Harri Sateri are the Finnish goalies. Podolsk got going in the second period with a Vyacheslav Solodukhin power play goal, powered by Dmitry Shitikov and Alexander Kucheryavenko. Khabarovsk tied it with a Tomas Zohorna goal, with a lone assist by Konstantin Sokolov. Vityaz took the lead back with a Yury Koksharov goal, fueled by Igor Musatov and Nikita Vyglazov. The scoring stopped here, with the final standing at 2-1, with the three stars going to Sateri (25 for 26 in saves), Koksharov, and Solodukhin.
Back in the city proper, Dynamo Moscow hosts Admiral Vladivostok. Igor Bobkov and Alexander Sharychenkov receive the starting nods in goal. Vladivostok led off in the first period on an Oskars Bartulis goal, courtesy of Jonathon Blum and Niclas Bergfors on the power play. Admiral added on with a Dmitry Lugin goal, assisted by Bergfors and Mikhail Fisenko. Vladivostok extended the lead as Denis Osipov scored, thanks to Fisenko. Alexander Lazushin replaced Sharychenkov in goal. Moscow got on the board in the second period on a Denis Kokarev goal, via Yury Babenko. Dynamo pulled closer with an Alexander Osipov goal, fueled by Konstantin Gorovikov and Ansel Galimov. Moscow tied it in the third period on a Martins Karsums goal, made possible by the goalie Lazushin and Maxim Pestushko. The tie went to a shootout, where Nikita Filatov scored the only goal for a 4-3 Admiral win. The three stars belonged to Filatov, Bergfors, and Fisenko.
Further east, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk welcomes Avangard Omsk. Dominik Furch and Ville Kolppanen are in the creases. Omsk dented the scoreboard with a second period power play goal by Denis Kulyash, powered by Jonas Ahnelov and Vladimir Sobotka. Avangard added on with a Nikolai Lemtyugov power play goal, via Alexander Chernikov. Omsk extended the lead with a Sergei Shirokov goal, made possible by Kulyash and Ilya Zubov. Avangard padded the lead in the third period on an Alexander Perezhogin goal, courtesy of Ahnelov and Sobotka. Nizhnekamsk got on the board with a Jeff Taffe goal, coming off of Evgeny Grigorenko and Denis Kuzmin. This produced the 4-1 final, with the three stars handed to Kulyash, Ahnelov, and Sobotka.
Finally, Medvescak Zagreb brings in Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Filip Novotny and Calvin Heeter make the starts in goal. Zagreb began in the first period with a Patrick Bjorkstrand goal, assisted by Colby Genoway and Stefano Giliati. Novokuznetsk tied it on a shorthanded goal by Maxim Kazakov, going in unassisted. Medvescak took the lead back with Bjorkstrand's second of the game, via Genoway. Metallurg tied it with a Viktor Drugov goal in the second period, made possible by Vadim Mitryakov and Nikita Kamalov. Zagreb gained the lead again in the third period with an Artyom Pugolovkin unassisted goal. Novokuznetsk again tied it as Kazakov scored, thanks to Robert Kousal and Pavel Makarenko. In the shootout, Metallurg got goals from Kousal and Ryan Stoa, but two tallies from Marek Kvapil and a winner from Genoway gave Medvescak the 4-3 win. Genoway, Bjorkstrand, and Kazakov get the three stars.
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