Six games on for the league today, beginning with...
Amur Khabarovsk hosting Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Jakub Kovar and Juha Metsola are the masked men. Khabarovsk got going in the second period on a Vladimir Pervushin goal, assisted by Vitaly Shulakov and Pavel Dedunov. Amur added on with a Vladislav Ushenin goal, passed from Shulakov and Oleg Li. Yekaterinburg got on the board with an Artyom Gareyev goal in the third period, going in unassisted. The final stood at 2-1, with the three stars going to Metsola (37 for 38 in saves), Shulakov, and Kovar (41 for 43 in saves).
Down in Vladivostok, Admiral welcomes Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Georgy Gelashvili and Ivan Nalimov are the goalies. Vladivostok led off with an Alexander Gorshkov goal in the first period, coming off of Dmitry Lugin. Admiral added on in the second period with an Alexei Ugarov goal, with a lone assist by David Booth. Khanty-Mansiysk got on the board as Pavel Medvedev scored, thanks to Artyom Bulyansky. Yugra tied it on an Igor Bortnikov goal, assisted by Denis Gorbunov. Vladivostok retook the lead with a Nikita Lisov goal, made possible by Lugin and Gorshkov. Khanty-Mansiysk tied it again on a Bulyansky goal, via Andrei Taratukhin and Medvedev. Admiral pulled ahead in the third period on a Kirill Voronin goal, coming off of Dmitry Sayustov and Viktor Alexandrov. The three stars of the 4-3 game went to Gorshkov, Bulyansky, and Lugin, while Medvedev gets an honorable mention.
Out west, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod brings in Sibir Novosibirsk. Nikita Bespalov and Mikhail Biryukov are in the blue paint. Nizhny Novgorod began in the first period on an Alexei Potapov goal, courtesy of Carl Klingberg and Vadim Khomitsky. Torpedo added on with a Carter Ashton power play goal, powered by Vladimir Galuzin and Nikolai Zherdev. Novosibirsk got on the board with an Alexei Kopeikin goal, via Sergei Gimayev. Ilya Proskuryakov replaced an injured Biryukov in the middle of the second period. Sibir tied it in the second period on a David Ullstrom goal, made possible by Calle Ridderwall and Tomas Vincour on the power play. In the shootout, Sergei Kostitsyn and Galuzin tallied to lift Torpedo to a 3-2 win. The three stars were Galuzin, Bespalov (31 for 33 in saves), and Ashton.
In Moscow, Spartak hosts Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Alexander Sudnitsin and Evgeny Ivannikov are between the pipes. Moscow started in the first period on a Konstantin Glazachev power play goal, powered by Charles Genoway and Vyacheslav Belov. Nizhnekamsk tied it on an Alexander Kitarov goal, courtesy of Pavel Poryadin. Spartak retook the lead in the second period on an Alexander Vasilyev goal, passed from Glazachev and Belov. Ivan Lisutin replaced Sudnitsin. Neftekhimik tied it again with a Poryadin goal, assisted by Kitarov. Moscow took the lead with a Glazachev goal, his second of the game, with a lone helper by Alexander Mereskin. Nizhnekamsk tied it again in the third period with Poryadin's second of the game helped along by Kitarov and Pavel Kulikov. Neftekhimik took the lead on a power play goal by Kirill Lyamin, with assists provided by Andrei Sergeyev and Dan Sexton. Nizhnekamsk iced it at 5-3 with a Kitarov empty net goal, set up by Kulikov. The three stars went to Poryadin, Kitarov, and Glazachev, while Belov and Kulikov get the honorable mentions.
Out in Belarus, Dinamo Minsk welcomes Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Andrei Kareyev and Jeff Glass draw the starts. Novokuznetsk opened in the first period on an Alexei Razumov goal, passed from Andrei Karavayev and Stanislav Butuzov. Minsk tied it on a Nick Bailen goal, via Nikita Komarov. Dinamo took the lead on a Sergei Drozd goal, courtesy of Andrei Stepanov and Alexander Materukhin. Minsk added on with a Matt Ellison goal, with a lone helper by Bailen. Dinamo extended the lead in the second period as Andrei Mikhalyov scored, thanks to Alexander Pavlovich. Metallurg answered on a Kirill Lebedev goal, assisted by Alexander Romanov and Artur Amirov. Novokuznetsk pulled closer on a Nikita Lyamkin goal, guided in by Romanov and Robert Kousal. Metallurg tied it in the third period on another Lebedev goal, made possible by Cade Fairchild. In the shootout, two goals by Ryan Vesce sent Minsk to a 5-4 win over a lone tally from Ignat Zemchenko of Novokuznetsk. The three stars went to Lebedev, Bailen, and Vesce, while Romanov gets an honorable mention.
Finally, SKA St. Petersburg brings in Traktor Chelyabinsk. Vasily Demchenko and Mikko Koskinen are the experienced goalies. Chelyabinsk drew first blood with an Alexei Petrov goal, courtesy of Alexander Sharov and Semyon Afonasyevsky. St. Petersburg tied it on a Jarno Koskiranta goal, via Joakim Lindstrom and Evgeny Ketov. Traktor retook the lead on an unassisted Maxim Yakutsenya goal in the second period. SKA tied it again with a Vadim Shipachyov goal, fueled by Nikita Gusev and Ilya Kovalchuk on the power play. St. Petersburg won 3-2 in overtime on an Alexander Kadeikin goal, passed from Yegor Yakovlev and Kovalchuk. The three stars were handed to Kovalchuk, Kadeikin, and Shipachyov.
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