Saturday, January 23, 2016

The 2016 KHL All-Star Game

This year's All-Star game came from VTB Ice Palace, the home of Dynamo Moscow. Starting in goal, Alexander Salak of the East and Alexei Murygin of the west.

First period: East began with a Linus Omark goal, via Sergei Mozyakin and Vladimir Sobotka. East added on with a Mozyakin goal, with a lone assist by Omark. East extended the lead on a Kevin Dallman goal, set up by Danis Zaripov. East padded the lead with a Zaripov goal, made possible by Anatoly Golyshev and Dallman. West got on the board with a Brandon Kozun goal, assisted by Ziyat Paigin and Matt Ellison. West pulled closer with a pair of Ellison goals, coming off of Mat Robinson and Kozun at first and Alexander Radulov and the goalie Murygin for the second. East staved it off with a Zaripov goal, fueled by Golyshev and Dallman. West edged back with a Vadim Shipachyov goal, passed from Nikita Gusev. West tied it on a Dmitry Kagarlitsky goal, helped along by Kozun. West went ahead with a Stephane Da Costa goal, courtesy of Milan Jurcina and Paigin. West added on with a Kozun goal from Da Costa and Kagarlitsky. East fired back on a Mozyakin goal, helped along by Omark. West responded with a Da Costa goal, with assists from Radulov and Nikita Zaitsev. West extended the lead as Shipachyov scored, thanks to Gusev and Cam Barker. West finished the period ahead 10-6 with a Kozun goal, securing the game's first hat trick, with the help of Kagarlitsky and Paigin, who got a sock trick.

Second period: East started a comeback with a Mozyakin goal, via Omark, for a hat trick and sock trick respectively. East pulled closer on a Zaripov goal for his hat trick, helped along by Golyshev and Jan Kovar, the former with a sock trick. East edged closer with a Mikhail Varnakov goal, passed from Kirill Kaprizov. East tied it as Omark and Mozyakin teamed up again for the former's second goal. West regained the lead with an unassisted Gusev goal. West padded their lead with a Jurcina goal, with a lone assist by Kagarlitsky, who got a sock trick. East replied with a Golyshev goal, helped along by Zaripov. Radulov restored the West lead with an unassisted goal. East chipped back on a Nigel Dawes goal, going in unassisted. The goalies were switched at this point, with Ilya Sorokin coming in for Murygin, and Juha Metsola replacing Salak. The change favored East, as Kaprizov's goal tied the game, with a lone helper by Dawes. East gained an advantage with a pair of unassisted goals from Mozyakin. East added on with a Golyshev goal, guided in by Kovar. West countered with Ellison finishing his hat trick on a pass that earned Radulov a sock trick. East shot right back on a Dawes goal, made possible by Zaripov and Dallman, both of whom got sock tricks. West got it back with a Philip Larsen goal, powered by Daniil Apalkov and Shipchyov. Kaprizov scored again to protect the East lead, thanks to Varnakov. West made a bit of a rally back late in the second period, with Kozun's fourth goal followed by Ellison's fourth goal, both on assists from Kagarlitsky. East won the period 12-7, and led the game 18-17 at this point.

Third period: East boosted their lead on a Vladimir Denisov goal, helped along by Omark. West pulled back with Ellison's fifth of the game, with a lone assist by Da Costa and Radulov. West tied it with an Apalkov goal, with Shipachyov collecting the assist. East retook the lead with an unassisted Golyshev goal for his hat trick. Kozun's fifth of the game retied it for West, also an unassisted goal. West took the lead with an Ellison goal, completing a second hat trick, coming off of Da Costa, who got a sock trick. West added on with a Shipachyov goal, good for a hat trick of his own, assisted by Gusev, who got a sock trick, and Apalkov. West extended the lead as Ellison scored his seventh of the game, with the help of Kagarlitsky, who got his second sock trick, and Kozun, who had his first sock trick. West padded the lead with a hat trick goal for Da Costa on Radulov's fifth assist. East stopped the bleeding with Kaprizov scoring for his hat trick, courtesy of Varnakov. West wiped it out with a pair of Gusev goals, with the first creating a Shipachyov sock trick while the other was made possible by Apalkov, who got a sock trick, and Barker, and Gusev joined the hat trick ranks. East tried to stay in it as Mozyakin scored for his second hat trick, with helpers provided by Omark and Denisov. West countered with Da Costa's fourth of the game, on Kozun's fourth assist. A Zaripov goal brought the East back a bit, his fourth of the game going in unassisted. West finished with a last second Apalkov goal, his second of the game, coming off of Jurcina and Radulov, the latter getting a second sock trick. West took the period 11-5 and won the game 28-23.

Rankings, by points: Kozun (9); Ellison, Mozyakin (8); Kagarlitsky, Radulov, Da Costa, Omark, Zaripov (7); Shipachyov, Gusev, Golyshev (6); Apalkov (5); Dallman, Kaprizov (4); Paigin, Jurcina, Dawes, Varnakov (3), Barker, Kovar, Denisov (2); Zaitsev, Larsen, Robinson, Murygin, Sobotka (1); Kaspars Daugavins, Tobias Viklund, Alexander Loginov, Jonathon Blum, Oskars Bartulis (0). Congratulations to all the participants on being recognized for their achievements this season. Regular KHL action resumes on Monday.

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