Monday, August 29, 2016

KHL 2016/17 - Day 8

Just five games today in a calm part of the schedule to end August. We begin with...

Amur Khabarovsk hosting Vityaz Podolsk. Harri Sateri and Alexander Pechursky are in the blue paint. Khabarovsk opened in the first period with a Jan Kolar goal, via Teemu Ramstedt and Tomas Zohorna. Podolsk tied it on an unassisted Maxim Afinogenov power play goal. Vityaz took the lead in the second period with a Miro Aaltonen goal, passed from Mario Kempe. Podolsk added on with a third period goal from Alexei Kopeikin, courtesy of Nikita Vyglazov and Alexei Makeyev. This made it 3-1, the final, with the three stars given to Sateri (33 for 34 in saves), Aaltonen, and Kopeikin.

Next up, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg welcomes Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin and Vladimir Sokhatsky are the goalies. Yekaterinburg got going with a Rok Ticar goal in the third period, assisted by Evgeny Chesalin and Andrei Alexeyev. Avtomobilist added on with an Anatoly Golyshev power play goal, powered by Pavel Turbin. This made it a 2-0 final, with the three stars awarded to Sokhatsky (28 save shutout), Ticar, and Golyshev.

Further west, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hosts Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Lazushin and Alexei Murygin are the masked men. Moscow started in the first period with an Artyom Fyodorov goal, guided in by Juuso Hietanen. Yaroslavl tied it on a Brandon Kozun goal, fueled by Maxime Talbot and Mikhail Pashnin. Dynamo took the lead back in the second period on a Semyon Kokuyov goal, coming off of Alexander Rybakov and Mat Robinson. Moscow added on with a Daniil Tarasov goal, assisted by Ilya Nikulin and Rybakov. Lokomotiv got one back with a Talbot goal in the third period, with helpers from Rushan Rafikov and Andrei Loktionov. This only made it 3-2, the final, with the three stars given to Tarasov, Rybakov, and Talbot.

Out in Slovakia, Slovan Bratislava bring in Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Ivan Kasutin and Justin Pogge are between the pipes. Nizhny Novgorod led off in the first period with a Kirill Rasskazov goal, made possible by Evgeny Mozer. Bratislava tied it on an Ivan Svarny goal in the second period, helped along by Jeff Taffe. Torpedo took the lead back on a Kaspars Daugavins goal, via Vladimir Galuzin and John Norman. Nizhny Novgorod added on with a Fredrik Pettersson power play goal, going in unassisted. Slovan got one back on a Vaclav Nedorost goal, fueled by Andrej Meszaros in the third period. Bratislava tied it on a Ziga Jeglic goal, guided in by Nedorost and Marek Viedensky. Slovan took the lead with a Jakub Valsky goal, with helpers from Patrik Luza and Tomas Kubalik. Bratislava extended the lead as Taffe scored a power play goal, thanks to Meszaros. Slovan padded the lead with a Nick Plastino power play goal, with a lone assist by Jonathan Cheechoo. Torpedo got one back with an Evgeny Grachyov goal, helped along by Kirill Urakov and Vyacheslav Kulyomin. Bratislava iced it at 7-4 with a Meszaros empty net goal, set up by Viedensky while shorthanded. The three stars went to Taffe, Meszaros, and Nedorost, while Viedensky gets an honorable mention.

Finally, Medvescak Zagreb hosts the Sochi Leopards. Dmitry Shikin and Danny Taylor play goal. Sochi began in the first period with a power play goal by Ilya Krikunov, powered by Andre Petersson and Igor Ignatushkin. Zagreb tied it in the second period with a Mark Katic goal, helped along by Goran Bezina and Bobby Butler. Medvescak took the lead with a Colby Genoway goal, assisted by Francis Pare and Derek Smith. The Leopards retied it on a Ben Maxwell power play goal, courtesy of Petersson and Oscar Fantenberg in the third period. Zagreb won 3-2 with a Shaone Morrisonn goal, coming off of Brandon McMillan and Edwin Hedberg in overtime. The three stars went to Morrisonn, Petersson, and Genoway.

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