Sunday, October 23, 2016

KHL 2016/17 - Day 62

Four games grace the league today as travel takes over in the coming days. We begin in...

Vladivostok, where Admiral hosts Traktor Chelyabinsk. Pavel Francouz and Maxim Tretyak are the backups in goal. Chelyabinsk started in the first period with an Alexander Pankov goal, courtesy of Kirill Koltsov and Alexander Chernikov. The game ended at 1-0, with the three stars going to Francouz (29 save shutout), Pankov, and Tretyak (22 for 23 in saves).

Down in China, Kunlun Red Star Beijing welcomes Metallurg Magnitogorsk to Shanghai. Vasily Koshechkin and Andrei Makarov protect the nets. Magnitogorsk opened in the first period on a Sergei Mozyakin goal, coming off of Danis Zaripov. Metallurg added on with a Jan Kovar power play goal, powered by Mozyakin and Chris Lee. Beijing got on the board with a Martin Bakos goal, passed from Sean Collins. Magnitogorsk replied in the second period with a Vladislav Kaletnik goal, assisted by Alexei Bereglazov and Oskar Osala. Metallurg extended the lead as Mozyakin scored a power play goal, thanks to Zaripov and Viktor Antipin. Magnitogorsk padded the lead with a Kovar power play goal in the third period, with a lone assist by Mozyakin. The final held at 5-1, with the three stars awarded to Mozyakin, Kovar, and Zaripov.

Out in Belarus, Dinamo Minsk brings in the Sochi Leopards. Konstantin Barulin and Ben Scrivens are the masked men. Minsk led off in the first period with a Matt Ellison goal, via Artur Gavrus and Nikita Ustinenko. Dinamo added on with a Rob Klinkhammer power play goal, powered by Evgeny Lisovets and Sergei Kostitsyn. Minsk extended the lead in the second period as Gavrus scored, thanks to Andrei Stas and Alexander Pavlovich. Dinamo padded the lead with a shorthanded and unassisted Klinkhammer goal. Dmitry Shikin replaced Barulin in goal. Sochi got on the board with a Yegor Morozov power play goal in the third period, powered by Denis Tolpeko. Minsk shot back with Klinkhammer completing his hat trick on a power play goal, made possible by Ellison and Andrei Stepanov. The Leopards chipped back with an Ivan Zakharchuk goal, courtesy of Renat Mamashev. The game ended at 5-2, with the three stars handed to Klinkhammer, Gavrus, and Ellison.

Finally, in Croatia, Medvescak Zagreb hosts Lada Togliatti. Ilya Ezhov and Drew MacIntyre are in the blue paint. Zagreb got going in the second period with a Tomas Mertl shorthanded goal, set up by Brandon McMillan. Medvescak added on with an Alexandre Giroux power play goal, powered by Colby Genoway and Mark Katic. Togliatti got on the board in the third period with a Vasily Streltsov goal, passed from Nikita Filatov and Stanislav Bocharov. Lada tied it on a shorthanded goal from Bocharov, with a lone helper by Streltsov. Zagreb retook the lead with a McMillan goal, helped along by Francis Pare and Blake Parlett. This stood for a 3-2 win, with the three stars being McMillan, Bocharov, and Streltsov.

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