Big day in hockey here, with ten games to play. We begin in the far east, where...
Admiral Vladivostok hosts Dinamo Riga. Mikael Tellqvist and Joakim Lundstrom are given the starting nods. Vladivostok got going in the second period on a Viktor Drugov goal, assisted by Sergei Lesnukhin. Admiral added on in the third period as Niclas Bergfors scored, with a lone assist by Felix Schutz. Vladivostok iced it at 3-0 with an unassisted Enver Lisin goal with a second left in regulation, and this was a final. The three stars went to Lundstrom (24 save shutout), Drugov, and Bergfors.
North to Khabarovsk, where Amur hosts CSKA Moscow. Rastislav Stana and Mika Jarvinen will play goal. Khabarovsk led off with a first period goal by Dylan Reese, coming on the power play via Vladimir Loginov and Artyom Kryukov. Moscow tied it with a Nikolai Prokhorkin goal, set up by Igor Grigorenko. CSKA took the lead in the second period as Ilari Filppula scored, with the help of Ilya Zubov and Sergei Shirokov. Moscow added on in the third period with a Denis Denisov goal, fueled by Brandon Reid and Oleg Saprykin. This held up for a 3-1 win, with the three stars belonging to Filppula, Stana (30 for 31 in saves), and Denisov.
Moving west to Novosibirsk, where Sibir welcomes Lev Praha. Atte Engren and Mikko Koskinen are the relatively unknown goalies. Novosibirsk was first to score in the first period with a Stepan Sannikov goal, fueled by Konstantin Alexeyev. Sibir added on as Jori Lehtera scored, and again, Alexeyev had the only assist. Novosibirsk extended the lead with an Oleg Gubin goal, passed from Kristian Kudroc and Dmitry Monya. Sibir padded the lead with a Jonas Enlund goal, set up by Lehtera. Jan Lukas came on in relief of Engren in the second period. Praha got on the board with a Patrik Zackrisson goal in the second period, made possible by Jiri Sekac. Lev got closer as Zackrisson scored again, this time with the help of Ondrej Nemec and Sekac. Praha chipped closer with a Justin Avezado goal, thanks to Spencer Humphries. Novosibirsk answered in the third period with an unassisted goal by Monya. They coasted to a 5-3 win from here, with the three stars being Lehtera, Monya, and Zackrisson, while Alexeyev and Sekac get the honorable mentions.
Heading over to Novokuznetsk, where Metallurg brings in Slovan Bratislava. Miroslav Kopriva and Niko Hovinen are given the green light to start. Bratislav struck first in the second period with a power play goal by Michel Miklik, powered by Michal Vondrka and Peter Olvecky. Slovan added on with a Juraj Mikus power play goal, going in unassisted. Novokuznetsk got on the board in the third period with a Yegor Martynov goal, an unassisted goal. Bratislava answered with a Miklik goal, his second of the game, set up by Zdenek Kutlak, an empty net goal. They would go on for a 3-1 win, and the three stars were Miklik, Kopriva (25 for 26 in saves), and Mikus.
Westward to Ufa, where Salavat Yulaev hosts Traktor Chelyabinsk. Michael Garnett and Andrei Vasilevsky will be between the pipes. Ufa opened in the second period on a Sergei Zinovyev goal, passed from Yegor Dubrovsky. Chelyabinsk tied it with a power play goal by Stanislav Chistov, powered by Dmitry Ryabykin and Alexei Vasilchenko. Salavat Yulaev took the lead back in the third period on a Denis Khlystov goal, courtesy of Alexander Mereskin and Andrei Konev. Ufa added on with another Zinovyev goal, with a lone assist provided by Alexander Pankov. They would go on to win 3-1 with that, and Zinovyev, Vasilevsky (20 for 21 in saves), and Khlystov were given the three stars.
Staying in the region, Metallurg Magnitogorsk hosts Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Alexander Sudnitsin and Vasily Koshechkin tend the twines. Nizhnekamsk began in the first period with an Oskar Osala goal, fueled by Yegor Milovzorov and Stanislav Romanov on the power play. Neftekhimik added on as Martin Cibak scored a goal, assisted by Osala and Milovzorov. Magnitogorsk got on the board in the second period with a Bogdan Potekhin goal, coming off of Denis Platonov. Metallurg tied the game as Danis Zaripov potted an unassisted goal. Magnitogorsk took the lead with a third period goal by Jan Kovar, courtesy of Zaripov and Rinat Ibragimov. Metallurg extended the lead as Chris Lee scored a shorthanded and unassisted goal. Nizhnekamsk got one back on a Maxim Berezin goal, guided in by Mikhail Anisin. They failed to get an equalizer, dropping a 4-3 decision to Metallurg. Zaripov, Osala, and Milovzorov were named the three stars.
Finally breaching into the west, as Dynamo Moscow hosts Atlant Mytishchi. Sergei Borisov and Alexander Yeryomenko will be in the blue paint. Moscow got going in the second period as Maxim Pestushko scored a power play goal, powered by Leo Komarov. Mytishchi answered with a Juha-Pekka Haataja goal, guided in by Bobby Sanguinetti and Maxim Velikov. Dynamo replied as Pestushko scored another power play goal, assisted by Konstantin Gorovikov and Filip Novak. Atlant tied the game again in the third period as Haataja scored his second of the game, with a lone helper from Maxim Mayorov. Moscow retook the lead again on a Marek Kvapil goal, and Konstantin Volkov had the only assist. They held on this time to win 3-2, with the three stars awarded to Pestushko, Haataja, and Kvapil.
Backtracking to Nizhny Novgorod, where Torpedo welcomes Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Stepanek and Vitaly Koval are the reliable goalies. Cherepovets started with a Linus Videll goal in the first period, made possible by Nikolai Bushuyev. Severstal added on in the third period as Videll scored his second of the game, an empty net goal set up by Bushuyev and Evgeny Kovyrshin. They would go on to a 2-0 win, with Stepanek (22 save shutout), Videll, and Bushuyev getting the three stars.
Further east again, as Ak Bars Kazan brings in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Yury Klyuchnikov is mismatched with Konstantin Barulin in goal. Kazan led off in the third period with a Janne Pesonen goal, guided in by Grigory Panin and Kirill Petrov. Ak Bars added on as Tim Stapleton scored, with a lone assist by Alexander Burmistrov. Ak Bars won the game 2-0, and Barulin (25 save shutout), Pesonen, and Panin were the three stars.
Finally, in Podolsk, Vityaz hosts SKA St. Petersburg. Ilya Ezhov and Ivan Lisutin guard the cages. St. Petersburg opened with a second period goal by Tony Martensson, passed from Patrick Thoresen and Roman Cervenka. Podolsk tied it with an Anton Korolyov goal, courtesy of Alexander Rybakov. Vityaz took the lead in the third period when Yury Koksharov scored, thanks to Sergei Topol. SKA tied it on a power play goal by Ilya Kovalchuk, powered by Cervenka and Thoresen. The game went into a shootout, where tallies by Kovalchuk and Viktor Tikhonov led St. Petersburg to a 3-2 win. The three stars were Kovalchuk, Thoresen, and Cervenka.
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Admiral Vladivostok hosts Dinamo Riga. Mikael Tellqvist and Joakim Lundstrom are given the starting nods. Vladivostok got going in the second period on a Viktor Drugov goal, assisted by Sergei Lesnukhin. Admiral added on in the third period as Niclas Bergfors scored, with a lone assist by Felix Schutz. Vladivostok iced it at 3-0 with an unassisted Enver Lisin goal with a second left in regulation, and this was a final. The three stars went to Lundstrom (24 save shutout), Drugov, and Bergfors.
North to Khabarovsk, where Amur hosts CSKA Moscow. Rastislav Stana and Mika Jarvinen will play goal. Khabarovsk led off with a first period goal by Dylan Reese, coming on the power play via Vladimir Loginov and Artyom Kryukov. Moscow tied it with a Nikolai Prokhorkin goal, set up by Igor Grigorenko. CSKA took the lead in the second period as Ilari Filppula scored, with the help of Ilya Zubov and Sergei Shirokov. Moscow added on in the third period with a Denis Denisov goal, fueled by Brandon Reid and Oleg Saprykin. This held up for a 3-1 win, with the three stars belonging to Filppula, Stana (30 for 31 in saves), and Denisov.
Moving west to Novosibirsk, where Sibir welcomes Lev Praha. Atte Engren and Mikko Koskinen are the relatively unknown goalies. Novosibirsk was first to score in the first period with a Stepan Sannikov goal, fueled by Konstantin Alexeyev. Sibir added on as Jori Lehtera scored, and again, Alexeyev had the only assist. Novosibirsk extended the lead with an Oleg Gubin goal, passed from Kristian Kudroc and Dmitry Monya. Sibir padded the lead with a Jonas Enlund goal, set up by Lehtera. Jan Lukas came on in relief of Engren in the second period. Praha got on the board with a Patrik Zackrisson goal in the second period, made possible by Jiri Sekac. Lev got closer as Zackrisson scored again, this time with the help of Ondrej Nemec and Sekac. Praha chipped closer with a Justin Avezado goal, thanks to Spencer Humphries. Novosibirsk answered in the third period with an unassisted goal by Monya. They coasted to a 5-3 win from here, with the three stars being Lehtera, Monya, and Zackrisson, while Alexeyev and Sekac get the honorable mentions.
Heading over to Novokuznetsk, where Metallurg brings in Slovan Bratislava. Miroslav Kopriva and Niko Hovinen are given the green light to start. Bratislav struck first in the second period with a power play goal by Michel Miklik, powered by Michal Vondrka and Peter Olvecky. Slovan added on with a Juraj Mikus power play goal, going in unassisted. Novokuznetsk got on the board in the third period with a Yegor Martynov goal, an unassisted goal. Bratislava answered with a Miklik goal, his second of the game, set up by Zdenek Kutlak, an empty net goal. They would go on for a 3-1 win, and the three stars were Miklik, Kopriva (25 for 26 in saves), and Mikus.
Westward to Ufa, where Salavat Yulaev hosts Traktor Chelyabinsk. Michael Garnett and Andrei Vasilevsky will be between the pipes. Ufa opened in the second period on a Sergei Zinovyev goal, passed from Yegor Dubrovsky. Chelyabinsk tied it with a power play goal by Stanislav Chistov, powered by Dmitry Ryabykin and Alexei Vasilchenko. Salavat Yulaev took the lead back in the third period on a Denis Khlystov goal, courtesy of Alexander Mereskin and Andrei Konev. Ufa added on with another Zinovyev goal, with a lone assist provided by Alexander Pankov. They would go on to win 3-1 with that, and Zinovyev, Vasilevsky (20 for 21 in saves), and Khlystov were given the three stars.
Staying in the region, Metallurg Magnitogorsk hosts Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Alexander Sudnitsin and Vasily Koshechkin tend the twines. Nizhnekamsk began in the first period with an Oskar Osala goal, fueled by Yegor Milovzorov and Stanislav Romanov on the power play. Neftekhimik added on as Martin Cibak scored a goal, assisted by Osala and Milovzorov. Magnitogorsk got on the board in the second period with a Bogdan Potekhin goal, coming off of Denis Platonov. Metallurg tied the game as Danis Zaripov potted an unassisted goal. Magnitogorsk took the lead with a third period goal by Jan Kovar, courtesy of Zaripov and Rinat Ibragimov. Metallurg extended the lead as Chris Lee scored a shorthanded and unassisted goal. Nizhnekamsk got one back on a Maxim Berezin goal, guided in by Mikhail Anisin. They failed to get an equalizer, dropping a 4-3 decision to Metallurg. Zaripov, Osala, and Milovzorov were named the three stars.
Finally breaching into the west, as Dynamo Moscow hosts Atlant Mytishchi. Sergei Borisov and Alexander Yeryomenko will be in the blue paint. Moscow got going in the second period as Maxim Pestushko scored a power play goal, powered by Leo Komarov. Mytishchi answered with a Juha-Pekka Haataja goal, guided in by Bobby Sanguinetti and Maxim Velikov. Dynamo replied as Pestushko scored another power play goal, assisted by Konstantin Gorovikov and Filip Novak. Atlant tied the game again in the third period as Haataja scored his second of the game, with a lone helper from Maxim Mayorov. Moscow retook the lead again on a Marek Kvapil goal, and Konstantin Volkov had the only assist. They held on this time to win 3-2, with the three stars awarded to Pestushko, Haataja, and Kvapil.
Backtracking to Nizhny Novgorod, where Torpedo welcomes Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Stepanek and Vitaly Koval are the reliable goalies. Cherepovets started with a Linus Videll goal in the first period, made possible by Nikolai Bushuyev. Severstal added on in the third period as Videll scored his second of the game, an empty net goal set up by Bushuyev and Evgeny Kovyrshin. They would go on to a 2-0 win, with Stepanek (22 save shutout), Videll, and Bushuyev getting the three stars.
Further east again, as Ak Bars Kazan brings in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Yury Klyuchnikov is mismatched with Konstantin Barulin in goal. Kazan led off in the third period with a Janne Pesonen goal, guided in by Grigory Panin and Kirill Petrov. Ak Bars added on as Tim Stapleton scored, with a lone assist by Alexander Burmistrov. Ak Bars won the game 2-0, and Barulin (25 save shutout), Pesonen, and Panin were the three stars.
Finally, in Podolsk, Vityaz hosts SKA St. Petersburg. Ilya Ezhov and Ivan Lisutin guard the cages. St. Petersburg opened with a second period goal by Tony Martensson, passed from Patrick Thoresen and Roman Cervenka. Podolsk tied it with an Anton Korolyov goal, courtesy of Alexander Rybakov. Vityaz took the lead in the third period when Yury Koksharov scored, thanks to Sergei Topol. SKA tied it on a power play goal by Ilya Kovalchuk, powered by Cervenka and Thoresen. The game went into a shootout, where tallies by Kovalchuk and Viktor Tikhonov led St. Petersburg to a 3-2 win. The three stars were Kovalchuk, Thoresen, and Cervenka.
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