Eight games beginning yesterday for those on the American West Coast, with the first from...
Khabarovsk, where Amur hosts Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Alexander Sudnitsin and Alexei Murygin are the masked men. Khabarovsk was first to score in the first period with a Dmitry Tarasov goal, fueled by Andrei Stepanov. Nizhnekamsk tied it in the second period on a Maxim Berezin goal, coming off of Andrei Mnikhovich and Dan Sexton. Amur retook the lead with a power play goal by Dmitry Lugin, powered by Evgeny Korotkov and Alexander Yunkov. Neftekhimik retied it on a Pavel Zdunov goal, passed from Maxim Trunyov and Vitaly Shulakov. Khabarovsk regained the lead in the third period with a Yunkov goal, assisted by Korotkov and Lugin. Amur added on with another Yunkov goal, his second of the game, made possible by Lugin and Sergei Teryayev. Nizhnekamsk shot back as Pyotr Khokhryakov scored, thanks to Pavel Kulikov. Neftekhimik tied it on a Petr Koukal goal, helped along by Berezin and Mnikhovich. Amur won 5-4 in the shootout on a lone tally by Yunkov. The three stars were Yunkov, Lugin, and Korotkov, while Berezin and Mnikhovich get the honorable mentions.
South to Vladivostok, as Admiral welcomes Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Andrei Vasilevsky andev geny Ivannikov are in the creases. Vladivostok got going in the second period on a Niclas Bergfors goal, with a lone assist by Ilya Zubov. Admiral added on as Richard Gynge scored, thanks to Zubov. Vladivostok extended the lead on a Michael Commodore goal, coming off of Igor Bortnikov. Ufa got on the board in the third period with an unassisted goal by Igor Mirnov. Salavat Yulaev pulled closer with a Tomas Zaborsky goal, passed from Alexei Kaigorodov. This was not good enough to avoid a 3-2 loss, with the three stars being Zubov, Commodore, and Gynge.
Out west a bit, Sibir Novosibirsk hosts Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin and Mikko Koskinen tend the twines. Novosibirsk led off in the first period with a Dmitry Monya goal, fueled by Jori Lehtera and Jonas Enlund. Magnitogorsk tied it in the second period on a Francis Pare goal, via Oskar Osala. Sibir took the lead back in the third period on an Oleg Gubin goal, coming off of Stepan Sannikov and Sergei Shumakov. This made it 2-1, the final, with the three stars going to Koskinen (22 for 23 in saves), Gubin, and Monya.
Over in Novokuznetsk, Metallurg bring in Traktor Chelyabinsk. Michael Garnett and Ilya Sorokin are given the starting nods. Chelyabinsk struck first in the first period with a Petri Kontiola goal, coming off of Semyon Kokuyov. Novokuznetsk got on the board in the second period with a Semyon Valuisky goal, via Evgeny Lapenkov. Metallurg took the lead on a Kurtis McLean goal, with a lone assist by Lapenkov. Traktor retied it in the third period as Alexei Zavaruhkin scored, thanks to Igor Valeyev and Stanislav Chistov. The tie lasted to a shootout, where goals by Kontiola and Evgeny Kuznetsov gave Traktor a 3-2 win. Kontiola, Lapenkov, and Kuznetsov get the three stars.
Westward to Moscow, Spartak hosts SKA St. Petersburg. Alexander Salak faces a lesser foe in Igor Shestyorkin in goal. St. Petersburg began in the first period on an Ilya Kovalchuk power play goal, powered by Dinar Khafizullin and Maxim Chudinov. SKA added on in the second period as Vadim Shipachyov scored, with a lone assist by Artemy Panarin. Moscow got on the board with an Igor Volkov goal, coming off of Nikolai Lemtyugov. St. Petersburg replied in the third period with an Igor Makarov goal, passed from Alexei Ponikarovsky. SKA extended the lead on a Roman Cervenka goal, made possible by Tony Martensson and Patrick Thoresen. St. Petersburg padded the lead as Makarov scored again, his second of the game, assisted by Ponikarovsky and Dmitry Yudin. This made it 5-1, the final, with the three stars handed to Makarov, Salak (23 for 24 in saves), and Ponikarovsky.
Outside of Russia, Dinamo Minsk welcomes Atlant Mytishchi. Stanislav Galimov and Dmitry Milchakov have the green light to start. Mytishchi opened in the first period with a Sergei Shmelyov goal, assisted by Evgeny Artyukhin and Alexander Kadeikin. Atlant added on with an Igot Levitsky goal, passed from Maxim Velikov and Juha-Pekka Haataja. Mytishchi extended the lead on an unassisted goal by Janne Niskala. Milchakov was pulled for Kevin Lalande at this time. Minsk got on the board with a goal by Vitaly Kiryushchenkov, going in unassisted. Atlant answered on another Shemylov goal, his second of the game, with a lone assist from Artyukhin. Mytishchi padded the lead on an Oleg Yashin goal, coming off of Alexei Mikhnov. Atlant got another in the third period on a Mikhnov goal, courtesy of Igor Radulov. Mytishchi wrapped it up at 7-1 with a Kadeikin goal, fueled by Artyukhin, who got a sock trick. The three stars were given to Shmelyov, Artyukhin, and Kadeikin, while Mikhnov gets an honorable mention.
Moving along to Ukraine, as Donbass Donetsk hosts Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Stepanek and Michael Leighton are the veteran goalies. Cherepovets dented the scoreboard in the second period on an Evgeny Kovyrshin goal, passed from Nikolai Kazakovtsev and Pavel Buchnevich. Severstal added on with a third period goal by Niclas Andersen, courtesy of Buchnevich. Donetsk got on the board with a Vaclav Nedorost goal, guided in by Evgeny Belukhin and Evgeny Dadonov. Cherepovets shot back with an unassisted empty net goal by Gennady Stolyarov. Donbass got one back late on a power play goal by Nedorost, powered by Petteri Wirtanen. This was as close as it got, with the final being 3-2, and the three stars were given to Stolyarov, Nedorost, and Buchnevich.
Finally, in Croatia, Medvescak Zagreb brings in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Curtis Sanford and Mark Dekanich are the North American goalies. Zagreb started in the second period with a Mike Glumac goal, set up by Michael Ryan. This was it for the scoring, so Medvescak won 1-0. The three stars went to Dekanich (42 save shutout), Glumac, and Sanford (28 for 29 in saves).
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Khabarovsk, where Amur hosts Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Alexander Sudnitsin and Alexei Murygin are the masked men. Khabarovsk was first to score in the first period with a Dmitry Tarasov goal, fueled by Andrei Stepanov. Nizhnekamsk tied it in the second period on a Maxim Berezin goal, coming off of Andrei Mnikhovich and Dan Sexton. Amur retook the lead with a power play goal by Dmitry Lugin, powered by Evgeny Korotkov and Alexander Yunkov. Neftekhimik retied it on a Pavel Zdunov goal, passed from Maxim Trunyov and Vitaly Shulakov. Khabarovsk regained the lead in the third period with a Yunkov goal, assisted by Korotkov and Lugin. Amur added on with another Yunkov goal, his second of the game, made possible by Lugin and Sergei Teryayev. Nizhnekamsk shot back as Pyotr Khokhryakov scored, thanks to Pavel Kulikov. Neftekhimik tied it on a Petr Koukal goal, helped along by Berezin and Mnikhovich. Amur won 5-4 in the shootout on a lone tally by Yunkov. The three stars were Yunkov, Lugin, and Korotkov, while Berezin and Mnikhovich get the honorable mentions.
South to Vladivostok, as Admiral welcomes Salavat Yulaev Ufa. Andrei Vasilevsky andev geny Ivannikov are in the creases. Vladivostok got going in the second period on a Niclas Bergfors goal, with a lone assist by Ilya Zubov. Admiral added on as Richard Gynge scored, thanks to Zubov. Vladivostok extended the lead on a Michael Commodore goal, coming off of Igor Bortnikov. Ufa got on the board in the third period with an unassisted goal by Igor Mirnov. Salavat Yulaev pulled closer with a Tomas Zaborsky goal, passed from Alexei Kaigorodov. This was not good enough to avoid a 3-2 loss, with the three stars being Zubov, Commodore, and Gynge.
Out west a bit, Sibir Novosibirsk hosts Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Vasily Koshechkin and Mikko Koskinen tend the twines. Novosibirsk led off in the first period with a Dmitry Monya goal, fueled by Jori Lehtera and Jonas Enlund. Magnitogorsk tied it in the second period on a Francis Pare goal, via Oskar Osala. Sibir took the lead back in the third period on an Oleg Gubin goal, coming off of Stepan Sannikov and Sergei Shumakov. This made it 2-1, the final, with the three stars going to Koskinen (22 for 23 in saves), Gubin, and Monya.
Over in Novokuznetsk, Metallurg bring in Traktor Chelyabinsk. Michael Garnett and Ilya Sorokin are given the starting nods. Chelyabinsk struck first in the first period with a Petri Kontiola goal, coming off of Semyon Kokuyov. Novokuznetsk got on the board in the second period with a Semyon Valuisky goal, via Evgeny Lapenkov. Metallurg took the lead on a Kurtis McLean goal, with a lone assist by Lapenkov. Traktor retied it in the third period as Alexei Zavaruhkin scored, thanks to Igor Valeyev and Stanislav Chistov. The tie lasted to a shootout, where goals by Kontiola and Evgeny Kuznetsov gave Traktor a 3-2 win. Kontiola, Lapenkov, and Kuznetsov get the three stars.
Westward to Moscow, Spartak hosts SKA St. Petersburg. Alexander Salak faces a lesser foe in Igor Shestyorkin in goal. St. Petersburg began in the first period on an Ilya Kovalchuk power play goal, powered by Dinar Khafizullin and Maxim Chudinov. SKA added on in the second period as Vadim Shipachyov scored, with a lone assist by Artemy Panarin. Moscow got on the board with an Igor Volkov goal, coming off of Nikolai Lemtyugov. St. Petersburg replied in the third period with an Igor Makarov goal, passed from Alexei Ponikarovsky. SKA extended the lead on a Roman Cervenka goal, made possible by Tony Martensson and Patrick Thoresen. St. Petersburg padded the lead as Makarov scored again, his second of the game, assisted by Ponikarovsky and Dmitry Yudin. This made it 5-1, the final, with the three stars handed to Makarov, Salak (23 for 24 in saves), and Ponikarovsky.
Outside of Russia, Dinamo Minsk welcomes Atlant Mytishchi. Stanislav Galimov and Dmitry Milchakov have the green light to start. Mytishchi opened in the first period with a Sergei Shmelyov goal, assisted by Evgeny Artyukhin and Alexander Kadeikin. Atlant added on with an Igot Levitsky goal, passed from Maxim Velikov and Juha-Pekka Haataja. Mytishchi extended the lead on an unassisted goal by Janne Niskala. Milchakov was pulled for Kevin Lalande at this time. Minsk got on the board with a goal by Vitaly Kiryushchenkov, going in unassisted. Atlant answered on another Shemylov goal, his second of the game, with a lone assist from Artyukhin. Mytishchi padded the lead on an Oleg Yashin goal, coming off of Alexei Mikhnov. Atlant got another in the third period on a Mikhnov goal, courtesy of Igor Radulov. Mytishchi wrapped it up at 7-1 with a Kadeikin goal, fueled by Artyukhin, who got a sock trick. The three stars were given to Shmelyov, Artyukhin, and Kadeikin, while Mikhnov gets an honorable mention.
Moving along to Ukraine, as Donbass Donetsk hosts Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Stepanek and Michael Leighton are the veteran goalies. Cherepovets dented the scoreboard in the second period on an Evgeny Kovyrshin goal, passed from Nikolai Kazakovtsev and Pavel Buchnevich. Severstal added on with a third period goal by Niclas Andersen, courtesy of Buchnevich. Donetsk got on the board with a Vaclav Nedorost goal, guided in by Evgeny Belukhin and Evgeny Dadonov. Cherepovets shot back with an unassisted empty net goal by Gennady Stolyarov. Donbass got one back late on a power play goal by Nedorost, powered by Petteri Wirtanen. This was as close as it got, with the final being 3-2, and the three stars were given to Stolyarov, Nedorost, and Buchnevich.
Finally, in Croatia, Medvescak Zagreb brings in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Curtis Sanford and Mark Dekanich are the North American goalies. Zagreb started in the second period with a Mike Glumac goal, set up by Michael Ryan. This was it for the scoring, so Medvescak won 1-0. The three stars went to Dekanich (42 save shutout), Glumac, and Sanford (28 for 29 in saves).
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