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Khabarovsk – CSKA	1:2 (end)	\|	Novosibirsk – HC Slovan	1:2 (end)	\|	Spartak – SKA St. Petersburg	6:1 (end)
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HC Sibir Novosibirsk Rusko

1:2 (0:1, 1:1, 0:0)

HC Slovan Bratislava

Friday 30.11.2012, 12:00 • KHL

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		It was a low-scoring affair tonight. We´ve seen only three goals, interestingly all of them coming from Slovak players. Slovan proved their quality again and thanks to goals scored by Ján Lipiansky and Michel Miklík managed to win. Jaroslav Janus performed really well and was beaten just once, which also played a big role in three-point win for HC Slovan Bratislava.
	60:00	Game over.
	59:41	Gaiduchenko goes out of the net in exchange for an extra attacker. Last hope for Novosibirsk...
	58:25	Slovan players are keeping the puck wisely in their own zone, taking their time to attack in the powerplay. They are in no need to hurry at all.
	57:36	Anton Malyshev gets minor penalty for holding, undermining the effort of his team to equalize.
	56:21	After the long time, Slovan managed to attack. Libor Hudáček´s shot from the left wing hit well-positioned Gaiduchenko.
	55:30	Novosibirsk is trying hard to score a goal and send the game to overtime...another shot, now by Kutuzov.
	54:12	Janus is performing really well tonight! Another save made against Endlund who shot dangerously from behind one of the Slovan´s defencemen.
	51:56	Kudroč´s well-aimed shot from the blue line saved again by Jaroslav Janus.
	50:12	Home team with a pressure again, Kopeikin´s wrist shot from the left wing was stopped by Janus´ pad.
	48:29	Home team at full strength.
	47:48	Sibir has trouble getting past the defensive on the Slovan´s blue line.
	46:29	Arturs Kulda gets minor penalty for roughing.
	46:09	Voroshilo had a chance to tie the game but he couldn´t score and face-to-face with Janus he just shot the puck to the visitor´s goalie.
	45:14	Now the game is situated mainly in the neutral zone...
	43:15	In these moments, home team is more active than their opponent, trying to score an equalizer. But Kristian Kudroč´s shot just went wide.
	41:50	Visiting team at full strength.
	41:30	Kopeikin´s shot from the left wing blocked by one of the Slovan´s defencemen.
	41:10	Home time with a pressure in Slovan´s zone but they couldn´t get the shot on goal and Višnovský sent the puck away...
	40:20	Sibir players start to attack from the very beginning of the period as they still have 90 seconds to go in their power play.
	40:01	3rd period began.
		9 minutes into the period, the home team managed to score and equalizer finally capitalizing on a one-man advantage thanks to Kristian Kudroč. But Slovan continued to play their game and took the lead again in 36th minute to make it 2:1.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:50	Jonathan Sigalet gets minor penalty for tripping.
	39:01	Home team is attacking hard in the last seconds of the second period, trying to tie the game. Janus had no problem with Malyshev´s shot from the blue line.
	37:30	Slovan´s 4th line is now on the ice and Sibir players are unable to steal the puck from them.
	35:56	Goal for Slovan! Visitor take the lead again. Vondrka got away on a left side and find MICHEL MIKLÍK skating in the centre ice who managed to put the puck above Gaiduchenko´s left pad to make it 2:1. Assisted by Michal Vondrka.
	34:20	Alexei Kopeikin knocked Janus down to the ice and that´s why he gets a minor penalty for interference.
	33:31	Martin Štajnoch - 2 minutes for hooking.
	32:59	Pair Lehtera and Enlund are the most dangerous players from Novosibirsk. They couldn´t score now in 2-on-1 breakaway.
	30:20	Slovan had a chance to take the lead again. But neither Lipiansky nor Miklík could get the puck past Gaiduchenko.
	28:45	Goal for Sibir! Home team finally managed to use the powerplay to get an equalizer. The only Slovak on Novosibirsk team KRISTIÁN KUDROČ got a pass from behind the net and face-to-face Janus he had no problem scoring the goal. Assisted by Alexei Kopeikin
	28:03	Another minor penalty for HC Slovan Bratislava. Marko Daňo - tripping.
	27:14	Visiting team at full strength.
	26:30	Novosibirsk players have trouble getting in the Slovan zone. They´ve been harmless in this powerplay so far.
	25:14	Michel Miklík now get 2 minutes for hooking.
	24:10	Marko Daňo (Slovan) now got the Sibir zone very quickly and send a dangerous pass from behind the net but there was no team mate to take the shot.
	22:49	Lehtera with a chance to score on the opposite side. But his wrist shot from the left angle was saved by goalkeeper.
	21:35	Olvecký got to the Sibir zone, passed the puck to Andrej Šťastný whose shot was saved by Gaiduchenko´s glove.
	20:01	2nd period began.
		Both teams have some chances in the first period but only Slovan managed to score and and that´s why they lead the game 1:0 thanks to Ján Lipiansky.
	20:00	1st period finished.
	18:39	Home team at full strength.
	17:28	Ľubomír Višňovský´s shot from the blue line went wide...
	16:39	And now visitors get an opportunity of one-man advantage. Alexander Nikulin - 2 minutes penalty for hooking.
	16:33	Visiting team at full strength.
	15:54	Slovan is showing again their strong defense. Ján Lipiansky is throwing the puck out of the own zone.
	14:33	Another penalty for Slovan. Now it´s for too many men on the ice. Marko Daňo goes to the penalty box.
	14:00	Visiting team at full strength.
	13:13	Kudroč´s slap shot from the blue line is blocked by Jaroslav Janus. Višnovský sends the puck out of Slovan zone...
	12:00	Opportunity to tie the game came up for Novosibirsk. Michal Vondrka gets a minor penalty for tripping.
	10:41	Goal for Slovan! Home team takes the lead. JÁN LIPIANSKY got a very nice pass from Miklík and scored the first goal of the game with a well-aimed shot from the slot. Assisted by Michel Miklík.
	08:39	Visiting team at full strength.
	06:39	Now penalty for Slovan. Vladimír Dravecký goes to the penalty box for hooking.
	05:30	Lehtera tries to attack, but Jonathan Sigalet stops him on the blue line with a good defensive game.
	03:05	Home team at full strength.
	02:08	Slovan is unable to get to the Sibir zone for longer than several seconds.
	01:05	Arturs Kulda from Sibir Novosibirsk gets minor penalty for tripping.
	00:01	Game started.
		Starting lineups: HK Sibir Novosibirsk: Gaiduchenko (Glass) - Zajtsev, Kutuzov, Kulda, Kudroč, Karavayev, Alexeyev, Ignatovich - Lehtera, Glazachev, Enlund - Kopeikin, Nikulin, Krivonozhkin - Drugov, Sannikov, Malyshev - Shumakov, Grachyov, Nikitenko, Voroshilo. HC Slovan Bratislava: Janus (Konrád) - Sigalet, Višňovský, Štajnoch, Sekera, Tabaček, Sersen - Bartovič, Bližňák, Hudáček - Miklík, Lipiansky, Vondrka - Kukumberg, Kytnár, Dravecký - Daňo, Ölvecký, Šťastný, Mikúš, Kudrna. Referees: Gashilov, Ravodin - Shichanov, Michel..
		In the first game, Slovan managed to beat Novosibirsk 6:2 on the home ice. The new team in the league would like to add another victory against this opponent. There is even more motivation for Rostislav Čada´s squad as they lost the last game vs. Khabarovsk 0:3. On the other hand, Sibir Novosibirsk have been playing well recently as they won 5 out of their 6 games betore playing agains Slovan.
		Welcome. Game starts at 12:00.

Commentary by

Valerián Lukačko

@vlukacko

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 29. Kudroč (Kopeikin) - 11. Lipianský (Miklík), 36. Miklík (Vondrka)

HC Sibir Novosibirsk: Gaiduchenko (Glass) - Zajtsev, Kutuzov, Kulda, Kudroč, Karavayev, Alexeyev, Ignatovich - Lehtera, Glazachev, Enlund - Kopeikin, Nikulin, Krivonozhkin - Drugov, Sannikov, Malyshev - Shumakov, Grachyov, Nikitenko, Voroshilo.

HC Slovan Bratislava: Janus (Konrád) - Sigalet, Višňovský, Štajnoch, Sekera, Tabaček, Sersen - Bartovič, Bližňák, Hudáček - Miklík, Lipiansky, Vondrka - Kukumberg, Kytnár, Dravecký - Daňo, Ölvecký, Šťastný, Mikúš, Kudrna.

Referees: Gashilov, Ravodin - Shichanov, Michel.

Attendance: 4600

1st period
	01:05
	06:39
	10:41
	12:00
	14:33
	16:39
1st intermission
2nd period
	25:14
	28:45
	33:31
	34:20
	35:56
	39:50
2nd intermission
3rd period
	46:29
	57:36
Final