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Admiral – Novosibirsk 3:1 (end) | Khabarovsk – Novokuznetsk 2:7 (end)
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Admiral Vladivostok
3:1 (0:1, 2:0, 1:0)
HC Sibir Novosibirsk
Saturday 01.03.2014, 07:00 • KHL
     
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    In an even third period Sibir had the better opportunities but a late empty net goal brings the decision in favour of Admiral who are the deserved winners (3-1) if we take all the 60 minutes of regulation! Thanks to this win Admiral are 8th in the East with one point more than direct competitors Traktor with one game left to play for them – two for Traktor.

    Shots on goal: Admiral 9 (29) – Sibir 8 (21)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:37
    Goal for Admiral!


    LOGAN PYETT forces his way through the guest defense via the left wing and from short distance scores into the wide open net with a backhander! 3-1 for Admiral and the game is decided!
     
    59:13
    Mikko Koskinen stays on the bench in exchange for an additional skater! All or nothing for Sibir!
     
    59:13
    Timeout taken by Sibir!
     
    58:33
    The guests from Siberia fail to keep the puck inside the Admiral third and can't pull out their goalie yet!
     
    57:28
    First Sibir's Andrei Plekhanov tried it with a flat shot through the traffic from the left circle towards the left bottom corner but Ivannikov made the pad save and then the following counter by Justin Hodgman was just stopped by the last Sibir defender!
     
    56:15
    The Sibir defense keeps the puck behind their net as long as possible and the time is running out more and more for Sibir in their race to catch up.
     
    55:32
    After a 2-on-3 rush the hosts stopped by Koskinen and fail to get the rebound over the goal line.
     
    54:55
    Admiral are concentrating on defense and hope for a counter attack to get the decision.
     
    53:29
    The hosts fail to clear a harmless situation and suddenly the puck comes to Dmitry Kugryshev who seems surprised himself as he is waiting completely alone at the left post but from short distance he misses the net by inches!!! What a chance for the equalizer for Sibir!
     
    52:48
    A shot by Admiral's Alexei Ugarov from the right circle after a 3-on-3 rush is stopped by Koskinen without problems.
     
    50:00
    The puck goes back and forth. Anything can happen in the remaining 10 minutes!
     
    48:35
    Sibir are able to keep the puck inside the Admiral third for quite a long time but they fail to get more than a harmless shot from the right wing through the traffic that is easily caught by Ivannikov.
     
    47:12
    After a pass by Niclas Bergfors from just left to the Sibir net his team mate Richard Gynge failed to deflect the puck on target from short distance! The best chance for Admiral in this third!
     
    46:26
    After the Admiral defense failed to clear the puck in front of their own goal crease, it was Sibir's Dmitry Kugryshev whose scoring attempt from short distance was blocked in the last moment by Ivannikov!
     
    45:41
    Mikko Koskinen in the Sibir net covers up a puck before Justin Hodgman is able to reach it.
     
    45:00
    Slowly but steadily Sibir are intensifying their efforts. Admiral are too passive in the moment.
     
    43:14
    Jonas Enlund has a lot of space when he enters the Admiral third via the left wing, skates towards the net but in the 1-on-1 situation he is stopped by goalie Evgeny Ivannikov!
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 22. Schütz (Bergfors, Grachyov), 26. Zubov (Bortnikov, Hodgman), 60. Pyett – 9. Kopeikin (Kugryshev)

    Admiral Vladivostok: Ivannikov (Stelmakh) – Naumenkov, Pyett, Osipov, Antropov, Commodore, Vorobyov, Zemchyonok, Ternavsky – Nikitenko, Ugarov, Grachyov, Bergfors, Gynge, Schütz, Hodgman, Zubov, Bortnikov, Barbashev, Drugov, Bocharov
    HC Sibir Novosibirsk: Koskinen (Bespalov) – Hrabal, Lekomtsev, Plekhanov, Ozhiganov, Belov, Martynov, Karavayev – Okulov, Enlund, Romanov, Kugryshev, Kopeikin, Koskiranta, Shumakov, Gubin, Sannikov, Karamnov, Yakovlev, Kvartalnov, Ignatushkin
    Referees: Belyayev, Nalivaiko – Medvedev, Putilin