Novosibirsk – Novokuznetsk 6:1 (end) | SKA St. Petersburg – HC Sochi 3:2 (end)
final
HC Sibir Novosibirsk
6:1 (3:0, 2:1, 1:0)
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Saturday 06.09.2014, 12:00 • Sibir Ice Palace • KHL
     
    55:59
    There have been so many penalties today and of course he's another, this time it's a powerplay for Metallurg as Alexey Kopeikin has been penalised for holding
     
    52:24
    Alexander Komaristiy has now also been penalised for hooking for Metallurg, giving the hosts another two man's advantage!
     
    51:51
    Viktor Bobrov of Sibir has picked up what looks like a nasty head injury, and as he's being helped back to the bench his attacker Kirill Gavrilychev has been slapped with a 2+10 penalty!
     
    50:31
    We have a fight on our hands! Ansel Galimov challenges Vladimir Butuzov to a scuffle behind Metallurg's net, but the referees manage to break it up just in time! And both have duly been sent to the penalty box
     
    48:52
    Sibir are going right back on the powerplay already however, as for slashing against his opponent Artyom Garifulin has been called
     
    45:53
    Metallurg have been punished for a foul in that play though, as Matt Lashoff for slashing has been called just as Sibir came back to full strength
     
    43:48
    The first penalty of the third stanza has gone to the hosts, Vyacheslav Belov for tripping has been handed a two minute minor
     
    37:16
    That powerplay has promptly been cancelled out though Alexander Romanov of Metallurg for holding has evened up the numbers!
     
    36:57
    Ilya Musin has been completely smashed and taken out into the boards, and the Metallurg forward looks in serious pain! And as he's being helped off the ice the culprit Konstantin Alekseev has indeed been handed a 5+20 penalty!
     
    32:13
    Konstantin Alekseev of Sibir has now been sent to the penalty box for holding, and Metallurg have an extended powerplay opportunity to get something going!
     
    30:27
    No one wants to play full strength today! Sergey Shumakov of Sibir is the next to be handed a two minute minor, this time for slashing
     
    28:19
    And that has very quickly become a four on three Sibir advantage! Mikhail Kuklev of the visitors hasn't got away with tripping his opponent!
     
    28:09
    That Metallurg powerplay didn't last for long! Almost immediately the numbers are evened up as for slashing Alexander Komaristiy has been punished by the referees!
     
    27:55
    Sibir really are feeling comfortable now but they have given away another powerplay, Jarne Koskiranta for slashing has been called into the box
     
    23:12
    Metallurg have been gifted a powerplay opportunity for themselves to try and stem the flow of the tide though, Oleg Gubin of the hosts has been penalised for slashing
     
    20:52
    Metallurg really are making their lives harder by taking needless penalties! Ilya Musin has been called for slashing against his opponent
     
    15:04
    Metallurg just cannot keep stop fouling! For slashing Alexander Makarov is now to blame, Sibir cannot let these penalties go unpunished!
     
    14:14
    The penalties keep on coming! Ryan Stoa of Metallurg is the next to be on their way to the penalty box as he has been spotted roughing
     
    13:20
    The numbers have already been evened up though, as for interference Mikhail Kuklev of Metallurg has been punished
     
    12:53
    A soon as Sibir get back to full strength they're going back on the penalty kill, Vitaly Menshikov is again taking a seat this time for hooking
     
    10:41
    Both teams keep taking it in turns to keep fouling and now Vitaly Menshikov of Sibir for holding is the guilty party
     
    07:35
    Metallurg have now received their first two minute minor as Ansel Galimov for tripping has been called into the penalty box
     
    01:55
    We already have the first penalty of the day and it's against Sibir, Dmitriy Kugryshev for slashing has been penalised
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 7. Thuresson (Monya), 18. Hersley (Thuresson), 20. Monya, 23. Thuresson (Enlund, Monya), 35. Kopeikin (Kugryshev), 54. Kopeikin (Kugryshev, Koskiranta) – 34. Galimov (Malinovskiy, Komaristiy)

    HC Sibir Novosibirsk: Koskinen (Bespalov)- Hersley, Alekseev, Menshikov, Belov, Ignatovich, Gimaev, Ozhiganov- Shumakov, Monya, Bobrov, Thuresson, Kugryshev, Gubin, Kopeikin, Enlund, Sannikov, Koskiranta, Voroshilo, Butuzov
    Metallurg Novokuznetsk: Kareev (Sorokin)- Makarov, Lashoff, Zotov, Fairchild, Gavrilychev, Skutar, Kuklev, Kamalov- Romanov, Kurepanov, Galimov, Maltsev, Rachunek, Garifulin, Musin, Malinovskiy, Komaristiy, Kosourov, Plotnikov, Stoa
    Referees: Denis Naumov, Yury Tsiplakov, Sergey Misyur, Stanislav Raming