LEV 3:5 SIB | Lev Praha - HC Sibir Novosibirsk (KHL)

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Lev – Novosibirsk

3:5 (end)

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Lev Praha

3:5 (1:1, 0:1, 1:2)

HC Sibir Novosibirsk

Thursday 01.11.2012, 19:00 • Tipsport Arena, Prague • KHL

		This was an even game until halfway through the 3rd period, when Artyom Voroshilov's penalty shot goal opened a quick 3-goal Sibir outburst that decided the game. A late Lev goal makes it a 5-3 final. (21:17:08)
	60:00	Game over.
	59:49	Correction, there are penalties being called, Chara and Glass, but it hardly matters. 4 on 4 hockey to finish unless there's more.
	59:49	Lev came close again, and then there's predictable rough stuff, which includes Glass taking a poke with his goal stick at someone. No penalties being called though.
	59:19	Goal for Lev! In what's surely a case of too-little, too-late, JAKUB KLEPIS puts in a rebound to make the score a bit more respectable.
	58:25	Sibir back at full strength, Stepanek still on the bench . . .
	57:57	Glass covers a loose puck. :21 left in the penalty.
	57:47	Offside Lev. :31 left in the power play.
	57:10	Sibir doing a good job of preventing Lev from setting up . .
	56:18	Jori Lehtera gets a penalty for cross-checking. Lev calls a timeout. If they entertain any hope of sending this game to overtime, they have to score quickly on this advantage. Stepanek is pulled for a 6 on 4 advantage.
	56:05	Goal for Sibir! ALEXEI KOPEIKIN and Alexander Nikulin worked a pretty give-and-go that finished with Kopeikin deking Stepanek for the goal that likely puts this game away.
	54:50	Erik Christensen, one-on-one, drills a slap shot wide . . .
	53:40	Goal for Sibir! After colliding heavily with Martin Skoula in the end boards, JONAS ENLUND wrapped the puck around the post and in. Lev is very upset that there was no boarding call on the collision.
	52:51	Power play finished, Zdeno Chara take an interference penalty in the neutral zone. Teams will play 4-on-4 for :54.
	51:45	Konstantin Alexeyev takes an interference penalty in his own zone, giving Lev an important power play.
	51:12	A Sibir shoot in comes off the boards to Stepanek, who covers it.
	50:37	Goal for Sibir! On the penalty shot, ARTYOM VOROSHILO beats Stepanek with a wrist shot blocker high just inside the post.
	50:37	Sibir's Artyom Voroshilo is hooked by Martin Skoula coming in on goal and is being awarded a penalty shot.
	49:55	Ondrej Nemec steps across the blueline and fires a wrister that Glass catches and holds.
	49:20	Jaroslav Svoboda centers for Petr Vrana, whose quick one-timer whistles just wide . . .
	48:07	Chara's shot from the point turned aside . . .
	47:17	A Lev shot hits Glass and then goes over the glass. Faceoff inside.
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	46:36	Offside Sibir.
	45:50	Intentional offside Lev. Zdeno Chara fires a shot on goal from outside the blueline while a player was caught inside. Faceoff back in the Lev zone.
	45:00	Plenty of hits, but no decent scoring chances . . .
	42:52	Goal for Lev! Martin Skoula's shot was stopped, but MARCEL HOSSA puts in the rebound through traffic. Assists: Skoula, Tomas Surovy
	42:20	Marcel Hossa was close to getting a breakaway but overskated the puck . . .
	41:20	Lev back at full strength now . . .
	41:26	Sustained Sibir pressure, no outstanding chances though. :16 left in penalty.
	40:01	3rd period began.
		Teams are on the ice, 3rd period will start shortly. Sibir still has 1:42 left in a carr-over power play.
		3rd period begins at 20:38 CET, 15:38 EDT.
		Shots on goal in the 2nd period (and game): Lev 9 (19), Sibir 13 (20).
		Nikita Zaitsev's power-play goal is the only thing separating the two teams after two periods of a game that is quite even and quite full of bad feelings.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:42	In the ensuing roughness, Lev's Michal Birner gets the only penalty, so the faceoff comes back into the Lev zone.
	39:42	Novotny centers to Repik who fires quick shot that Glass had to be sharp on.
	39:06	Chara's shot attempt from the point is deflected out of play. Faceoff inside.
	38:41	Puck goes onto the back of the Sibir net, faceoff comes outside.
	38:33	After Glass pounces on a loose puck at the side of the Sibir goal, we get some more gloves in the faces, but nothing more.
	37:50	Another shot from the point by Arturs Kudla is stopped right on by Stepanek . . .
	36:39	A Lev shot hits the glass and goes out of play. The faceoff stays inside despite Sibir protests.
	36:32	Hossa gets a shot on a Lev rush but he doesn't get everything on it and Glass hangs onto it for a stoppage.
	34:01	A Sibir dump in caroms off the boards and goes to Stepanek, who covers it.
	33:35	Tomas Surovy leads a rush but fires a slap shot wide . . .
	33:16	. . . and back the other way, another scramble in front of Stepanek and more pushing and shoving after the whistle. No penalties, though, and the faceoff will stay inside.
	33:05	One time slapper by Marcel Hossa that Glass turns aside . . .
	32:59	Icing Sibir.
	32:40	Krejcik with the shot from the point stopped by Glass, Klepis recovers the rebound but can't get a shot away . . .
	31:59	Jakub Klepis with quite a shift, carried it around the Sibir zone and the fired a shot that Glass catches and holds. :06 left in the penalties.
	30:05	Tomas Surovy gets a holding penalty, but then Artyom Voroshilo takes a retaliatory roughing penalty after the whistle so the teams will be 4 on 4.
	30:00	A flurry of chances for Sibir at the period's midpoint, Stepanek with a couple saves.
	29:32	Puck deflected out of play in the Sibir zone, faceoff inside.
	29:05	In a rare shift, Lev 13th forward Lukas Cingel makes a bid for more ice time by laying a big hit . . .
	28:32	Mattias Porseland attempts a wrap around but shoots wide . . .
	28:08	Just after the teams get back to full strength, Artyom Voroshilo gets a breakaway and tries to beat Stepanek five-hole, but it's a no go.
	26:05	Kulda with a slapper off the draw that Stepanek stops, play continues . . .
	25:59	Teams will play 4 on 4 after Jakub Klepis gets called for interference and Stepan Sannikov gets diving.
	25:18	Goal for Sibir! NIKITA ZAITSEV snaps a shot high over Stepanek's glove for a power play goal. Assist: Andrei Nikitenko.
	24:20	Krovonoshkin with a quick shot that Stepanek turns away . . .
	23:50	Shot attempt from Arturs Kulda deflects out of play. Faceoff inside.
	23:35	And now Lev will have to kill a penalty as Nathan Oystrick takes his man hard into the boards deep in his own end and gets called for boarding.
	23:11	Jeff Glass comes across and absolutely robs Michal Birner's one-timer . .
	22:59	Offside Sibir.
	22:41	Offside Lev.
	21:03	A shot of the draw gets deflected out again . . . and players exchange words. These teams not on friendly terms. Nothing comes of it though.
	21:00	Puck deflected out of play in the Sibir zone, faceoff inside.
	20:40	Offside Lev.
	20:13	Nathan Oystrick takes a long shot on goal that Glass turns away with the blocker . . .
	20:01	2nd period began.
		Teams are on the ice. 2nd period will begin soon.
		2nd period will begin at 19:49 CET, 14:49 EDT.
		Shots in the 1st period: Lev 10, Sibir 7.
		The two teams trade power play goals in a period without a lot of shots but with a lot of rough stuff after the whistles.
	20:00	1st period finished.
	19:49	Icing Sibir.
	19:43	Petr Vrana with a shot from the top of the circle, Glass turns it aside . . .
	18:57	Konstantin Glazachev with a slapshot that Stepanek stops and holds.
	18:00	Long sequence mostly in the neutral zone without any shots . . .
	14:38	Lev has killed off the penalty, play stays in their own end . . .
	12:58	Stepanek the save, and more extracurricular activities . . .this gae could become rough.
	12:32	Grachyov get a 10 minute misconduct, Chara gets 2 for roughing. Sibir to the power play.
		After the whistle, Grachyov drops his gloves and challenges Sekac, but Chara steps in and intervenes. Grachyov wisely backed down at that point. Officials are conferring as to how it will be called.
	12:32	Offside Lev.
	11:58	Puck deflected out of play in the Sibir zone, faceoff inside.
	11:17	Goal for Lev! JAKUB KLEPIS puts in a rebound after a shot from Zdeno Chara on the power play.
	10:56	Following a scramble in the Sibir crease, Sibir's Artyom Karavayev pops Michal Repik in the face and the two of them wrestle to the ice. Karavayev gets 4 mins, Repik 2 for roughing. Lev to the power play.
	10:40	Off the draw, Sekac with a quick shot that Glass turns away . .
	10:37	Jiri Sekac with a nice pass to Michal Repik, who tries to beat Glass with a backhander through the legs but it doesn't go.
	09:40	Sibir back at full strength, play in the Sibir zone . . .
	09:20	Chara with a couple shot attempts. First a one-timer goes wide, a second attempt hits Glass in the chest. :14 left in the PP.
	08:15	Zaitsev gets a shot on goal shorthanded . . .
	07:56	Offside Lev on the stretch pass, faceoff back to their own blueline.
	07:34	Now Lev to the power play, Sibir's Maxim Grachyov gets elbowing.
	06:06	Goal for Sibir! MAXIM KRIVONOZHKIN scores on the power play, one timing Alexander Nikulin's pass upstairs.
	05:05	Lev's Michal Repik gets the game's first penalty for holding the stick.
	04:53	Novotny finishes his check against Sibir defenceman Nikita Zaitsev hard into the end boards . . .
	03:47	Defenceman Jakub Krejcik rushes with the puck and gets a shot on goal, Glass the save and covers it.
	03:04	Icing Lev.
	01:40	Sibir's Konstantin Alexeyev gets the game's first shot from a weak angle, Stepanek the easy save . . .
	01:00	Offside Sibir.
	00:33	Icing Sibir.
	00:01	Game started.
		The national anthems of the Russian Federation and Czech Republic are finished, and the opening faceoff is moments away.
		Tonight, veteran Czech national team goaltender Jakub Stepanek makes his debut as a member of Lev Praha--he was recently acquired in a trade with SKA St Petersburg. For visiting Sibir Novosibirsk, the starting goalie will be Canadian World Junior gold medalist Jeff Glass, a former Ottawa Senators prospect.
		Welcome. Game starts at 19:00 local time in Prague (CET), 14:00 EDT/11:00 PDT in North America and 01:00 Friday morning in Novosibirsk (OMST).

Commentary by

Derek OBrien

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Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 12. Klepiš (Němec, Chára), 43. Hossa (Surovy, Skoula), 51. Voroshilo, 60. Klepiš (Vrana) - 7. Krivonozhkin (Nikulin), 26. Zaitsev (Nikitenko), 54. Enlund, 57. Kopeikin (Nikulin)

Lev Praha: G: 31 Jakub Štěpánek (2 Ondřej Kocián). D: 74 Nathan Oystrick, 63 Ondřej Němec (A) - 41 Martin Škoula, 25 Mathias Porseland - 33 Zdeno Chára, 91 Jakub Krejčík - 66 Juraj Mikuš. F: 61 Erik Christensen, 20 Petr Vrána, 21 Jakub Klepiš - 43 Tomáš Surový, 71 Juraj Mikúš, 81 Marcel Hossa - 23 Ľuboš Bartečko (A), 12 Jiří Novotný (C), 26 Michal Řepík - 64 Jiří Sekáč, 14 Jaroslav Svoboda, 16 Michal Birner - 62 Lukáš Cingel.

HC Sibir Novosibirsk: G: 35 Jeff Glass (33 Sergei Gaiduchenko). D: 22 Nikita Zaitsev (A), 44 Arturs Kulda - 78 Kristián Kudroč, 20 Konstantin Alexeyev - 45 Alexander Kutuzov, 16 Artyom Karavayev - 43 Maxim Ignatovich. F: 18 Konstantin Glazachev, 12 Jori Lehterä (A), 26 Jonas Enlund - 25 Alexei Kopeikin, 30 Alexander Nikulin, 50 Maxim Krivonozhkin (C) - 88 Artyom Voroshilo, 53 Anton Malyshev, 39 Stepan Sannikov - 9 Maxim Grachyov, 55 Andrei Nikitenko, 15 Igor Velichkin - 7 Sergei Shumakov.

1st period
	05:05
	06:06
	07:34
	10:56
	11:17
	12:32
1st intermission
2nd period
	23:35
	25:18
	25:59
	30:05
	39:42
2nd intermission
3rd period
	42:52
	50:37
	50:37
	51:45
	52:51
	53:40
	56:05
	56:18
	59:19
	59:49
Final