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Avangard Omsk
0:5 (0:2, 0:0, 0:3)
Traktor Chelyabinsk
Friday 08.03.2013, 11:00 • KHL
     
    What a demonstration by Traktor in game #1 of this series!! After their early two-goal lead they defended well and even made it a 5-0 win during the third period!

    The good thing for Avangard is that they have the chance to fight back already tomorrow!

    Shots on goal: Avangard 11 (33) - Traktor 13 (33) (13:13:42)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    58:00
    Goal for Traktor!


    After a nice passing combination in front of the Avangard net it was PETRI KONTIOLA who stood completely alone at the second post and scored the 5-0 into the wide open net!!! Third power play goal for Traktor today!

    Assisted by Andrei Kostitsyn and Maxim Yakutsenya.
     
    57:47
    Blue line shot by Kositsyn, no danger for Rämö.
     
    56:52
    Sergei Kalinin (Avangard) gets two minutes for tripping.
     
    55:00
    Traktor keep defending without problems against the Avangard offense.
     
    53:00
    This double came at the worst possible time for Avangard. They are completely out of their rhythm now.
     
    51:42
    Anton Belov with a shot from the right wing into the gloves of Garnett.
     
    50:20
    Goal for Traktor!


    Game over for the home side!! Early in their power play Traktor scored from a short distance after a rebound! The shot came from Deron Quint and then EVGENY KUZNETSOV scored with the second try! Similar play as it was the case with the previous goal!

    Assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov.
     
    49:49
    Nikita Pivtsakin (Avangard) gets two minutes for roughing.
     
    49:34
    Goal for Traktor!


    After a pass from the right wing by Andrei Kostitsyn it was Vladimir Antipov who was stopped with a pad save by Rämö from short distance but the rebound came to ANDREI POPOV who scored the 3-0 for Traktor into the wide open net! Is this the decision in favour of the guests?

    Assisted by Vladimir Antipov and Andrei Kostitsyn.
     
    48:53
    Yakutsenya with an opportunity for Avangard from left to the net but Rämö made an easy glove save!
     
    48:00
    The guests restored much of their controll of this game.
     
    45:28
    Another big save by Garnett after a one-timer from the right wing!
     
    44:07
    The Traktor net was wide open for a second when Garnett was out of position but the following shot was blocked by a defender!
     
    43:42
    Short by the guests from a half left position, goes wide.
     
    42:18
    Huge opportunity by Kalinin from a short distance but Garnett makes the save in the last moment!
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Both teams started aggressive into the middle period with good chances on each side but the goalies did a great job. In two power plays Traktor failed to extended their 2-0 lead.

    Shorts on goal: Avangard 10 (22) - Traktor 10 (20)
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
    Commentary by

    Dennis Mende

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 5. Kontiola (Belov), 9. Nichushkin (Karpov, Dugin), 50. Popov (Antipov, Kostitsyn), 51. Kuznetsov (Quint), 58. Kontiola (Kostitsyn, Yakutsenya)

    Avangard Omsk: Rämö (Reizvikh) - Lyamin, Pivtsakin, Valentenko, Belov, Salmela, Pujacs, Gusev - Syomin, Volkov, Frolov, Popov, Perezhogin, Zaborsky, Kuryanov, Kalinin, Ivanov, Zherebtsov, Pervushin, Kuparinen, Taratukhin
    Traktor Chelyabinsk: Garnett (Mezin) - Quint, Ryabykin, Vasilchenko, Belov, Katichev, Razin, Nesterov - Chistov, Bulis, Kuznetsov, Kontiola, Yakutsenya, Panov, Popov, Kostitsyn, Antipov, Dugin, Glinkin, Nichushkin, Karpov
    Referees: Belov, Kulakov - Zakharenkov, Pavlov