RIG 0:1 UFA | Dinamo Riga - Salavat Yulaev Ufa (Prague Hockey Cup)

Prague Hockey Cup

Riga – Salavat Yulaev

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3:4 (after SO)

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Dinamo Riga Latvia

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Salavat Yulaev Ufa

Thursday 15.08.2013, 13:00 • Tipsport Arena, Prague • Prague Hockey Cup

		Denis Khlystov's breakaway goal broke a scoreless tie with 3:15 to go. The 3 points for Ufa ties these teams, and they will now play tomorrow for 3rd place in the Prague Hockey Cup. Lev Praha-Ak Bars Kazan is still to come today, but regardless of the outcome they will play again in tomorrow's final. Shots on goal in the 3rd period (and game): Riga 6 (15), Ufa 7 (22). (15:07:15)
	60:00	Game over.
	59:18	Nizivijs leads a Riga rush, his shot is caught and held by Volkov though it was headed wide.
	58:38	Sedlacek is on the bench for a 6th Riga attacker.
	58:38	Timeout Riga. Sedlacek is standing on the ice still. We'll see if he stays at the bench.
	58:38	Puck goes into the Ufa bench, faceoff upcoming in the Ufa zone.
	57:38	Riga tries to go to the attack, now playing from behind, but unable to get any shots and the puck is cleared.
	56:45	Goal for Salavat Yulaev! DENIS KHLYSTOV catches up to a long pass at the Riga blueline and goes in alone on Sedlacek, dekes to the backhand and scores. Assist: Sergei Zinoviev, Stefan Ruzicka.
	56:29	Bukarts tries to lead a rush for Riga but he's forced to dump it in, Volkov covers.
	55:41	The puck goes out of play in the Ufa zone, faceoff inside.
	55:20	Now Meija dumps the puck in from the neutral zone, it bounces to Volkov, play continues in the Ufa zone.
	54:56	Back the other way again, Dzerzins with a wrister than Volkov catches and holds.
	54:46	At the other end, Sedlacek catches a shot headed wide and holds on.
	54:27	Indrasis set up in the slot but fires a wrister wide.
	52:10	Play in the neutral zone with Ufa back at full strength--Ufa got more shots shorthanded than Riga did on the power play.
	51:46	Koltsov a shot from the point, stick save Sedlacek.
	51:43	Alexander Mereskin leads a shorthanded rush and forces a faceoff in the Riga zone with :15 left in the penalty.
	50:36	The puck deflects out of play in the Ufa zone, faceoff inside with 1:22 left in the penalty.
	49:58	Alexander Stepanov going off for hooking. Both teams 0/3 on the power play so far, but Riga's play has picked up this period, so this may their chance.
	49:17	Puck deflected out of play in the Riga zone, faceoff inside.
	48:51	Offside Riga.
	48:23	At the other end, Brent Sopel's shot hits the top of the boards and goes up out of play. Faceoff outside the Riga zone.
	46:20	Riga threatening, the pass comes to Szczechura in the slot but he's wrapped up by an Ufa defenceman and can't get a shot away.
	46:40	From the blueline, Kuzmenkovs's shot gets away from him and it sails over the glass into the netting. Faceoff outside the Ufa zone. Well apparently it was tipped because the faceoff's being moved inside.
	43:42	Khlystov dodges a check at the blueline and fires a shot that is labelled for the inside of the far post, but Sedlacek gets a piece of it to deflect it just wide.
	43:19	Hand pass Riga in the attacking zone, faceoff outside.
	41:55	A flurry in front of the Ufa goal with Volkov down, but no Riga player can get to the loose puck and it's cleared.
	20:36	Offside Ufa.
	20:06	Off the opening draw, the puck went into the Ufa zone and Indrasis fired a backhander, kicked out by Volkov.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
		The teams are returning to the ice, and the 3rd period will begin shortly.
		The 2nd period began slowly, and Riga was kept from registering a shot for more than half the period as they had to kill off a couple of penalties, but they finally started to push offensively in the last half of that period. Shots on goal in the 2nd period (and game): Riga 5 (9), Ufa 12 (15). 3rd period begins at 14:33 CEST.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:48	Ruzicka with the quick shot off the draw, caught and held by Sedlacek.
	39:44	Icing Riga.
	39:02	Nizivijs circles the net with the puck, centres for Meija but Volkov hauls in the one-time slapper. Maybe his biggest stop of the game.
	37:42	Filatov with a low shot late in the power play, Makarov got the rebound and tried to find an opening but couldn't get a shot through, and finally Sedlacek covers it. Ufa now 0/3 with the man advantage.
	36:31	Vitali Proshkin wth the slapper, deflected off the post by Pankov, and finally Sedlacek covers. :58 left in the penalty.
	35:29	Arvids Rekis with the hat trick of penalties now, this time for tripping. It hasn't cost his team so far, but Ufa going to the power play for the third time.
	35:10	Now the puck is deflected out of play in the Riga zone--faceoff inside.
	34:52	Skvorcovs with a dangerous-looking wrister from his off-wing, blocker save Volkov.
	33:55	Bukarts on the rush, pad save Volkov. Riga starting to pile up the shots now.
	33:25	Rodrigo Lavins takes a slapper from the neutral zone, stick save Volkov.
	31:55	Meija set up in the slot, but he gets a weak shot away and Volkov makes a pad save, then Nizivijs from the boards and Volkov stops that too. The puck is then cleared.
	31:21	Back the other way, Stefan Ruzicka with a slapper on an Ufa rush, stopped and held by Sedlacek.
	31:05	Marcel Hascak shoots from the corner, gloved by Volkov, though I'm not sure it was headed on goal. Riga still shotless this period.
	30:16	Babchuk with a low slapper from the point, scooped up by Sedlacek. Ufa now 0/2 on the power play.
	29:40	Ufa applying pressure but not able to beat Sedlacek. Their best chances was a wraparound attempt by Hartikainen, but he was denied. Now just :07 left in the penalty.
	28:40	Riga looking strong on the kill, they've iced twice.
	27:47	Arvids Rekis going back to the box, this time for hooking. Neither power play has generated much this game, but Ufa's first attempt was the most dangerous so far, and now they get their second.
	26:45	Riga unable to generate anything on that power play, they're now 0/3.
	24:43	Riga going to the power play, as Vladimir Denisov is called for holding in front of his net.
	23:39	The puck slides to Volkov, who covers it at the side of the net.
	22:50	Riga back at full strength, as they clear the puck from their zone once more.
	22:13	Anton Babchuk the shot from the point, stick save Sedlacek, followed by a big scramble in the crease, finally the puck was cleared.
	21:26	Vitali Proshkin tried to cut out of the corner with the puck, but he was knocked down and never got a shot away.
	20:30	Early in the 2nd, Arvids Rekis is going to the box for interference as he threw a pick at the blueline, sending Ufa to the power play
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		The teams are back on the ice and the 2nd period faceoff is moments away.
		A lot of neutral zone play combined with some dump-and-chase hockey that period. Few shots or scoring chances. Shots on goal: Riga 4, Ufa 3. 2nd period begins at 13:45 CEST.
	20:00	1st period finished.
	18:41	Ufa goes off-side on the shoot-in. Faceoff at centre ice.
	16:20	Ufa is now back to full strength, Riga unable to get a shot on goal that power play--they're now 0/2.
	14:50	Riga goes offiside, getting a little too cute at the line. 1:27 left in the power play.
	14:17	Meija leads a Riga rush but is chopped by Nikita Filatov as he crosses the line, and the Ufa forward goes off for slashing. Riga is 0/1 on the power play.
	13:10	Hascak takes a shot for Riga, it's deflected wide and ends up on the back of the Ufa net. After players are unable to move it, the referee stops play. Faceoff inside.
	09:06	A quick shot by Lavins off the draw goes off Volkov's glove and dribbles just wide of the post.
	09:03	And now Riga is quick on the counterattack but Volkov makes a couple of saves, then covers the puck.
	08:45	Hartikainen shoots for Ufa, another pad save by Sedlacek.
	07:36	Icing Riga.
	06:05	Oskars Cibulskis stands up Igor Musatov at the line as the latter was trying to beat him entering the Riga zone.
	04:33	Now Riga rushes and the shot by Kyle Wilson is caught and held by Volkov.
	04:22	Offside Ufa.
	03:58	Hartikainen gets a shot on goal just as the penalty expires, kicked out by Sedlacek. Both teams now back at full strength.
	02:55	Ufa penalty is over, they're now on the power play, play in the Riga zone.
	02:12	Dzerins shoots on a Riga rush, caught and held by Volkov.
	01:58	The Riga power play is over, as Alexandrs Nizivijs gets called for tripping in the attacking zone. We'll play 4-on-4 for :51.
	01:18	Riga power play moves the puck around, Bukarts takes a one-timer that's high and Volkov catches it.
	00:49	The first whistle of this game is for a high-sticking penalty, as Ufa's Denis Khlystov clipped Paul Szczechura in the face with the stick in the attacking zone. The trainer looks briefly at Szczechura on the bench, but he seems ok. Riga to the power play.
	00:01	Game started.
		The teams are on the ice and the start of the game is minutes away. Dinamo Riga is the home team for this game, they are dressed in their familiar burgundy uniforms with white, silver and black trim, black pants and burgundy helmets. Salavat Yulaev Ufa is dressed in white uniforms with green and blue trim, green pants and white helmets.
		Starting Lineups: Dinamo Riga: Sedláček (Tellqvist) – Rekis, Ozolinš, Redlihs, Sotnieks, Lavinš, Cibulskis, Siksna – Bukarts, Szczechura, Indrašis – Hossa, Wilson, Cipulis – Niživijs, Džerinš, Meija, – Skvorocovs, Kuzmenkovs, Hascak – Sarkanis. Salavat Yulaev Ufa: Volkov (Vasilevsky) – Proshkin, Babchuk, Konev, Sopel, Denisov, Gurkin, Koltsov, Zubarev, Isangulov – Růžička, Zinoviev, Khlystov – Filatov, Makarov, Hartikainen – Musatov, Glukhov, Stepanov – Slepyshev, Mereskin, Pankov – Dubrovsky. Referees: Olenin, Rönn – Hlavatý, Lederer.
		Welcome. This game starts at 13:00 CEST.

Commentary by

Derek OBrien

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Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 57. Khlystov (Zinoviev, Ruzicka)

Dinamo Riga: Sedláček (Tellqvist) – Rekis, Ozolinš, Redlihs, Sotnieks, Lavinš, Cibulskis, Siksna – Bukarts, Szczechura, Indrašis – Hossa, Wilson, Cipulis – Niživijs, Džerinš, Meija, – Skvorocovs, Kuzmenkovs, Hascak – Sarkanis.

Salavat Yulaev Ufa: Volkov (Vasilevsky) – Proshkin, Babchuk, Konev, Sopel, Denisov, Gurkin, Koltsov, Zubarev, Isangulov – Růžička, Zinoviev, Khlystov – Filatov, Makarov, Hartikainen – Musatov, Glukhov, Stepanov – Slepyshev, Mereskin, Pankov – Dubrovsky.

Referees: Olenin, Rönn – Hlavatý, Lederer.

1st period
	00:49
	01:58
	14:17
1st intermission
2nd period
	20:30
	24:43
	27:47
	35:29
2nd intermission
3rd period
	49:58
	56:45
Final