Riga – Salavat Yulaev 0:1 (end) | Lev – Ak Bars 3:4 (after SO)
final
Dinamo Riga
0:1 (0:0, 0:0, 0:1)
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.
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

    CZ@@Djob76

    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.