Riga – Salavat Yulaev 3:4 (after SO) | Lev – Ak Bars 4:1 (end)
final
Lev Praha
4:1 (1:0, 2:1, 1:0)
Ak Bars Kazan
Friday 16.08.2013, 17:30 • Tipsport Arena, Prague • Prague Hockey Cup
     
    Team MVPs for the tournament . . .

    AK Bars Kazan: Alexander Burmistrov, Lev Praha: Michal Birner.

    Tournament MVP: Miks Indrasis, Dinamo Riga.

    Best Goalie: Atte Engren, Lev.
    Best Defenceman: Sandis Ozolins, Riga.
    Best Forward: Tim Stapleton, Kazan. (19:46:44)
     
    Well that's it, and HC Lev Praha claims the Prague Hockey Cup with a 4-1 victory over AK Bars Kazan. Lev was especially strong on the power play.
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:00
    Into the last minute, and fans start to stand and cheer the impending Lev victory.
     
    57:51
    Alexander Burmistrov with a nice solo effort, weaves his way in, then tries to go upstairs with the shot and fires it over the glass. Faceoff outside.
     
    56:15
    Pushing and shoving in the corner, and Azevedo just levels Abdullin, play continues.
     
    55:00
    Goal for Lev!
    The Lev pressure kept up and finally NICKLAS DANIELSSON puts it in, standing on the doorstep he re-directed Zherdev's pass from the corner. Assists: Nikolay Zherdev, Nathan Oystrick.
     
    54:45
    Pressure from Lev now and Krejcik's shot from the point is gloved by Garipov.
     
    54:05
    Lukoyanov turns and fires from the boards, stick save Vehanen.
     
    53:02
    Birner shoots from the boards, Garipov gets an arm on it.
     
    52:10
    Lev rush, Zherdev's shot deflected off the glass, play continues.
     
    51:23
    Garipov catches a shot headed wide, then holds on.
     
    51:15
    Icing Kazan.
     
    50:34
    Bourque with the low shot, stick save Vehanen.
     
    50:15
    Icing Kazan, who are now back at full strength after that kill.
     
    49:35
    This time Zherdev down low feeds Martin Sevc sneaking in from the point, he hits Garipov in the pad from point blank.
     
    48:40
    Zherdev down low to Danielsson in front for the one-timer, wide.
     
    48:11
    Ilya Nikulin called for kneeing in the Lev zone, which just about starts another skirmish, but it's avoided. Lev to the power play.
     
    47:27
    Repik on the rush, his wrister is caught and held by Garipov.
     
    47:03
    No penalties on the play, faceoff in the Kazan zone following the icing.
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

    CZ@@Djob76

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 20. Kapanen (Oystrick, Zherdev), 31. Kapanen (Oystrick, Danielsson), 37. Thornberg (Zaricksson, Sekac), 55. Danielsson (Zherdev, Oystrick) – 39. Vincour (Bourque)

    Lev Praha: Vehanen (Lukáš) – Oystrick, Nakládal, Ševc, Humphries, Jaakola, Porseland, Krejčík, Mäenpää – Danielsson, Kapanen, Zherdev – Birner, Vrána, Řepík – Ridderwall, Azevedo, Kubalík – Sekáč, Zackrisson, Thörnberg – Cingel, Rachůnek.
    Ak Bars Kazan: Garipov (Konstantinov) – Korneyev, Nikulin, Medvedev, Heshka, Panin, Osipov, Zakharchuk, Yarullin – Stapleton, Burmistrov, Varnakov – Vincour, Svitov, Bourque – Lukoyanov, Tkachyov, Petrov – Obukhov, Abdullin, Golubev.
    Referees: Olenin, Bulanov – Hlavatý, Tošenovjan