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Dinamo Riga
2:1 (2:0, 0:0, 0:1)
HC Dinamo Minsk
Thursday 05.09.2013, 18:30 • Arena Riga • KHL
     
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    Dinamo Riga opens the new season with a well-deserved 2:1 victory over Dinamo Minsk. For the first half of the game Riga was without a doubt the superior team, scoring two goals. Early in the third Minsk finally beat Tellqvist, but for the next 14 minutes failed to tie the game.

    Shots on goal: Riga 3 (20) – Minsk 6 (17)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:42
    Meleshko found himself alone in front of the net, however Tellqvist saved the game for Riga.
     
    59:25
    Puck leaves Riga's defensive zone.
     
    59:15
    Minsk pulls goalie.
     
    58:54
    Surovy makes a wonderful pass in front of Tellqvist's net but Irgl fails to reach it.
     
    58:02
    Great pressure by Miks Indrasis stops Minsk from beginning an attack.
     
    57:38
    Visiting team timeout.
     
    57:38
    Yet another unsuccessful pass and icing for Minsk.
     
    57:02
    A two-on-one counter attack for Riga. Andris Dzerins decides to shoot, but his wrist shot gets stopped.
     
    55:56
    A slap shot by Tomas Surovy stopped by Tellqvist.
     
    55:43
    Riga plays very smart and cautious hockey. Minsk fails to create any scoring chances at the moment.
     
    55:06
    Another icing by Minsk.
     
    54:13
    Marcel Hascak beats two defenders and ends up alone in front of the net, but his backhand shot get easily stopped by Lalande.
     
    53:51
    Icing by Minsk.
     
    53:18
    Dinamo Riga is playing very slowly at their own end. Minsk hasn't had a shot on goal for a while now.
     
    50:12
    A backhand shot by Gints Meija gets easily stopped by Lalande.
     
    47:44
    Minsk continues to control the puck.
     
    46:25
    Home team timeout.
    Commentary by

    Didzis Rudmanis

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 2. Meija (Hossa), 10. Wilson (Redlihs, Hossa) – 47. Micflikier (Krajicek)

    Dinamo Riga: Tellqvist (Cimermanis) – Ozolins, Redlihs, Sotnieks, Robinson, Cibulskis, Siksna, Pujacs – Kuzmenkovs, Wilson, Dzerins, Szczechura, Cipulis, Indrasis, Bukarts, Hascak, Pavlovs, Hossa, Meija, Upitis
    HC Dinamo Minsk: Lalande (Haugen) – Meech, Shinkevich, Filichkin, Lisovets, Krajicek, Chernook, Goroshko – Micflikier, Drozd, Dadonov, Platt, Meleshko, Irgl, Stas, Yefimenko, Surovy, Pavlovich, Kitarov, Gavrus, Kiryushchenkov
    Referees: Gashilov, Shchenyov – Lazarev, Shikhanov
    Attendance: 9250