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Ak Bars Kazan
6:0 (3:0, 1:0, 2:0)
Avangard Omsk
Sunday 15.09.2013, 15:30 • Tatneft Arena, Kazan, Russian Federation • KHL
     
    In a game that never had any question marks regarding the winner, Ak Bars take a huge home win 6:0. Thank you for following today's KHL action with us, we have games covered for you tomorrow as well. Until next time, goodbye. (17:51:08)
     
    Shots on goal: AKB 11 (33), AVG 6 (27)
    Faceoffs: AKB 10 (30), AVG 11 (35)
    Penalties: AKB 0 (8), AVG 8 (26)
    Ice leaders:
    AKB – Ilya Nikulin – 22:46
    AVG – Kiril Lyamin – 18:43
     
    A shutout victory for Ak Bars who humiliate Avangard taking the early lead in the first and then just finishing the job in the end. They look good both on offense and the defence, and play balanced hockey no matter whether they're man up or down.
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:51
    Goal for AK Bars!
    This is too much! Bars strike again, and demonstrate their power. KIRIL PETROV receives a feed from the blueline and being on the right post aims for the upper right corner, and scores past Kostin to seal the huge victory in this game.

    Assist: Dmitry Obukhov, Janne Pesonen.
     
    59:03
    Dmitry Semin tries to shoot from the left circle with less than a minute left in the game, gets denied by Garipov.
     
    58:47
    Evgeny Mozer (AVG) will get the gate for holding.
     
    58:00
    Two minutes left in the third period.
     
    57:23
    Varnakov of Bars gets a great feed at the blueline and goes alone with the goalie outskating the defenceman on his back, but Kostin is cool and makes the save.
     
    55:51
    Fantastic defensive play by Bars Kazan, defencemen helping out their goalie who throws himself for the puck and deflects the shot coming off the right side, while the defence is able to clear the danger away.
     
    55:17
    Garipov gets the hold of another shot as Mozer takes it into the zone and fires one up.
     
    55:02
    A shot is taken on Kostin from the middle, a fantastic glove save not to allow humiliation to go on.
     
    54:27
    A sloppy play in the Avangard's end leads to the puck leaving the offensive zone, and then Bars are offside trying to get back in.
     
    53:57
    Perezhogin with the puck in the neutral zone dumping it in, but Bars will take the new attack after having intercepted the pass.
     
    53:13
    Some offense by Avangard, they get the puck in over the left wing and shoot coming out of the circle, but Garipov is in place to make the save.
     
    52:43
    Lukoyanov takes the puck into the zone and gets the feed to the left circle for a wristshot, but Kostin makes the chest save.
     
    51:49
    Avangard back at full strength.
     
    51:40
    A shot coming from Evgeny Medvedev at the right circle is deflected by the defenceman in front.
     
    50:43
    Bars keep the puck inside the zone trying to get the opportunity to shoot, but with the lead so huge they try some new, tricky plays.
     
    50:03
    Ilya Nikulin wasn't able to keep the puck across the blueline, so is called for offside.
    Commentary by

    Alan Ilijic

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 11. Varnakov (Medvedev, Heshka), 12. Bourque (Tkachyov), 15. Stapleton (Burmistrov), 26. Burmistrov (Heshla, Stapleton), 45. Pesonen (Korneyev, Nikulin), 60. Petrov (Obukhov, Pesonen)

    Ak Bars Kazan: Garipov (Yaroslavlev) – Nikulin, Pesonen, Korneyev, Obukhov, Tkachyov – Varnakov, Heshka, Burmistrov, Medvedev, Petrov – Stapleton, Osipov, Panin, Vincour, Bourque – Golubev, Yarullin, Abdullin, Lukoyanov, Faizullin
    Avangard Omsk: Kostin (26') (Lassila) – Lyamin, Popov, Kulyash, Perezhogin, Zaborsky – Blatak, Semin, Kostitsyn, Frolov, Pivtsakin – Lukyanchikov, Kvasha, Baranka, Kalinin, Pyanov – Milyukov, Mozer, Ivanov, Badyukov, Semyonov
    Referees: Gusev, Sergeyev – Golovlyov, Shelyanin
    Attendance: n/a