MYT 3:2 ZAG | Atlant Mytishchi - Medvescak Zagreb (KHL)

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final/OT

Atlant Mytishchi

3:2 (0:0, 0:0, 2:2)

Medvescak Zagreb

Sunday 22.09.2013, 15:00 • Arena Mytishchi, Mytishchi, Russia • KHL

		A very hard game in the end finishes in overtime with Evgeny Artyukhin getting new points for his team. Croatians were unlucky to snap a win today. Thank you for following the game with us, until next time, goodbye. (17:41:26)
		Overtime summary: Shots on goal: ATL 3 (46) – ARTYUKHIN, Engqvist, Atyushov MED 1 (41) – Murley Faceoffs: ATL 1 (37), MED 1 (38) No penalties in overtime. Penalties overall: ATL 6, MED 6 Ice leaders: ATL – Roman Rukavishnikov – 22:04 MED – Ivan Svarny – 22:25.
		Game over.
	61:23	Goal for Atlant! EVGENY ARTYUKHIN brings the game to a close as he scores taking the puck into the zone on the right side and goes to the middle firing a preciese shot to the upper left corner from the slot and wins the game. Unassisted.
	61:09	Dekanich saves the net as the puck is left on the edge of the crease.
	60:56	Dekanich makes another save as Atlant get into the zone and circle the net.
	60:31	Medvescak take the offensive at the beginning, Letang takes a shot from the blue on the left, but it's wide to the right.
	60:01	Overtime began.
		Shots on goal: ATL 11, MED 21 Faceoff: ATL 17, MED 10 Penalties: ATL 2, MED 2. Overtime coming up.
		Third period doesn't bring the winner despite the game has opened and brough altogether four goals.
	60:00	3rd period finished.
	59:00	One minute to go, could we take it to overtime?
	58:40	Dekanich is back in net for Medvescak.
	58:40	Goal for Medvescak! They acknowledge it, as MATTHIEU CARLE puts it in after a shot from the blue got to Matt Murley who passes immediately to the other side, to the right, and it's left there open, Carle skates onto it and scores dislocating the net, but it crossed the line before.
	58:12	Medvescak will go with the extra attacker as they pull the goalie.
	58:12	Medvescak take the timeout.
	58:12	Two quick shots from the visiting side after faceoffs, no luck.
	58:00	Two minutes to go in regulation.
	57:24	Matt Murley takes a hard slapper from outside the zone, Galimov is forced to cover it and Cheechoo goes into a brawl with Alexei Petrov behind the net. Nothing serious, so they play will continue deep in Atlant's zone.
	57:05	The Croats want to go on the offense now, but the play is stopped for offside.
	56:46	Medvescak played an excellent penalty kill not allowing a single shot on net as they go back to full strength.
	55:22	Solid penalty kill in the first minute of the powerplay, Medvescak keep the puck out of the zone and Atlant restart from behind the net.
	54:46	Boarding call on Ivan Svarny (MED) behind his own net and Medvescak will go to the penalty kill.
	53:44	Alexei Mikhonov takes the puck into the zone on the left, leaves it for Andreas Engqvist, who gets it right back to him on the right post, but the tip in is a bit wide and he collides with the net dislocating it.
	52:43	Atlant take the momentum and keep putting pressure in the zone, while Medvescak are forced to dump the pucks away.
	51:29	Atlant is back at full strength.
	51:13	Kurtis Foster was oncoming in the slot and the feed is sent to him, though he fires a bit wide to the left.
	50:45	Thomas tries to find Montador at the left post for a tip in, but he gets cut by Galimov's stick.
	49:57	Medvescak take a couple of shots on net on the powerplay, none of them jeopardizing Galimov who successfully deflects.
	49:29	Atlant will go a man down as Aleyxander Kadeikin gets called for interference.
	48:07	Goal for Atlant! Off the faceof on the right Rafael Batyrshin gets the puck to the goal line and sends a feed to the middle where he finds KONSTANTIN KOLTSOV in the slot and just outside the crease who tips it in to give the hosts the edge again. What a wild game in the past few minutes. Assist: Rafael Batyrshin.
	47:16	The game is bound to open a bit now as both teams are level again, while Atlant takes two hard shots on Dekanich, who makes pad saves from either side.
	46:21	Goal for Medvescak! It's NATHAN PERKOVICH that gets the reply immediately after a solid offensive display from Medvescak, and Boyd Kane forwards the pass from the left to him on the left post, all he does is tip it easily in. Assists: Boyd Kane, Patrick Bjorkstrand.
	45:38	Atlant got some courage following the lead and take a breakaway 3-on-2, but Evgeny Artyukhin's shot from the right side coming off the feed from the left is somehow deflected by Dekanich.
	44:57	Goal for Atlant! On a delfected shot from the slot, BOBBY SANGUINETTI breaks the even score and gets the hosts up front scoring in practically the empty net while Dekanich can't retrieve. Assist: Alexei Mikhonov, Juha-Pekka Haataja.
		Vitaly Novopashin leaves the bench for the locker room limping, and will receive treatment. We hope it's nothing serious.
	43:18	Boyd Kane found himself with a left puck by Bjorkstrand and with a lot of room to take a shot on net, but the shot was so weak Galimov didn't even get the feel on it.
	42:38	Neither team can get possession nor organization lately, so the play is mainly in the neutral zone.
	41:34	Atlant ice the puck again going on the offense, while Medvescak can't get possession.
	40:26	The first shot in the final period of regulation is taken by Medvescak coming from the left faceoff circle, but gets deflected into the protective net.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
		The players are getting back onto the ice for the third period.
		Action continues at 16:39 CET, 18:39 MSK 10:39 EDT.
		Shots on goal: ATL 14 (32), MED 9 (19) Faceoffs: ATL 10 (19), MED 15 (27) Penalties: ATL 2 (4), MED 2 (4) Ice leaders: ATL – Rafael Batyrshin – 13:12 MED – Alan Letang – 15:37.
		The horn sound ends the second period and we're still goalless after 40 minutes of hockey. Medvescak played a better period pressurizing Atlant who had to defend desperately come the beginning of the period. Overall we have a good game with neither team getting the edge in it.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:51	A shot with a sharp angle for Rafael Batyrshin as he cricles the net coming to the right post, though gets cut by Dekanich.
	39:13	Finally we have some action in the zone as Atlant continues to put constant pressure on Dekanich firing from all spots, but he handles things pretty well lately, catching the shots instead of deflecting.
	39:00	One minute to go in the second period.
	38:36	A lot of traffic n front of Dekanich as Roman Rukavishnikov takes a shot from the right, but he can't hold onto it with players falling in the crease and the referee stops the play.
	38:19	Dekanich makes another save as the game slowly get back into the previous pace rather than a lullaby.
	37:41	Bill Thomas takes a shot from the right side to the near post, but Galimov stones him cold.
	36:55	Dekanich is forced to make a save and cover the puck coming from the middle.
	36:07	No offensive action or organization on either side, so nothing serious is going on, the game has calmed a bit.
	34:46	Cheechoo tries to find Thomas in the zone to put him into a scoring opportunity but gets denied by the defence in the final moments.
	33:57	Sasa Martinovic is able to get a shot turning at the blueline on the right, easy deflection for Galimov and the defence takes it away.
	32:52	Another icing call on Atlant, while neither team is now able to organize offensive-wise.
	31:44	Atlant take a little domination on the offense taking a few shots, but nothing serious to threaten Dekanich.
	30:41	Linglett leaves the puck at the edge of the circle for Brian Willsie on the right, but being surrounded by three D-men all he gets is interception.
	30:00	Atlant is playing at full strength.
	29:27	Bill Thomas gets the deflected puck off the boards right at the right post with lot of time, but in the end gets stoned by Galimov.
	28:47	Carle gets the short pass to Charles Lignlett who tries with a one-timer from the slot, though it's way over the bar.
	28:25	Atlant clear the danger, so Medvescak restarts from behind Dekanich with Willsie.
	28:00	Cross-checking call on Mikhail Glukhov (ATL) and Medvescak will get the chance to produce something with a man advantage.
	27:41	Jonathan Cheechoo takes a high shot from the slot as Medvescak finally organize in the zone, though gets denied to the right by Galimov.
	26:44	Medvescak back at full strength.
	26:33	With :11 left on the PP Batyrshin takes a hard slapper from the spot at the blueline, Dekanich deflects but can't locate the puck as it goes over to the netting.
	26:03	Atlant completely dominate on the powerplay, before letting the puck slip across the blue and will have to restart.
	25:12	Atlant start over behind the net, and take it in on the right side, but Atyushov's feed to Kadeikin is wide of the post by inches.
	24:44	Slashing call on Charles Linglett (MED), so Atlant will get their second powerplay chance.
	24:36	Another stoppage in play for an offside coming from Medvescak.
	24:11	Far too many stoppages in play this period as Atlant ice the puck a couple of times being pressured by Medvescak.
	23:24	Matt Murley gets the puck behind the goal line on the left and sends the pass to the middle straight away, though no one is there but Foster will keep it in to put his team mate in a chance, Galimov is there to make the save from the left.
	23:04	Atlant ice the puck once again trying to clear the danger, but it come right back deep into their zone.
	22:16	Medvescak can't work out the transition as Patrik Bjorkstrand is stopped in the neutral zone with the puck and has no one to pass to.
	21:47	Kadeikin is a bit too quick to enter the zone than the puck, so he's called for offside.
	21:20	Icing Atlant.
	20:42	Bill Thomas came just wide of the net to the right as the feed was sent by Matt Murley for a tip-in.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		Second period coming up at 15:58 CET, 17:58 MSK, 09:58 EDT.
		Shots on goal: ATL 18, MED 10 Faceoffs: ATL 9, MED 12 Penalties: ATL 2, MED 2 Powerplay: ATL 0/1, MED 0/1 Ice leaders: ATL – Rafael Batyrshin – 7:12 MED – Alan Letang – 8:24.
		Atlhough it may seem balanced and hard fought, Atlant mostly dominated both on powerplay and full strength taking 18 shots on net, as opposition to Medvescak's 10. Neither team takes the initiative and proves to be super strong, but the game could be one-way if Medvescak don't imrpove their game both ways.
	20:00	1st period finished.
	19:38	Dekanich deflects a shot from the righ only for Igor Radulov in the slot who takes no chances and fires at the net, but it's deflected away into the netting.
	19:00	One minute left in the first period.
	18:50	Artyukhin and Kadeikin play a few passes at the boards until a shot is fired from the blueline, but another miscommunication defensively by Medvescak leads to another shot by Atlant, though it's wide to the left.
	17:52	A great left puck for Ivan Svarny who takes a hard slapshot from the left side halfway between the blue and the circle, though gets rejected by Galimov.
	17:35	Although Medvescak had a clear restart from behind the net, their feed sent up front misses everyone and goes for icing.
	16:12	It could have gone to glory for Atlant as Dekanich couldn't have stopped the puck but it slipped through his legs and went to the left, though the oncoming forward wasn't precise enough before Dekanich could reocover to the post.
	15:29	Dekanich makes another save as the puck bounces off someone's skate and jumps on the ice, but he's concentrated and deflects to the right.
	15:10	Alexei Mikhonov makes a beautiful blind pass from the verge of the right circle to leave the puck for Juha-Pekka Haataja to take a shot deeper in the zone, though Dekanich holds onto it.
	14:16	Alexander Kadeikin receives a pass deep in Medvescak zone but can't go to the slot through three players and gets dominated.
	13:14	Miscommunication in Atlant's defence between the defencemen and the goalie leads to two shots for the Croats, but both go wide of the net.
	13:01	Another offiside by Medvescak.
	12:03	Ryan Vesce played a double pass with Atlant's defenceman's skate, but the shot from the right circle never makes it to Galimov through the scramble.
	11:43	Atlant ice the puck as Alexei Mikhonov can't beat the call.
	11:23	Still Medvescak stay in the zone as the powerplay expires and the puck comes from behind the goal line to Sasa Martinovic on the left blueline, but the shot is stopped by Galimov on the left post.
	10:56	Atlant is back at full strength.
	10:39	Galimov on the save as Kurtis Foster takes a wrister from the blue off the faceoff.
	10:28	Medvescak finally organize in the zone and keep the puck in, though it's powerplay, and find an open spot but the shot from the right circle is deflected into the netting up high.
	09:51	Medvescak is back at full strenght and will try to take advantage of the man up in the next minute.
	09:17	Still Atlant continue to put pressure as Roman Rukavishnikov wristshots on Dekanich coming off the right circle, easy save.
	08:56	Atlant blew their chance on the powerplay as Vitaly Novopashin (ATL) is called for tripping. 4-on-4 hockey coming up.
	08:41	Evgeny Artyukhin takes an easy shot on Dekanich from the blue as he enters the zone, so we'll have a faceoff in Medvescak's end.
	08:13	Vitaly Atyushov takes a hard slapper off the blueline as Atlant keep looking for open spots on the first powerplay of the game.
	07:51	Hooking call for Luke Walker (MED) who got his stick on Sanguinetti, but actually saved his team as he was going for a breakaway on the goalie alone.
	07:12	Charles Linglet takes the puck in on the right, but they're whistled down for offside.
	06:22	Right off the faceoff on the left side comes a shot by Atlant, Dekanich makes a big glove save going for the upper right.
	06:17	Igor Radulov finds himself in front of the net with the puck coming from the left wing, though the shot from the slot is easily picked up by Dekanich.
	05:28	Yaroslav Dyblenko seems to have acquired a bruise on the previous play and stays on the ice, so we have a stoppage for him to go back to the bench with help of his team mates.
	05:01	Atlant in action again with a pass from the left to the opposite side as it goes slow, but the tip-in is a bit too late.
	04:39	Novopashin dumps the puck in but gets intercepted so Atlant will start over from their end.
	03:37	Medvescak had to start deep in their zone as the net came loose again, but won the faceoff as Thomas took the attack over the left wing and got a blind pass back to the blueline for Sasa Martinovic, though his one-timer is easily deflected aside.
	02:39	Atlant take the puck into the zone and fire hard from the blueline on the right, though Dekanich is focused and deflects with his stick.
	01:33	Dekanich makes two saves in a row as Atlant come strong realy on but Medvescak make some mistakes defensively to allow Juha-Pekka Haataja to take a shot from the slot.
		The net at Dekanich's side is dislocated so we have a little stoppage.
	01:06	Medvescak try to go on the attack but the pass is too fast for Walker and the puck goes icing.
	00:48	Galimov is forced to make the first save for the stoppage and the game will restart deep into Atlant zone.
	00:08	As the game started Medvescak had a chance from the slot and immediately the puck is taken to the other side where Atlant had their first shot. A wild start to the game.
	00:01	Game started.
		Starting lineups: Atlant Mytishchi: Galimov (Borisov) – Glukhov, Kablukov, Batyrshin, Rukavishnikov, Koltsov – Novopashin, Mikhnov, Engqvist, Sanguinetti, Haataja – Dyblenko, Artyukhin, Petrov, Kadeikin, Shmelyov – Velikov, Trubachyov, Radulov, Atyushov, Yashin Medvescak Zagreb: Dekanich (Vasiljevic) – Montador, Walker, Glumac, Murray, Letang – Linglet, Vesce, Martinovic, Willsie, Carle – Thomas, Svarny, Cheechoo, Murley, Foster – Koren, Kane, Bjorkstrand, Perkovich Referees: Belyayev, Oskirko – Petrov, Fateyev.
		The national anthems are being played.
		Welcome. Game starts at 15:00 CET, 17:00 MSK, 09:00 EDT.

Commentary by

Alan Ilijic

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 45. Sanguinetti (Mikhonov, Haataja), 49. Koltsov (Batyrshin), 62. Artyukhin – 47. Perkovich (Kane, Bjorkstrand), 59. Carle

Atlant Mytishchi: Galimov (Borisov) – Glukhov, Kablukov, Batyrshin, Rukavishnikov, Koltsov – Novopashin, Mikhnov, Engqvist, Sanguinetti, Haataja – Dyblenko, Artyukhin, Petrov, Kadeikin, Shmelyov – Velikov, Trubachyov, Radulov, Atyushov, Yashin

Medvescak Zagreb: Dekanich (Vasiljevic) – Montador, Walker, Glumac, Murray, Letang – Linglet, Vesce, Martinovic, Willsie, Carle – Thomas, Svarny, Cheechoo, Murley, Foster – Koren, Kane, Bjorkstrand, Perkovich

Referees: Belyayev, Oskirko – Petrov, Fateyev

Attendance: n/a

1st period
	07:51
	08:56
1st intermission
2nd period
	24:44
	28:00
2nd intermission
3rd period
	44:57
	46:21
	48:07
	49:29
	54:46
	58:40
After 3rd period
Overtime
	61:23
Final/OT