Avangard – Ak Bars | 2:3 (after OT) | | | Barys – Torpedo | 4:2 (end) | | | HC Yugra – Dynamo | 1:4 (end) |
Dennis Mende
Goals and assists:
16. Syomin (Frolov), 21. Syomin (Frolov) – 3. Petrov (Nikulin, Tereshchenko), 7. Burmistrov (Stapleton, Heshka), 63. Pesonen
Referees: Belov, Komarov – Misyur, Raming
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Avangard Omsk:
Garon (Kostin) – Kulyash, Pivtsakin, Baranka, Blatak, Yegorshev, Vorobyov, Lyamin, Milyukov – Syomin, Kostitsyn, Frolov, Popov, Perezhogin, Kazionov, Kvasha, Ivanov, Badyukov, Kalinin, Mozer, Berdnikov
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Ak Bars Kazan: Garipov (Yaroslavlev) – Nikulin, Korneyev, Heshka, Medvedev, Osipov, Panin, Yarullin – Pesonen, Tereshchenko, Petrov, Stapleton, Varnakov, Burmistrov, Bodrov, Obukhov, Vincour, Golubev, Svechnikov, Tkachyov, Lukoyanov
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Ak Bars Kazan: Garipov (Yaroslavlev) – Nikulin, Korneyev, Heshka, Medvedev, Osipov, Panin, Yarullin – Pesonen, Tereshchenko, Petrov, Stapleton, Varnakov, Burmistrov, Bodrov, Obukhov, Vincour, Golubev, Svechnikov, Tkachyov, Lukoyanov
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Referees: Belov, Komarov – Misyur, Raming
Attendance:
Shots on goal: Avangard 0 (38) – Ak Bars 3 (21)
JANNE PESONEN decides the match in favour of Ak Bars with a goal from short distance after Garon failed to stop a shot from the right wing!
Shots on goal: Avangard 12 (38) – Ak Bars 2 (18)
Shots on goal: Avangard 12 (26) – Ak Bars 10 (16)
The hosts started with a man more into the middle period due to the penalty against Burmistrov late in the previous period and early in their power play they are able to score the equalizer! After a pass from behind the net by Alexander Frolov his team mate DMITRY SYOMIN scored with a one-timer from short distance! In the exact same constellation they already had scored their previous goal!
Assisted by Alexander Frolov.
Shots on goal: Avangard 14 – Ak Bars 6
And with the delayed penatly the hosts are able to score the 1-2! DMITRY SYOMIN was the first to react out of the crowd in front of the Ak Bars net and fired the puck past Garipov into the right corner!
Assisted by Alexander Frolov.
The guests from Tatarstan show why they are the leaders in the East. With little efforts they are able to score goals. ALEXANDER BURMISTROV tried it from the right circle and the puck went past the crowd in front of the Avangard net to beat Garon into the right top corner! The home goalie didn't look too good in this situation!
Assisted by Tim Stapleton and Shaun Heshka.
The guests take over the initiative from the very first moment and are already in front 1-0. After a pass from behind the net it was KIRILL PETROV who fired a one-timer from within the slot past the chanceless Garon!
Assisted by Ilya Nikulin and Alexei Tereshchenko.
Avangard Omsk: Garon (Kostin) – Kulyash, Pivtsakin, Baranka, Blatak, Yegorshev, Vorobyov, Lyamin, Milyukov – Syomin, Kostitsyn, Frolov, Popov, Perezhogin, Kazionov, Kvasha, Ivanov, Badyukov, Kalinin, Mozer, Berdnikov
Ak Bars Kazan: Garipov (Yaroslavlev) – Nikulin, Korneyev, Heshka, Medvedev, Osipov, Panin, Yarullin – Pesonen, Tereshchenko, Petrov, Stapleton, Varnakov, Burmistrov, Bodrov, Obukhov, Vincour, Golubev, Svechnikov, Tkachyov, Lukoyanov
Referees: Belov, Komarov – Misyur, Raming
In September and October Avangard collected 9 consecutive wins which forced them to change their head coach in between. In their last two matches they were successful though at home against Vityaz Podolsk (3-1) and Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (5-1).
Today's opponents Ak Bars Kazan who won the Gagarin Cup, the KHL championship, in 2009 and 2010, are currently on top of the Eastern Conference with 33 points in 16 games and the clear favourites against Omsk.
Ak Bars won 7 out of their last 8 matches. They won all their last three away matches against Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk (4-3 OT), Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (3-2 SO) and Barys Astana (5-0).
If Avangard can continue with their positive trend or if Ak Bars defend their top position in the East to conclude their four game road trip, we'll see soon.