Avangard – Admiral | 4:1 (end) | | | HC Yugra – Novosibirsk | 2:1 (end) | | | Avtomobilist – Novokuznetsk | 2:0 (end) |
Barys – Khabarovsk | 8:2 (end) | | | SKA St. Petersburg – Salavat Yulaev | 1:2 (end) | | | Riga – Lev | 1:2 (0:2 after SO) |
USA – Slovakia2 | 6:3 (end) | | | Sweden2 – Finland | 4:2 (end) | | | Canada2 – Czech Republic | 4:5 (1:2 after SO) |
Russia – Switzerland | 7:1 (end) |
final
Barys Nur-Sultan
8:2
(2:1, 4:0, 2:1)
Amur Khabarovsk
Alan Ilijic
Goals and assists:
12. Bochenski (Lundin), 16. Dawes (Barker, Bochenski), 22. Upper (Zhailauov), 24. Dawes (Boyd), 34. Bochenski (Boyd, Romanov), 36. Blokhin (Rudenko, Upper), 41. Lundin (Bochenski), 47. Dawes (Bochenski, Barker) – 20. Stepanov (LoginovV., Shishkanov), 57. Lugin (Dubinin)
Referees: Naumov, Ravodin – Misyur, Raming
Attendance: n/a
Penalty missed:
Barys Nur-Sultan:
Ahonen (Yeremeyev) – Dawes, Bochenski, Lundin, Boyd, Blokhin – Savchenko, Litvinenko, Rudenko, Starchenko, Antropov – Semyonov, Zhailauov, Barker, Upper, Romanov – Polishchuk, Tserenok, Panshin, Rakhmanov
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Coach:
Amur Khabarovsk: Murygin (Jarvinen) – Loginov A., Korotkov, Yunkov, Bykov, Petruzalek – Sedunov, Loginov V., Tarasov, Shishkanov, Stepanov – Yezhov, Dubinin, Lugin, Orlov, Bilalov – Teslenko, Smurov, Klimchuk, Teryayev, Abramov
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Coach:
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Amur Khabarovsk: Murygin (Jarvinen) – Loginov A., Korotkov, Yunkov, Bykov, Petruzalek – Sedunov, Loginov V., Tarasov, Shishkanov, Stepanov – Yezhov, Dubinin, Lugin, Orlov, Bilalov – Teslenko, Smurov, Klimchuk, Teryayev, Abramov
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Referees: Naumov, Ravodin – Misyur, Raming
Attendance: n/a
I'd like to nominate both Brandon Bochenski and Nigel Dawes for the MVP award. Namely, Bochenski racked up five points (2G, 3A) and was a killer on the ice, while Nigel Dawes worked perfect with him in the line and recorded a hattrick. The whole Barys team were super efficient, but those were a bit a bit above the others.
Blocked shots: BAR 1 (4), AMU 0 (0)
Faceoffs: BAR 12 (33), AMU 9 (29)
Hits: BAR 1 (6), AMU 1 (11)
Penalties: BAR 12 (30), AMU 0 (12)
Powerplay: BAR 5/6, AMU 1/4
Ice leaders:
BAR – Cam Barker – 20:56
AMU – Dmitry Bykov – 24:46.
Artyom Dubinin over the right and feeds diagonally to the left for DMITRY LUGIN who gets into the zone and as he gets to the circle fires a hard wrister precise high glove side and beats Ahonen.
Assist: Artyom Dubinin.
But now they score! We got some baseball caps down on the ice signaling NIGEL DAWES just scored a hattrick. Brandon Bochenski gets the diagonal pass from the right and finds Dawes skating in on the left beating Jarvinen with a single touch.
Assist: Brandon Bochenski, Cam Barker.
Less than a minute into the period, MIKE LUNDIN gets the backward pass from Bochenski inside the right circle near the slot and fires precisely to break through Jarvinen for another powerplay tally.
Assist: Brandon Bochenski.
Blocked shots: BAR 0 (3), AMU 0 (0)
Faceoffs: BAR 11 (21), AMU 11 (20)
Hits: BAR 0 (5), AMU 7 (10)
Penalties: BAR 14 (18), AMU 6 (10)
Powerplay: BAR 4/5, AMU 1/4
Ice leaders:
BAR – Mike Lundin – 15:32
AMU – Dmitry Bykov – 15:00.
Another powerplay goal, Jarvinen now concedes twice. EVGENY BLOKHIN scores a one-timer from the left on a passout just as they were exiting the wrap around.
Assists: Konstantin Rudenko, Dmitry Upper.
A shorthander to prove Barys are way over Amur today! After a mistake on the defence BRANDON BOCHENSKI breaks over the left and they go on 2-on-1, Bochenski makes the line pass from the circle, and gets the answer back, while he's already skated past the line, but gets the stick back and slides it in.
Assists: Dustin Boyd, Konstantin Romanov.
Another powerplay tally by Barys to build a huge lead! NIGEL DAWES with the puck on the blue, drives to the left circle and plays a back-and-forth pass with Dustin Boyd and then beats Murygin with a one-timer.
Assist: Dustin Boyd.
And they acknowledge it! DMITRY UPPER is assigned the score as he was the last player to touch the puck before it went in on Talgat Zhailauov's fine solo effort.
Assist: Talgat Zhailauov.
Blocked shots: BAR 3, AMU 0
Faceoffs: BAR 10, AMU 9
Hits: BAR 5, AMU 3
Penalties: BAR 4, AMU 4
Powerplay: BAR 2/2, AMU 1/2
Ice leaders:
BAR – Maxim Semyonov – 7:07
AMU – Dmitry Bykov – 7:38.
With the sound of the siren ANDREI STEPANOV fires more of desperation than a chance but manages to find the way through and take advantage of the powerplay. The shot came from the left just as he skated across the blue.
Assists: Vladimir Loginov, Timofei Shishkanov.
Barys' strongest line proves just that as NIGEL DAWES strikes another powerplay tally taking Barys 2 for 2 on the powerplay. Dawes picked up the rebound off Murygin's left pad and slides the puck into the empty net from the inner edge of the right circle.
Assists: Cam Barker, Brandon Bochenski.
A powerplay tally by BRANDON BOCHENSKI as he strides from the right sideboards and sends a feed into the slot that gets deflected back to him on the right end of the slot, he tries a backhander through the scramble and finds a way through.
Assist: Mike Lundin.
Barys Astana: Ahonen (Yeremeyev) – Dawes, Bochenski, Lundin, Boyd, Blokhin – Savchenko, Litvinenko, Rudenko, Starchenko, Antropov – Semyonov, Zhailauov, Barker, Upper, Romanov – Polishchuk, Tserenok, Panshin, Rakhmanov
Amur Khabarovsk: Murygin (Jarvinen) – Loginov A., Korotkov, Yunkov, Bykov, Petruzalek – Sedunov, Loginov V., Tarasov, Shishkanov, Stepanov – Yezhov, Dubinin, Lugin, Orlov, Bilalov – Teslenko, Smurov, Klimchuk, Teryayev, Abramov
Referees: Naumov, Ravodin – Misyur, Raming.
Amur, just like Barys, come off a series of wins and losses. They won three of their last five games, with the form being L-W-L-W-L, the latter losing to Avangard in Omsk 3-2. They hold 12th seed with 38 points, one more than Yugra and are 12 points shy of the playoff spot. They hold a record of 7-13-18.
Best forwards:
Jan Mursak 21 (12+9)
Jakub Petruzalek 20 (13+7)
Timofei Shishkanov 15 (9+6)
Best defencemen:
Alexander Loginov 11 (2+9)
Vladimir Loginov 10 (2+8)
Dylan Reese 7 (2+5)
Denis Yezhov 7 (1+6)
Goalies:
Alexei Murygin – 21 G, 6 W, 92 SVS%, 2.73 GAA, 1 SO
Mika Jarvinen – 17 G, 2 W, 91 SVS%, 2.94 GAA, 1 SO
Last games:
Avtomobilist – Amur 5-1
Yugra – Amur 2-3
Avangard – Amur 3-2.
Barys enter today's clash as 2nd seed, first in their division with 76 points out of 38 games and with a positive record of 22-6-10. Barys are known to score a lot, they racked up 142 goals so far. With their solid goaltending, primarily thanks to Ari Ahonen between the pipes they conceeded only 103, making them third best in the KHL in goal difference, right after Dynamo Moscow and SKA.
Best forwards:
Brandon Bochenski 42 (21+21)
Nigel Dawes 35 (16+19)
Dustin Boyd 31 (17+14)
Best defencemen:
Mike Lundin 17 (3+14)
Roman Savchenko 13 (5+8)
Evgeny Blokhin 11 (4+7)
Goalies:
Ari Ahonen – 25 G, 15 W, 91.7 SVS%, 2.39 GAA, 2 SO
Vitaly Yermeyev – 13 G, 8 W, 91.1 SVS%, 2.82 GAA
Last games:
Barys – Metallurg Nk 5-3
Barys – Sibir 3-4
Barys – Admiral 6-3.