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HC Yugra
1:4 (1:2, 0:1, 0:1)
Medvescak Zagreb
Saturday 18.01.2014, 12:00 • Arena Yugra, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia • KHL
     
    57:02
    Popovic getting the puck inside the zone over the right, circles and gets the backward pass to the left circle, the shot comes out wide to the right.
     
    54:45
    Goal for Medvescak Zagreb!
    After Brust deflected a shot from the slot, Medvescak won the battle at the boards for the puck, sent it down the ice and it was RYAN VESCE who took the puck just outside the slot to the left, went to the left edge and on the net, deking the goalie out and fliping it high just beneath the bar.

    Assists: Matt Ellison, Mark Popovic.
     
    52:08
    Slashing call against Medvescak, Jonathan Cheechoo (MED) now called for cooling.
     
    45:31
    A huge break by Medvescak over the left by Bill Thomas who finds Micheal Ryan inside the slot onskating towards the net, but Kuznetsov somehow makes the save and stones him cold.
     
    44:22
    Kurtis Foster (MED) stopped Mikhail Plotnikov who was about to go circle the net, and Foster is called for slashing.
     
    39:32
    5-on-3 coming up for Yugra as Luke Walker (MED) gets called for slashing.
     
    38:28
    The puck finds itself in the slot for another powerplay action, they've been doing it the whole game. but Brust saves the day.
     
    37:42
    Alan Letang (MED) will visit the box after cross-checking on the blueline. Stupid penalty, totally not needed. The puck was way off.
     
    36:34
    Goal for Medvescak Zagreb!
    Medvescak score with the pass from behind the net to the slot and MIKE GLUMAC beats Kuznetsov on sight before the crease.

    Assist: Erik Nystrom.
     
    34:16
    Kirill Dyakov (YUG) gets called to the penalty box for tripping on Matt Ellison in the left circle.
     
    31:31
    Barry Brust plays the third defenceman as he closes the angle on the oncoming forwards skating out of the net a long way, and then Yugra circled and got the puck back to the point for Starosta, though his shot gets stopped on the way, while Brust had returnet previously.
     
    28:01
    Timeout Medvescak.
     
    19:03
    It remains a mystery why the refs blew the whistle now, as Brust left the net to try to tip the puck off another forward's stick, though the whistle was blown and the faceoff signaled within the Medvescak zone.
     
    15:47
    Yugra on the powerplay try to get the puck from the point to the slot, they've been doing it the whole game, but no one covers the centers inside the slot, though Brust is ready for the flips.
     
    15:05
    Charles Linglet (MED) gets called to the box for slashing behind his own net.
     
    14:23
    Goal for Medvescak Zagreb!
    Yugra play, Medvescak score! Another good offensive display creating the extra man on the break, Matt Murley entered the zone with the puck and it was BILL THOMAS on the other side to flip it in on the feed.

    Assist: Matt Murley.
     
    09:21
    Luke Walker gets tripped by Kiril Putilov (YUG) when trying to get the puck from the right boards to the slot.
     
    07:47
    Goal for Medvescak Zagreb!
    This is what hockey brings to you! Medvescak level the score through MICHAEL RYAN who breaks out from the left and skates towards the goal, no one seeming to try to cover him so he keeps his head cool and beats Kuznetsov with ease.

    Assists: Kyle Klubertanz, Barry Brust.
     
    05:33
    Brust finally caught the puck and freezed the play, there were at least 5 or 6 shots fired at him during this single powerplay following the goal, Yugra want to take the momentum. Medvescak back to 5 on the ice.
     
    04:37
    Goal for Yugra!
    Yugra take advantage of the 5-on-3 powerplay, ALEXEI KRUCHININ got the opener as he was left all alone in the slot just before the crease, got a fine pass from Nikita Gusev from the left post and deked Brust getting him out of balance.

    Assists: Nikita Gusev, Igor Magogin.
     
    03:33
    It will be 4-on-3 as Kurtis Foster (MED) gets called for interference in his defensive zone. Yugra on the powerplay.
     
    02:46
    Vitaly Sitnikov made the interception in the offensive zone and went on the net from the left boards, but Kyle Klubertanz (MED) slashed him on the stick before Brust, so it will be 4-on-4.
     
    02:00
    Matt Ellison was going on the offense over the right and Dmitry Shvidenko (YUG) hooked him so he gets called to the box.
    Commentary by

    Alan Ilijic

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 5. Kruchinin (Gusev, Magogin) – 8. Ryan (Klubertanz, Brust), 15. Thomas (Murley), 37. Glumac (Nystrom), 55. Vesce (Ellison, Popovic)

    HC Yugra: Kuznetsov (Kukin) – Dixon, Bulyansky, Melart, Smolenak, Starosta – Sokolov, Sitnikov, Khvostov, Zhukov, Knyazev – Dyakov, Magogin, Kruchinin, Shvidenko, Gusev – Tyulyapkin, Plotnikov, Lesnukhin, Yatsenko, Putilov
    Medvescak Zagreb: Brust (Dekanich) – Popovic, Thomas, Cheechoo, Murley, Martinovic – Linglet, Svarny, Vesce, Foster, Ellison – Klubertanz, Glumac, Ryan, Letang, Iggulden – O'Connor, Nystrom, Walker, Murray, Bjorkstrand
    Referees: Nalivaiko, Romasko – Putilin, Raming
    Attendance: 4050