KHL
Metallurg M – Lev 7:4 (end)
final
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
7:4 (1:1, 3:1, 3:2)
Lev Praha
Wednesday 30.04.2014, 15:00 • Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk. • KHL
     
    Metallurg Magnitogorsk are the Gagarin Cup Champions, and they pour off the bench and mob Vitaly Koshechkin, who was the reason they won this game.
     
    59:51
    Goal for Metallurg!
    They come into the Lev zone with an empty net, Pare from the boards to MIKHAIL YUNKOV for the easy goal.
    Assist: Francis Pare.
     
    58:50
    The Lev net is empty for a 6th attacker.
     
    58:19
    Goal for Lev!
    Novotny finds JUSTIN AZEVEDO at the point, and he one-times it from the high slot beating Koshechin high to extend his goal-scoring streak to 8 games. Well maybe it's not over yet, but they still need 2 more.
    Assist: Jiri Novotny.
     
    55:03
    Metallurg 2-on-1, Francis Pare one-times the pass wide.
     
    53:58
    Goal for Lev!
    Well, they got on e back. Nemec carried the puck into the zone and took a long shot. Koshechkin stopped it, but the rebound got away from him and MARTIN THORNBERG fired it in. They're still down 3 goals with 6 minutes to go, though.
    Assist: Ondrej Nemec.
     
    52:35
    Martin Sevc has been assessed a 10-minute misconduct, presumably for yapping at the officials. Pure frustration on the part of Lev at this point.
     
    52:35
    Goal for Metallurg!
    A turnover inside the Lev line, DANIS ZARIPOV takes the pass from Kovar and walks right in on Engren, beating him high glove side. That should do it.
    Assist: Jan Kovar.
     
    50:38
    Topi Jaakola gets the puck in the Metallurg zone and cuts right in on goal, but the puck rolls off his stick as he tries to shoot.
     
    47:15
    Huge chance for Lev, Novotny to Maenpaa to Zackrisson, who tries to out-wait Koshechkin but the goalie denies him.
     
    43:10
    Goal for Metallurg!
    First SERGEI MOZYAKIN hit the goalpost on a breakaway, but they kept the puck in the zone and Kovar got the puck back to him and he one-timed it in the short side. Metallurg now with a big 3-goal lead.
    Assists: Jan Kovar, Danis Zaripov
     
    39:42
    Lev nearly get a 3rd goal, as Novotny's shot is deflected in front by Azevedo, but it hits Koshechkin and he holds on.
     
    37:38
    Goal for Metallurg!
    Metallurg's top line on the ice, and Zaripov took a high wrister from the right wing boards, deflected by JAN KOVAR back down to the ice, and it beats Vehanen low.
    Assists: Danis Zaripov, Viktor Antipin.
     
    36:56
    Goal for Metallurg!
    Kazionov lead the rush into the zone, the puck was knocked off his stick to Timkin, who turned and fed YAROSLAV KOSOV, whose long shot went through traffic and in.
    Assists: Yevgeny Timkin, Dmitri Kazionov.
     
    35:30
    The puck pops out of the zone and Kazionov gets a break, but the two Lev defencemen catch up to him and he's stripped of the puck before he gets a shot.
     
    34:41
    Goal for Lev!
    The puck came out of the corner to RYAN O'BYRNE at the point, who wristed it through a crowd and scores a tying goal for the second-straight game.
     
    32:20
    Lev buzzing again, Kapanen the shot, then Repik on the rebound, Koshechin stops them both.
     
    31:15
    Scramble in the Metallurg crease with the Lev top line out there, can't get the puck through, then a shot from the point is blocked, finally the zone is cleared.
     
    29:55
    Puck centred from the corner to Osala for the one-timer, big pad save by Vehanen.
     
    23:32
    Goal for Metallurg!
    They were putting on pressure, and YEVGENY BIRYUKOV crept in from the point and fired a wrister that went through traffic and beat Vehanen high gove side to put Metallurg back into the lead.
    Assists: Viktor Antipin, Danis Zaripov.
     
    21:02
    Lev rush, Thornberg the shot, pad save Koshechkin, Vrana on the rebound and a diving stick save by Koshechkin.
     
    19:54
    And Lev back the other way again, Koshechkin down and out and Niko Kapanen fans with an empty net in front of him! The puck was bouncing.
     
    19:40
    Metallurg quickly back the other way, Vehanen gets a pad on the shot by Mozyakin, then denies him with the stick on the rebound.
     
    19:30
    2-on-1 Lev, Maenpaa to Zackrisson denied by Koshechkin.
     
    13:49
    Goal for Lev!
    Gragnani with the wrister from the point through traffic and DAVID ULLSTROM with the deflection to tie this game.
    Assists: Marc-Andre Gragani,
     
    12:00
    Pare with the dangerous pass to Osala going to the net, re-directs it just wide of the post.
     
    10:15
    Then Ullstrom with another shot and a huge save by Koshechkin.
     
    08:51
    Lev put the puck into the net but the play had been stopped a moment before because there was a Lev player in the goalcrease. No goal and the faceoff is outside.
     
    04:45
    Goal for Metallurg!
    Pare won the draw back to Khabarov, Vehanen got a piece of his shot from the point but it trickled in behind him and FRANCIS PARE got his stick in there to tap it into the net to open the scoring.
    Assist: Yaroslav Khabarov.
     
    04:00
    Another chance in front for Lev, Koshechkin with a big save on Zackrisson.
     
    02:38
    Pass centred to Ridderwall, one-times it wide from point blank.
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

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    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 5. Pare (Khabarov.), 24. Biryukov (Antipin, Zaripov), 37. Kosov (Timkin, Kazionov), 38. Kovar (Zaripov, Antipin), 44. Mozyakin (Kovar, Zaripov), 53. Zaripov (Kovar), 60. Yunkov (Pare) – 14. Ullstrom (Gragnani), 35. O'Byrne, 54. Thornberg (Nemec), 59. Azevedo (Novotny)

    Metallurg Magnitogorsk: Koshechkin (Pechursky) – Antipin, Biryukov, Khabarov, Tereschenko, Lee, Ibragimov, Metlyuk – Mozyakin, Kovář, Zaripov – Potekhin, Kazionov, Paré – Kosov, Yunkov, Platonov – Osala, Brent, Timkin – Malinovsky.
    Lev Praha: Vehanen, 41. Engren – Ševc, Mäenpää, Oystrick, Němec, Gragnani, O'Byrne, Jaakola – Zackrisson, Novotný, Azevedo – Ulström, Vrána, Thörnberg – Birner, Kapanen, Řepík – Ridderwall, Cingel, Matai.
    Referees: Odinš, Olenin. Linesmen: Sivov, Shelyanin.