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final
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
1:4 (0:1, 0:2, 1:1)
SKA St. Petersburg
Monday 18.08.2014, 15:00 • Ufa Arena • Friendly matches
     
    Despite that penalty shootout draw, SKA Saint Petersburg have been crowned champions of the pre-season tournament the Bashkortostan Cup with a 4-1 triumph over Salavat Yulaev! And captain Ilya Kovalchuk has now received the cup for his team! Ilya Kovalchuk himself, Vadim Shipachyov with a double and Evgeniy Ketov all got on the board, whereas Yegor Dubrovskiy replied for Salavat. Thanks for following the game with us, until next time. (17:25:25)
     
    Viktor Tikhonov shoots high into the right hand corner for 1-1!
     
    Yegor Dubrovskiy speeds up, but wrists right into Alexander Salak!
     
    Roman Cervenka shows a few flashy moves, but blocker side the goaltender kicks it away!
     
    Evgeniy Skachkov is next for Salavat, but cutting to the right he backhands wide of the target!
     
    For SKA Ilya Kovalchuk is first, and he wrists directly into Vladimir Sokhatskiy's glove!
     
    Igor Skorokhodov skates up first for Salavat, and he snipes home into the left hand corner!
     
    There's the final buzzer, and SKA have won the Bashkortostan Cup which will give them a lot of confidence going into the season! But we're now going to have a traditional pre-season penalty shootout!
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:41
    We're now into the final seconds with SKA heading to become champions of the Bashkortostan Cup!
     
    58:51
    SKA are going to spend the remainder of the game on the powerplay, as Arturs Kulda of Salavat for checking from behind has been punished
     
    57:51
    Andrey Kuteikin on the left faceoff circle slaps with real power looking to upstairs on the netminder, but it travels wide of the far post!
     
    57:09
    We have another penalty and again it's against the home side, Dmitry Syomin for holding has been handed a two minute minor
     
    56:57
    Just as Dmitry Kalinin slaps the puck into Vladimir Sokhatskiy's chest Salavat return to full strength
     
    56:19
    Roman Cervenka two times in a row tries his luck from the right faceoff circle, but on both occasions he misses the target as it whistles over the bar!
     
    55:41
    Denis Khlystov on the right shorthanded almost forces himself through one on one, but covering defenders stick the puck away from him!
     
    54:53
    For holding Denis Bodrov of Salavat has handed SKA a powerplay chance to finish the game off
     
    54:11
    Denis Bodrov almost practically on the goal line tries his best to poke the puck past Alexander Salak, but the sheer mass of players there prevent it from going in!
     
    53:43
    SKA are looking very confident defensively and they're back at full strength
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 45. Dubrovskiy (Khlystov, Lekomtsev) – 14. Kovalchuk (Kalinin, Ericsson), 25. Shipachyov (Dadonov), 29. Ketov (Tikhonov, Martensson), 49. Shipachyov (Alexandrov, Dadonov)

    Salavat Yulaev Ufa: Koval (Sokhatskiy)- Zubarev, Vishnevskiy, Isangulov, Bodrov, Kulda, Kutuzov, Heikkinen, Lekomtsev, Vasilevskiy- Dyuryagin, Mereskin, Khlystov, Philstrom, Syomin, Dubrovskiy, Kaygorodov, Glukhov, Slepyshev, Hartikainen, Skachkov, Skorokhodov, Ankudinov
    SKA St. Petersburg: Salak (Ezhov)- Kalinin, Yudin, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Tikhonov- Y Alexandrov, Kuteikin, Panarin, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Chudinov, Belov, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Khafizullin, Ryasensky, Ketov, Kablukov, Ponikarovsky