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after shootout (2:3)
KalPa Kuopio
4:5 (2:0, 1:2, 1:2 - 0:0)
Sparta Prague
Thursday 21.08.2014, 17:30 • Kuopion Jäähalli • Champions League
     
    Game over. (20:36:57)
     
    Goal for Sparta!
    ROBERT SABOLIC converts the decisive shot.
     
    Keränen (KAL) misses the net. Sparta win the game!
     
    Cingel (SPA). No goal.
     
    Ilomäki (KAL). No goal.
     
    Voutilainen (KAL). Great shot and the shootout is tied.
     
    Buchtele (SPA). Kilpeläinen saves.
     
    Birner (KAL) scores.
     
    Reway (SPA). Nice backhand goal.
     
    Kubalik (KAL). Stana makes the save.
     
    Pech (SPA) scores.
     
    And the game goes into a shootout. First 3 shooters each and if the game is still tie there will be sudden death shots.
     
    65:00
    Overtime finished.
     
    62:21
    Birner´s shot is saved by Stana.
     
    61:34
    Offside for KalPa.
     
    60:11
    Cingel has great opportunity to finnish the game, but he misses the net.
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    Saves for third period: Kilpeläinen (KAL) 10, Stana (SPA) 7
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
     
    58:33
    Goal for Sparta!
    KalPa misses the puck in their own zone and Buchtele´s accurate shot went in. Assisted by: Marek Daloga.
     
    57:40
    Goal for KalPa!
    MICHAL BIRNER´s quick shot suprised Stana. The puck went in on five-hole. Assisted by: Tomas Kubalik and Arttu Ilomäki.
     
    55:08
    Goal for Sparta!
    JAN BUCHTELE shoots and the game is tied. Assisted by: Reway.
     
    54:20
    Rolinek shoots from the left circle, but Kilpeläinen makes excellent save.
     
    49:57
    Kolehmainen is face to face with Stana, but Stana makes his best save for tonight,
     
    47:48
    Both teams are in a full strength.
     
    47:46
    Barinka has chance, but Kilpeläinen moves quickly and makes the save.
     
    45:57
    Lyytinen (KAL) gets another penalty for hooking.
     
    45:50
    Little coast to coast -time there. Both teams has couple of chances.
     
    44:30
    Both teams are playing at full strength.
     
    44:10
    Sabolic shoots, but Kilpeläinen catches the puck.
     
    42:25
    Lyytinen (KAL) gets two minutes for hooking.
     
    42:23
    Kumstat has breakaway, but he misses the net.
     
    40:52
    Pech (SPA) gets two minutes penalty for kneeing.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Saves for second period: Kilpeläinen 9, Stana 2.
     
    Tables really turned on this second period. Sparta controls the game, but due to Stana´s big mistake, KalPa is still leading the game.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    37:45
    Goal for KalPa!
    SAMI MUTANEN´s harmless shot from blue line went in. Soft goal against Sparta. Stana won´t be happy for that one. Assisted by Juuso Riikola.
     
    35:25
    One too many passes for Spartas PP. KalPa kills both penalties.
     
    33:16
    KalPa gets another penalty. Riikola with 2 minutes for holding.
     
    32:47
    Daloga shoots from the blue line, but easy save by Kilpeläinen.
     
    32:10
    Koivisto gets two minutes for hooking. Can Sparta repeat they last PP?
     
    28:49
    Teams are at full strength.
     
    26:49
    Kumstat gets two minutes for tripping.
     
    25:04
    Home team timeout.
     
    23:36
    Goal for Sparta!
    Beautiful goal for Sparta. Jaroslav Hlinka sees LUKAS CINGEL and he has all the time to move the puck in empty net. Assisted by: Jaroslav Hlinka.
     
    23:00
    Liedes gets a minor penalty. Sparta has their first chance on power play.
     
    21:42
    Great chance by Buchtele, but Kilpeläinen makes double save. Strong start for Sparta.
     
    20:07
    Goal for Sparta!
    What a start for second period. ROBERT SABOLIC intercepts KalPa´s defender Mikko Jokelas awful pass and shoots the puck in the top corner. Unassisted.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    Saves on the first period: Kilpeläinen 6, Stana 10.
     
    KalPa dominated the first period. Home team control the puck and Sparta has big difficulties to create any chances.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    17:58
    Goal for KalPa!
    KalPa capitalize their powerplay. JUUSO RIIKOLA shoots on the blue line and it went in. Assisted by: Arttu Ilomäki and Michal Birner.
     
    17:21
    Michal Barinka gets two minutes for interference.
     
    15:11
    Buchtele shoots, but Kilpeläinen makes solid pad save.
     
    14:42
    Icing against KalPa.
     
    12:16
    Goal for KalPa!
    JYRI JUNNILA was on a breakaway and shoots the puck in top corner. Assisted by: Antti Halonen
     
    11:12
    Good shift by Sparta´s second line. Kilpeläinen collects his first save of the night.
     
    10:29
    First commercial break. KalPa controls the puck all the way. Sparta hasn't created any scoring chances so far.
     
    07:56
    Teams are at full strength.
     
    05:56
    Penalty for Sparta. Klimek gets two minutes.
     
    05:55
    And another post. Koivisto was all alone in front of Sparta's goal, but couldn´t find the net.
     
    05:23
    Kubalik hits the post! KalPa is dominating the game.
     
    04:16
    Both teams are playing at full stength.
     
    02:12
    Penalty for Sparta. Jan Buchtele 2 min for interference.
     
    00:54
    First scoring chance by KalPa´s Keränen, but Stana saves it easily.
     
    00:42
    Icing for Sparta.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Welcome to follow the game between KalPa Kuopio and Sparta Prague. Both teams are on the ice and the game will start soon.
     
    KalPa Kuopio and Sparta Prague open their CHL season on Thursday in Kuopio. KalPa's 2013-14 season was a huge disappointment. The team was dead last in the Finnish Liiga. Now they want to go back on track with new head coach Pekka Virta.

    Sparta Prague finished first in the Czech Extraliga regular season standings but lost in the semi-finals. Sparta arrived in Kuopio on Wednesday and the players got to know to the rink with a team practice.

    These teams have met twice over the last two years and Sparta has been better in both games. In 2012 Sparta won Kuopio 5-1 and 2013 Sparta was better on their home ice by a closer 6-4 margin.
     
    Welcome. This game starts at 17:30 CET, 18:30 EET.
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    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 13. Junnila (Halonen), 18. Riikola (Ilomäki, Birner), 38. Mutanen (Riikola), 58. Birner (Kubalik, Ilomäki) – 21. Sabolic, 24. Cingel (Hlinka, Sabolic), 56. Buchtele (Reway), 59. Buchtele (Daloga), dec. p.s. Sabolic

    KalPa Kuopio: Kilpeläinen (Perhonen) – Halonen, Jokela, Riikola, Koivisto, Konttinen, Lyytinen, Seppälä – Birner, Ilomäki, Kubalik – Keränen, Rissanen, Voutilainen – Mutanen, Kinnunen, Kolehmainen – Liedes, Harjama, Junnila –Tammela.
    Sparta Prague: Stana (Novotny) – Pilar, Daloga, Barinka, Piskacek, Hrbas, Polasek, Mikus, Svrcek – Cingel, Hlinka, Sabolic – Pech, Kumstat, Rolinek – Reway, Buchtele, Pribyl – Torquato, Bahensky, Klimek.
    Referees: P. Sjöberg (SWE), T. Metsälä (FIN) – S. Orava (FIN), H. Perämäki (FIN)
    Attendance: 2246