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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
     
    Goal for Sparta!
    ROBERT SABOLIC converts the decisive shot.
     
    Keränen (KAL) misses the net. Sparta win the game!
    SABOLIČ - 4:5
     
    Voutilainen (KAL). Great shot and the shootout is tied.
     
    Birner (KAL) scores.
     
    Reway (SPA). Nice backhand goal.
     
    Pech (SPA) scores.
     
    60:11
    Cingel has great opportunity to finnish the game, but he misses the net.
    BUCHTELE - 4:4
     
    58:33
    Goal for Sparta!
    KalPa misses the puck in their own zone and Buchtele´s accurate shot went in. Assisted by: Marek Daloga.
    BIRNER - 4:3
     
    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.
    BUCHTELE - 3:3
     
    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,
     
    45:57
    Lyytinen (KAL) gets another penalty for hooking.
     
    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.
    MUTANEN - 3:2
     
    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.
     
    33:16
    KalPa gets another penalty. Riikola with 2 minutes for holding.
     
    32:10
    Koivisto gets two minutes for hooking. Can Sparta repeat they last PP?
     
    26:49
    Kumstat gets two minutes for tripping.
    CINGEL - 2:2
     
    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.
    SABOLIC - 2:1
     
    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.
    RIIKOLA - 2:0
     
    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.
    JUNNILA - 1:0
     
    12:16
    Goal for KalPa!
    JYRI JUNNILA was on a breakaway and shoots the puck in top corner. Assisted by: Antti Halonen
     
    05:56
    Penalty for Sparta. Klimek gets two minutes.
    Koivisto at the chance.
     
    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.
     
    02:12
    Penalty for Sparta. Jan Buchtele 2 min for interference.
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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)
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