KHL
Medvescak – SKA St. Petersburg 0:5 (end)
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Medvescak Zagreb
0:5 (0:2, 0:2, 0:1)
SKA St. Petersburg
Wednesday 01.10.2014, 20:00 • Dom Sportova • KHL
     
    57:50
    Medvescak want to give their fans something to shout about and they've got an ideal powerplay chance in which to make it happen, SKA defenceman Dmitriy Yudin has been penalised for interference
     
    56:31
    Anderson! Matt Anderson evades the whole SKA defence on the right wing, one on one he opts to fire in a slapshot early but Alexander Salak punches it away with his blocker! That's a really confident save by the netminder!
     
    55:03
    Yet again tempers start to seriously rise here! Just after Evgeniy Ketov was hacked down when sprinting through one on one a mass brawl erupts between him and opposing Medvescak players, and eventually he and Nathan Perkovich have been sent to the penalty box for roughing!
     
    52:36
    Goal for SKA!
    This is extremely easy now for SKA! The visitors swing the puck around the attacking zone with panache, and VADIM SHIPACHYOV with an empty net to aim at by the left hand post makes no mistake! It's 0:5! Assists- Artemiy Panarin and Evgeniy Dadonov
     
    47:07
    SKA have a powerplay here to make themselves even more comfortable, as Medvescak's Sasa Martinovic has been handed a two minute minor for interference
     
    45:31
    Dadonov! Just after Alexander Salak was almost caught out blocker side Evgeniy Dadonov twists around the net sharply to the right hand post, attempts a wraparound and the goalkeeper's big pad gets in the way! That was seriously close to crossing the line!
     
    42:58
    Wright! That's the closest that Medvescak have come so far! James Wright skating with pace down the left thumps the puck in, and it smacks the near post with Alexander Salak watching on!
     
    37:35
    And we have a fight on our hands! Just after he smacked the right hand post from the point Ilya Kovalchuk drops the gloves against Mike Glumac! Before it could get really nasty the referees did manage to break everything up and both are off to the penalty box for roughing, with the latter receiving a 2+10 punishment!
     
    37:05
    You can see the hosts' heads drop, as they again are going on the penalty kill! SKA are only happy to see Pascal Pelletier go to the box this time for interference!
     
    36:21
    Goal for SKA!
    They're pulling away now! Patient build up play deep in Medvescak's zone ends with ANDREY KUTEIKIN slapping in from the blue line, and he thunders it into the net! Powerplay goal and it's 0:4! Assists- Roman Cervenka
     
    34:49
    Medvescak keep on taking rather needless penalties and here's another, forward Aaron Polushaj has been handed a two minute minor for interference
     
    31:31
    Ketov! They're on the penalty kill but they're having all the chances! Again's it's an odd numbered rush this time down the right, Evgeniy Ketov on the doorstep goes with backhand but he misses the target with only Mark Dekanich to beat!
     
    30:34
    Tikhonov! He should really have made it four! Shorthanded it's a two on one down the left for SKA, Jimmie Ericsson dishes to Viktor Tikhonov on the opposite wing but he's denied by the goalkeeper when he seemed sure to score!
     
    29:58
    Medvescak have earned themselves a powerplay here almost out of nothing, as young defenceman Andrey Ermakov of SKA has been penalised for holding
     
    28:34
    How did he keep those efforts out! Mark Dekanich makes a brilliant double save up close from Patrick Thoresen and Roman Cervenka glove side, and then he shuts the door on Tony Martensson from point blank range! The fans enjoyed that moment!
     
    23:08
    Thomas! Immediately the hosts could have got themselves back into things! As the puck comes trickling in from the left wing Bill Thomas backhands it on target, but it gets shuffled out to the boards just in time!
     
    21:55
    Goal for SKA!
    The Medvescak defence is just all over the place today! PATRICK THORESEN is played clean through from deep, and he clinically finds the left hand corner! It's 0:3! Assists- Vadim Shipachyov and Alexander Salak
     
    15:00
    Mark Dekanich horribly coughs up the puck behind his own net, and steaming in by the right hand post Viktor Tikhonov can't punish him! The goalkeeper got away with that one!
     
    14:48
    Thoresen! Roman Cervenka with a tricky skate down the right slides it across the face of goal to Patrick Thoresen, but the latter can't make real contact with the net gaping!
     
    11:39
    The hosts did look better on that penalty kill though and they're back at full strength. And almost immediately SKA have a two minute minor against their name, as defenceman Dmitriy Yudin has been called for interference
     
    09:09
    Medvescak keep on making problems for themselves, they simply having got started today and the next to be sent to the penalty box is Bill Thomas for slashing!
     
    08:30
    Goal for SKA!
    They weren't going to let that opportunity go to waste! Excellent silky build up play sees ARTEMIY PANARIN flash the puck across the crease hanging by the left, and it takes a wicked deflection which beats Mark Dekanich! Powerplay goal and it's 0:2! Assists- Evgeniy Dadonov and Ilya Kovalchuk
     
    07:57
    We have the first penalty of the day and it's against Medvescak, as forward Mike Glumac has been hit with a 2+10 punishment for checking to the head and neck area!
     
    03:25
    Goal for SKA!
    SKA have started very brightly and they have their early lead! All of a sudden it's a two on one down the right flank, Vadim Shipachyov dishes it across to the far post and ARTEMIY PANARIN one times it home! It's 0:1! Assists- Vadim Shipachyov
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 4. Panarin (Shipachyov), 9. Panarin (Dadonov, Kovalchuk), 22. Thoresen (Shipachyov, Salak), 37. Kuteikin (Cervenka), 53. Shipachyov (Panarin, Dadonov)

    Medvescak Zagreb: Dekanich (Tomljenovic)- Flood, Martinovic, Glumac, Murray, Wright- Morrisonn, Thomas, Segal, Pelletier, St. Pierre- Katic, Bjorkstrand, Perkovich, Anderson, Polushaj- Stewart, Hedden, Rodman
    SKA St. Petersburg: Salak (Ivannikov)- Kalinin, Belov, Kovalchuk, Ericsson, Tikhonov- Kuteikin, Y Alexandrov, Panarin, Shipachyov, Dadonov- Khafizullin, Ryasensky, Thoresen, Martensson, Cervenka- Ermakov, Yudin, Ponikarovskiy, Kadeikin, Ketov
    Referees: Daniel Stricker, Alexey Anisimov, Dmitriy Golovyov, Ivan Fateev