KHL
Medvescak – Dinamo Minsk 2:5 (end)
final
Medvescak Zagreb
2:5 (1:1, 0:1, 1:3)
HC Dinamo Minsk
Wednesday 19.11.2014, 20:00 • Dom Sportova • KHL
     
    The final buzzer has now sounded, and HC Dinamo Minsk have won their first game in six with an emphatic 5:2 triumph against Medvescak Zagreb in Croatia! They soaked up plenty of pressure, and took their chances expertly. Charles Linglet, Dmitriy Meleshko, Artur Gavrus, Ryan Vesce and Alexander Materukhin all struck, while Pascal Pelletier and Brandon Segal found the net for Medvescak. Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more exciting KHL action! (22:24:38)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:51
    The home fans may still be in fine voice, but as we enter the last few moments Dinamo are in the end coasting to a 5:2 victory away from home!
     
    58:53
    Goal for Dinamo Minsk!
    And Medvescak have indeed been punished for that! After Jonathan Cheechoo smacked the left hand post ALEXANDER MATERUKHIN receives on the tip of the crease, and he makes no mistake! It's 2:5! Assists- Alexey Kalyuzhniy and Matt Ellison
     
    58:41
    Dinamo can look forward to taking a very well needed three points now, but despite that fourth the hosts' goaltender is still on the bench!
     
    58:37
    Goal for Dinamo Minsk!
    That is most certainly that now! Dinamo break out from their own zone, and inches out of Medvescak's zone RYAN VESCE hits the empty net! It's 2:4! Assists- Charles Linglet
     
    58:11
    With still just under two minutes to go Calvin Heeter has already been swapped for the extra skater!
     
    56:46
    Kalyuzhniy! He could have finished it! Chasing down a loose puck Matt Ellison whips it across the face of goal glove side, and Alexey Kalyuzhniy with the goal at his mercy hits only Kelvin Heeter's pads!
     
    54:15
    Icing is committed by Dinamo. The atmosphere inside the arena is heating up with every minute, it is promising to be a grandstand finish here!
     
    53:48
    Bill Thomas sneaks down the right wing, takes on a wrister glove side, and it drops directly into the goaltender's stomach
     
    52:33
    Carle! That was the chance to bring his team level! On the tip of the slot slightly to the left Mathieu Carle is all on his own with the goalkeeper, but Danny Taylor makes an excellent pad save to keep him at bay!
     
    51:48
    The puck is thrown into Danny Taylor's crease from way outside the attacking zone, and with an opposing forward lurking nearby he freezes taking no chances
     
    51:05
    The visitors are sitting back very defensively already despite just under half of the stanza still to go, they don't want to be shutting up shop too early!
     
    48:50
    Alexander Materukhin twists in and around his opponents drifting from the right to the left, but he can't find the target with his eventual effort! The Dom Sportova has seen its volume levels rise with that second Medvescak marker!
     
    46:49
    Goal for Medvescak Zagreb!
    It seemed as though they were falling out of the game, but they have real hope now! BRANDON SEGAL wrists the puck fiercely on the right faceoff circle, and it sneaks under Danny Taylor's blocker and in! It's 2:3! Assists- Patrick Bjorkstrand
     
    45:13
    Alexander Kulakov piledrives down the right flank, opts to drive to the net himself, and his backhander doesn't have enough on it to trouble the goalkeeper near post
     
    43:58
    Medvescak's Kelvin Heeter will be very disappointed to having let that one sear past him! Dinamo can feel a lot more comfortable and confident in themselves two to the good!
     
    42:08
    Goal for Dinamo Minsk!
    That could prove to be such a crucial goal in this game! ARTUR GAVRUS moves in past the blue line, wrists early, and it catches the goaltender completely unawares flying high into the left hand corner! It's 1:3! Assists- Lukas Krajicek
     
    41:41
    Pelletier! Lengthy patient build up play tees up Pascal Pelletier on the right faceoff circle, he takes his time, and eventually wrists hard into Danny Taylor's midriff!
     
    40:52
    The third period has got started! Dinamo have slightly been the better side so far, but they have a long twenty minutes ahead of them to keep their lead!
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 15. Pelletier (Pierre, Segal), 47. Segal (Bjorkstrand) – 20. Linglet (Vesce, Ellison), 35. Meleshko (Gavrus, Kulakov), 43. Gavrus (Krajicek), 59. Vesce (Linglet), 59. Materukhin (Kalyuzhniy, Ellison)

    Medvescak Zagreb: Heeter (Owuya)- Carle, Morrisonn, Thomas, Leino, Anderson- Flood, Martinovic, Segal, Wright, Bjorkstrand- Kinrade, Popovic, Pelletier, Katic, St. Pierre- Glumac, Murray, Perkovich, Hedberg
    HC Dinamo Minsk: Taylor (Karnaukhov)- Krajicek, Goroshko, Ellison, Materukhin, Kalyuzhniy- Nogachyov, Bailen, Linglet, Vesce, Cheechoo- Shinkevich, Svarny, Kulakov, Meleshko, Gavrus- Lisovets, Drozd, Zakharov, Razvadovskiy
    Referees: Pavel Komarov, Yury Tsyplakov, Yury Ivanov, Alexander Nesterov
    Attendance: 5500