MHL. Minimal victory

Yevgeny Ugryumov appeared as goaltender while Nikita Mosharov played 13th forward.

As in yesterday's match, Medvedi scored in the opening moments of the game. Konstantin Zabavin was alone in front of the goal received a pass from behind the net from Maksim Kulikov and put a good one-timer in – 1:0. Lisy answered with Denis Sergushkin’s wrister that was fended off by Yevgeny Ugryumov. In the middle of the first period, Aleksey Zakarlyukin sent the puck directly into the crossbar, and that was it for the period.

At the beginning of the second period, Stalnye Lisy managed to tie the game. With teams playing four on four, Vitaly Kudrin decided to shoot from almost from a zero angle and scored – 1:1. Forty seco1nds later Medvedi could have taken the lead once again, but Vladimir Ionin was stopped with a penalty in a two-on-one breakaway. Five minutes later, Ivan Bezrukov and Maksim Korinevsky were in a similar situation, but the latter hit the post. Still, the pressure of the black-and-white team turned into a goal. Konstantin Zabavin shot the puck toward the slot where Semyon Afonasyevsky deflected it into the net – 2:1. Less than a minute later Artyom Zagidulin had to pull the third puck from his goal; Aleksandr Tridchikov executed a fabulous one-timer, hitting a near top corner – 3:1. Shortly before the second break Konstantin Zabavin committed an unforgivable mistake and two Lisy players ran for a breakaway where Artur Boltanov sent the puck right under the crossbar – 3:2. Immediately thereafter, Aleksandr Shurygin received a minor and didn’t let his team go on a break with a minimum goal differential. Yevgeny Petrikov scored a PP goal after a strong shot from an excellent position – 4:2 after two.

As in two previous periods, the third one also started out with a goal. Vladimir Ionin demonstrated his skills in the attacking zone, outplaying a couple of players in the corner, got onto the open ice and sent the puck into the far corner – 5:2. Stalnye Lisy coaching staff immediately replaced the goalie. For the second time in two days Artyom Zagidulin was replaced by Sergey Bronnikov. Four minutes later, two Medvedi players went to the sin bin. Visitors converted their power play when our fourth player appeared on the ice – 5:3. Intrigue remained until the end of the match, and forty seconds before the horn Timofey Menshchikov scored the goal in the six-on-four format. In the short span of time left to play Lisy tried to organize a final assault, but were unable to enter Medvedi’s zone.

Belye Medvedi managed to garner six points out of six in two paired games. The next two bouts will take place on November 29 and 30 when Medvedi once again take on Stalnye Lisy, but this time on away ice in Magnitogorsk.

Game details

BELYE MEDVEDI vs. STALNYE LISY– 5:4 (1:0, 3:2, 1:2)
Goals: Zabavin (Kulikov), 5 (1:0); Kudrin, 24 (1:1); Afonasyevsky (Zabavin, Petrikov), 31 (2:1); Tridchikov (Voynov, Nazarkin), 32 (3:1); Boltanov, 39 (3:2); Petrikov (Melikhov), 40 (4:2 – PP goal); Ionin, 41 (5:2); Perekhodyuk (Volgin), 46 (5:3 – PP goal); Menshchikov (Yuzeyev, Kudrin), 60 (5:4).

BELYE MEDVEDI
Ugryumov;
Isayev – Zabavin, Kulikov – Sharov – Zakarlyukin;
Voynov – Nazarkin, Sevankayev – Tridchikov – Ionin;
Alekseyev – Yakovenko, Afonasyevsky – Melikhov – Zinovyev;
Petrikov, Korinevsky – Abramov – Bezrukov – Mosharov.

STALNYE LISY
Zagidullin;
Volgin – Ikamatskikh, Sergushkin – Perekhodyuk – Kharytinsky;
Kharkin – Yuzeyev, Boltanov – Menshchikov – Kudrin;
Shurygin – Igoshev, Polukarov – Yeremin – Zakharov;
Nechayev – Rytenko, Shvyrev – Mukhamedzyanov – Prikhodko.

Shots: 43 (20+11+12) – 25 (7+9+9).
Faceoffs won: 32 (8+9+15) – 31 (7+13+11)
PIM: 20 (2+8+10) – 12 (2+6+4).
PP goals: 1-1.
Senior official: Viktor Spirin (Tyumen).

November 17, 2014. Traktor Arena, Chelyabinsk, Russia.