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OFFICIALS
Referees: Aleksei Belov (Yaroslavl), Vyacheslav Bulanov (Moscow).
Linesmen: Juris Balodis (Riga, Latvia), Dmitri Golovlyov (Naberezhnye Chelny).

OPPONENT
DINAMO Minsk
Founded in: 1966 (from 1970 to 1976 and 1992 to 2003 team did not exist)
Arena: Minsk Arena, capacity – 15000
Achievements: USSR Championship 1989/1990, 10th place, Spengler Cup Winner (2009), 1st round of Gagarin Cup playoffs (2011, 2012)
Last season finish: 26th place
Head coach: Lubomir Pokovic
Team colors: blue, white
Team captain: Aleksei Kalyuzhny
Most GP in team history: Aleksandr Kulakov – 459 games
MHL team: Dinamo-Shinnik
Website
Roster

CURRENT REGULAR SEASON, TRAKTOR vs. DINAMO MINSK
Games played: 53 vs. 53
Points: 73 vs. 94
Goals scored: 126 vs. 158
Goals allowed: 140 vs. 137
Shots: 1544 vs. 1532
Shots efficiency%: 8.16 vs. 10.31
PP%: 16.4 vs. 26.5
PK%: 85.8 vs. 82.8
PIM: 550 vs. 517

TEAM LEADERS, TRAKTOR vs. DINAMO MINSK
Goaltenders: Michael Garnett (32 GP, 14 W, GAA 2.30, svs% 92.3) vs. Lars Haugen (27 GP, 14 W, GAA 2.31, svs% 92.5)
Points: Anton Glinkin (37) vs. Matt Ellison (51)
Goals: Andrei Popov (18) vs. Jonathan Cheechoo (23)
Assists: Anton Glinkin (24) vs. Charles Linglet (32)
D-men points: Deron Quint (25) vs. Nick Bailen (34)
+/-: Konstantin Panov (9) vs. Paul Szczechura (12)
Shots: Konstantin Panov (128) vs. Jonathan Cheechoo (171)
FO win%: Francis Pare (57.5) vs. Ryan Vesce (61.8)
Average TOI: Deron Quint (22:57) vs. Nick Bailen (26:55)
Hits: Jan Bulis (92), Oleg Piganovich (92) vs. Jonathan Cheechoo (64)
Shots blocked: Maksim Kondratyev (75) vs. Nick Bailen (49)
Most PIM: Yevgeni Katichev (48), Jan Bulis (48) vs. Charles Linglet (49)

5 LATEST DINAMO MINSK GAMES
January 28 (a) vs. Metallurg Magnitogorsk, 2:3 (1:1, 0:1, 1:1). Dinamo Minsk goals: Szczechura (Cheechoo), Ellison (Nogachyov, Vesce).
January 30 (a) vs. Avtomobilist, 3:4 SO (1:0, 0:2, 2:1, 0:0, 0:1). Dinamo Minsk goals: Cheechoo (Vesce, Bailen), Materukhin (Krajicek), Kulakov (Linglet, Meleshko).
February 1 (a) vs. Ak Bars, 1:2 (0:1, 1:1, 0:0). Dinamo Minsk goal: Ellison (Linglet, Szczechura).
February 3 (h) vs. Medvescak, 3:2 (1:0, 1:0, 1:2). Dinamo Minsk goals: Bailen (Linglet, Ellison), Stepanov (Materukhin, Krajicek), Stepanov (Krajicek, Szczechura).
February 7 (h) vs. Yugra, 3:1 (0:0, 1:1, 2:0). Dinamo Minsk goals: Linglet, Linglet (Ellison, Vesce), Ellison (Linglet).

HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHES STATS, TRAKTOR vs. DINAMO MINSK

Total:
13 games played
7 Traktor wins in regulation
6 Dinamo Minsk wins in regulation
Goals scored: 40 vs. 33

In Chelyabinsk:
7 games played
4 Traktor wins in regulation
3 Dinamo Minsk wins in regulation
Goals scored: 22 vs. 16

In Minsk:
6 games played
3 Traktor wins in regulation
3 Dinamo Minsk wins in regulation
Goals scored: 18 vs. 17