2013 Governor Cup. First tournament victory for Traktor

Some changes were made in Traktor's line-up. The only lines left unchanged were the first and third ones. Flyagin and Guskov swapped places, Dugin was replaced by Bulis, Tsybin moved to the right; Sayustov became fourth center, thus Popov played a wing forward. Kokuyov and Dugin became extra forwards while Fokin took his place in the nets.

First period
Neftekhimik offered Traktor the power game, and the home team gladly obliged. Visitors were more active at the top of the period - Demagin and Alshevskiy were both neutralized by Fokin. Traktor replied with Bulis' scoring chance gone awry.Neftekhimik found a way to come back with Demagin's one-on-one that was stopped in a brilliant fashion by Fokin. Then, nothing substantial happened until the horn, except a couple of penalties, and the teams headed toward their respective locker rooms.

Second period
The second twenty pretty much resembled the first one with one exception - Traktor finally opened the score. Both teams were kind of phoning it in for the first half of the period. Eventually though, Traktor managed to pressure the visitors into a penalty and capitalized on it. Chistov crawled to the crease, and Kuznetsov was the quickest to add the puck into the net - 1:0. Neftekhimik did not want to put up with this state-of-affairs and became more active on the offensive end. Two penalties for Traktor made things look a little grim, and if it wasn't for Fokin, the score might have been different.

Third period
Traktor looked dominant in period number three. One minute into it Panov and Ryabykin had decent chances on goal; later on Traktor's new eight, Dmitry Tsybin, could seal the deal, but Sudnitsyn was there for Neftekhimik. Midway through the period Traktor's resident Finn Petri Kontiola outsmarted four opposition players, which left Panov alone on the far post - two nothing with little time for Neftekhimik to try to change things. Getting a bit ahead, visitors just failed to do so. In the closing moments of the match Vlad Fokin made some memorable saves, securing a shutout victory.

Game details

Traktor vs. Neftekhimik – 2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1:0)

Goals: Kuznetsov (Chistov), 30 (1:0 - PP); Panov(Kontiola), 52 (2:0).
Shootouts: Milovzorov (0:0 - denied by goaltender); Glinkin (0:0 - denied by goaltender); Polygalov (0:0 - denied by goaltender); Dugin (0:0 - denied by goaltender); Demagin (0:0 - wide); Kuznetsov (0:0 - denied by goaltender); Panov (0:0 - denied by goaltender); Komaristiy (0:0 - denied by goaltender); Chistov (0:0 – denied by goaltender); Tolpeko (0:0 - denied by goaltender); Kuryanov (1:0); Ziazov (1:0 - denied by goaltender).

Traktor (Chelyabinsk)
Fokin;
Mamashev – Bondarev, Chistov – Kuryanov – Kuznetsov (A),
Vasilchenko – Ryabykin (A), Panov (C) – Kontiola – Kostitsyn,
Kondratyev – Flyagin, Darzins – Bulis – Tsybin,
Guskov – Klimontov, Glinkin – Sayustov – Popov,
Dugin.

Neftekhimik (Nizhnekamsk)
Sudnitsyn;
Berezin – Kosmachyov, Tolpeko – Polygalov (A) – Komaristiy
Mnatsyan – Shchitov, Milovzorov – Cibak (C) – Osala,
Belov (A) – Shulakov, Demagin – Yakimov – Zaynullin,
Belyakov – Romanov, Y. Alshevskiy– Ziazov – S. Alshevskiy.

PIM: 8 (2+4+2) - 6 (2+2+2).
PP goals: 1-0.

Referees: Anton Kislov (Chelyabinsk), Sergey Karabanov (Moscow).
Linesmen: Yevgeny Antonov, Kirill Zagidulin (both - Chelyabinsk).

August 17, 2013. Traktor Arena, Chelyabinsk, Russia. Attendance - 3000.