Yunost completes campaign with perfect record
Winning 2-1 against host Rungsted, Yunost keeps the perfect record proposing as favourite for the Superfinals
With Yunost and Sheffield Steelers already
qualified, the last game between the Belarusian team and Rungsted is just for
the statistics and the last chance for home team to grab a victory in front of
fans.
Again without injured players – Mikael Christiansen
and William Madsen for Danish and Nikita Mitskevich for Yunost – and back up
goalies in the net, the teams don’t save
energy, with Marcus Nielsen opening the score after 01;17 deflecting the puck
in Shibanov’s net after a confusing situation in front of the goalie. Even with
a superior skill, Yunost doesn’t find the right way to threat Feuk: Danish
goalie makes not difficult saves in the first period, unlike his colleague,
very reactive at minute 17 on Mattias Persson. Different plot in the secod
period, with Yunost much more aggressive: after two attempts by Zakharov and Kogalev,24:50
with same Kogalev, stopped by Feuk, the deserved goal comes at 24:50 with same
Kogalev, wilful in recovering a puck in Danish defense. After a great chance by
Runsted on a counterattack, again Kogalev finalizes the lethal Belarusian
power-play netting the second goal at 32:21.
Yunost Minsk, winner of Semifinals Round
With this victory Yunost seals a perfect
campaign, leaving the impression to be the favourite to win the 20th
edition of the Continental.