Klimenko ensures SKA’s victory over Traktor
13 Sep 2012 | Didzis Rudmanis
Tonight SKA St.Petersburg faced Traktor Chelyabinsk, which had won both first two games of the season. Tonight, however, SKA managed to win Traktor 3:2, with two of the goals being scored by Gleb Klimenko.
Traktor Chelyabinsk – SKA St. Petersburg
2:3
Already in the third minute of the game
Fyodor Fyodorov managed to open the score in favour to SKA. Less than a minute
later Jan Bulis tied the game, however, then late in the period Gleb Klimenko
managed to score two consecutive goals, making it 3:1.
Unlike the first period, in which Traktor
outshot the opponent 16-12, in the second period it was St.Petersburg which
attempted the most shots. In the third period Traktor managed to score a
desperate last minute goal by Evgeny Kuznetsov. Still, team failed to tie the
game, losing 2:3.
Dynamo Minsk – Slovan Bratislava 4:3
It was Dynamo Minsk which, outscoring
Slovan 4:3, celebrated their first victory in regulation this season. Both the
game-tying and game-winning goals were scored by Teemu Laine.
Slovan had a successful start of the game,
with Michal Vondrka and Libor Hudacek making it 2:0 already by the middle of the
first period. Lukas Krajicek scored a powerplay goal, finishing the period 2:1
in favour of Bratislava.
In the second half of the second stanza
Teemu Laine tied the game, scoring the game-winning goal early in the
third period. It was Cory Murphy, then, who made it 4:2. In the last seconds of
the game Jonathan Sigalet made it 3:4, still, Slovan failed to tie the game after
all.
Dinamo Riga – Sibir Novosibirsk 1:2
Already in the third minute of the game
Krisjanis Redlihs managed to open the score for Dinamo Riga. Playing a rather
quiet first period, in the second twenty minutes it was Riga which overtook the
initiative of the game, however, midway through the period Kristian Kudroc tied
the game for Sibir.
In the second half of the third period
Jori Lehtera scored an impressive game-winning goal, after a nice assist by
Maxim Krivonozhkin. This was already the third loss for Riga this season.
Other scores:
Avangard Omsk – Salavat Yulaev 2:1 SO
Barys Astana – Ak Bars Kazan 1:3
Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk – Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 2:3
Severstal Cherepovets – CSKA Moscow 1:2 OT
Vityaz Chekhov – Lev Prague 0:2
Atlant Mytishchi – Amur Khabarovsk 3:2
Spartak Moscow – Metallurg Novokuznetsk 0:3