Odense knocked out Donbas

Last call for Odense and Donbas for a ticket to Superfinals, after the loss of day #1. Both teams has a man down in the roster: Frederik Soresen for home side and defender Valentin Aleksyuk for the Ukranian. The first chance is for Donbas, Galansky stops on Nikiforuk and the following shot of Petrukhno. Survived to a power play, Odense is threaten by Lyalka and Butsenko but Galansky is reactive. Odense can’t take advantage on a power play and suffered the first goal at 11:44 from Roman Blagoy: the forward, alone in front of Galansky, fluffs the first attempt but is precise in the second with no chance for the goalie. Same Galansky is ready to rebounds on Khakimov one minute later. Quite unexpectedly Odense equalized at 15:53 with Tony Romano, well assisted by Dale Mitchell.

The central period runs without emotions until minute 13, when Galansky made a difficult save on Nikiforov and then Tsaregorodtsev has to work on Steiner and Lyo. A series of penalties weaken Donbas, until the second goal of Odense, scored again by Romano, clever in deflecting a shot by Eskesen. Donbas reacts confusing, wasting a power play while the best chance to close the question is on Dale Mitchell stick, but his shot is rebounded by Tsaregorodtsev. Ukranian team pulled the goalie for a confusing final assault without without even being able to shoot once. Donbas is already eliminated and will face qualified Nottingham tomorrow, while Odense can bet all the chances in the decisive game against Angers

MVP: Roman Blagoy – Tony Romano

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