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18 Nov 2018Davide Tuniz»

The last game of semifinals sealed the victory of Arlan Kokshetau and the qualification of Kazakh and Belarussian team to Superfinals

In the silence of Charlemagne arena, In an irrelevant game - both teams secured yesterday the qualification to Superfinals - finally Arlan finds the first victory in the regular time, clearly beating undefeated Gomel. Game was more a training session or a friendly match for the teams, after the tough battles of the weekend., with less contacts and the back-up goalies in the net. Arlan secures the victory in the first period, with a double advantage – goals scored by Dmitri Potaichuk at minute 3 and Ilya Gulyakov at 08:29 – increased after 01:33 in the second period by a shot of Ivan Kiselev, without any notable chances for Gomel during all this time and a constant dominance of Kazakh team. Gomel has a remarkable reaction in the last part of second period, giving some work to goalie Mikhail Demidov with Solomonov and Tochilkin. Arlan closed the game in total control, bringing a Kazakh team for the third consecutive years at the Superfinals

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