Last minutes comebacks

11 Dec 2011 | Regular season | LDS Sokolniki Moscow
Spartak Moskva	2-3 SO	HC LEV Poprad
Periods: Shots: 0-0 (16-5) 1-0 (4-6) 1-2 (8-12) 0-0 (1-1) 0-1 ( - )
Referees: E. Odins, A. Cherenkov | Spectators: 3200

Slovak goalie Tomas Duba started for HC Lev for the first time in last 8 games.

"It was pleasant not playing, when the other goalie Jan Laco was on fire. I try to keep up with him, try to have a good game against Spartak, we are in the same position with them," HC Lev goalie Tomas Duba said to Eurohockey.com.

Spartak line-up can't change at all after coming new head coach Andrei Sidorenko. Moscow fans remembered what happened with the team last month, that's why they hang up banners, which were addressed to Spartak players: "Cowards doesn't play hockey" with images of pants (pants and cowards in Russian sound the same) and scores huge losses (1-8, 2-10, 1-7); and "Don't score more than 2, don't concede less than 5, don't disgrace Spartak". The home team began the game more active and aggressive, had a several chances in power-play, but Duba stopped all 16 shots in the first period.

"We didn't expect that, we predicted that it would be a tight game, they wanted to try in the beginning, we did slow, happy in the end with a little bit of luck we won," Duba said.

A strong snap shot by Roman Lyuduchin gave Spartak the lead early in the second. All second period the teams played at low speed, another moment happened, when Marcel Hossa gave a great pass to Vadim Berdnikov, who can't lift the puck with a high wrister.

In the third the teams again returned to the game. Spartak goalie Ivan Kasutin lost a puck behind the net and Netik touched it in the net at 44:01. Immediately Spartak increased speed and 4 minutes later Artyom Voronin scored his first KHL goal after getting a pass from Aleksandr Yunkov in front of the net with a powerful high wrister. Spartak's 4th line scored both goals tonight. When it was 20 seconds to play in the third ex-Spartak player Juraj Mikus tied the game. In the shootout HC Lev goalie Tomas Duba stoned shots by Gubin and Lyuduchin, but Ivan Kasutin can't deny Juraj Mikus and Jiri Sekac shots.

"I didn't expect that so many Spartak fans would be on my side, we wanted to win today. It wasn't our best game, but we were lucky. I absolutely know how I will perform a shot. Kasutin is a good goalie. Last game when we had a shootout I didn't perform in it, because I felt that I won't score. Today I felt it, and I wanted to do it, and did it!" Juraj Mikus said to Eurohockey.com.

HC Lev snapped its 10-game losing away streak; Spartak became one of the worst teams in KHL between two Euro Hockey Tour stages.

"I didn't know it, I think against Neftekhimik we won the last time on the road. We've been trying very hard, often losing 1-2 goals, and we're really happy to win today. We need some winning streak to think about getting playoff-spot, if we struggle in a couple of games we can try to look at the standings, and watch where we're," Duba said.

11 Dec 2011 | Regular season | Platinum Arena Khabarovsk
Amur Khabarovsk	7-1	Barys Astana
Periods: Shots: 2-0 (12-13) 1-0 (8-19) 4-1 (14-13)
Referees: Jyri Rönn, Sergei Kulakov | Spectators: 7100

Yesterday Amur head coach Hannu Jortika promised that today his team will do their best to beat Barys in the last game before Euro Hockey Tour. Amur got a quick 2-goal lead in the first period with Dmitry Tarasov and Dmitry Shitikov, who scored his first goal for Amur. In the second Barys peppered Alexey Murygin with 19 shots, but all of them were stopped. Petr Vrana made it 3-0 in power-play with 35 seconds remaining in the second. Early in the third the Kazakhstan team got a chance to play 5-on-3 and Brandon Bochenski scored his 15th goal of the season with a pass from Nigel Dawes and Kevin Dallman. But it was the last thing, which Barys was able to do this day. Alexey Kopeykin in power-play, Petr Vrana's shorthanded goal, Martin Ruzicka and Aleksandr Nikulin goals made it a final score 7-1 in favour of Amur. Amur goalie Murygin played another great game this season, stopping 44 shots and conceding only one goal.

11 Dec 2011 | Regular season | Omsk Arena
Avangard Omsk	2-3 SO	Traktor Chelyabinsk
Periods: Shots: 0-0 (8-7) 0-2 (3-13) 2-0 (10-12) 0-0 (3-3) 0-1 ( - )
Referees: A. Radovin, D. Naumov | Spectators: 10318

In Omsk Avangard faced the leader of the East conference Traktor Chelyabinsk. After a goalless first period the away team scored twice in the second with Vladimir Antipov and Konstantin Panov goals. But then Avangard managed to rally from a 2-goal deficit and tied the game in regulation. Firstly, Egor Averin fed a pass to Roman Cervenka, who ,made it 1-2 at 44:30. Later in the third Averin scored by himself with Konstantin Panov in the penalty box for slashing and tied the game. In the shootout two goals by Evgeny Kuznetsov lead Traktor to an important victory before the break.

11 Dec 2011 | Regular season | Magnitogorsk Arena
Metallurg Magnitogorsk	6-3	Automobilist Ekaterinburg
Periods: Shots: 1-0 (11-5) 1-2 (6-16) 4-1 (15-12)
Referees: M. Buturlin, A. Soin | Spectators: 6915

The last game before the break for Metallurg should be easier than other, because they played against the league outsider Avtomobilist. It  begun as they wanted, gaining a 2-goal lead with Sergey Mozyakin and Juhamatti Aaltonen goals. Aaltonen scored at 0:09 in the second, but the first Avtomobilist goal came 69 seconds after that. Ilya Malyushkin scored in power-play after a pass from Viktor Kostyuchenok. Another power-play chance for Avtomobilist tied the game. Denis Osipov set a pass to Andrey Subbotin, who made it 2-2. After the third Metallurg did everything to extend their 8-game home winning streak. At 43:53 Evgeny Biryukov pulled Metallurg ahead 3-2 in power-play. 3 minutes later Aaltonen scored his second goal of the night. Denis Osipov scored a third Avtomobilist goal in power-play this night. Yaroslav Kosov, who're in the extended roster of the Russian team for WJC, scored his third KHL goal at 56:19 and returned his team to a 2-goal lead. With 39 seconds remaining in the third Sergey Mozyakin closed the game 6-3. Andrey Subbotin scored again, but the puck crossed the line after a horn.

11 Dec 2011 | Regular season | Arena Yugra Khanty Mansiysk
Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	4-3 SO	Dinamo Minsk
Periods: Shots: 3-1 (9-14) 0-0 (6-12) 0-2 (8-12) 0-0 (2-2) 1-0 ( - )
Referees: S. Feofanov, S. Belyaev | Spectators: 4000

Early in the first the home team gained a quick 3-goal lead. At 1:29 Dmitri Altaryov set up Sergey Demagin, who opened the scoring. 5 minutes later Maxim Belyaev made it 2-0. A third Yugra's goal in the first was scored by Vitali Sitnikov with Charles Linglet in the penalty box for tripping. The Belarus club can answer only with Libor Pivko's goal at 16:37.  In the third Dinamo managed to erase a 2-goal deficit with two Peter Podhradsky goals. First he scored at 45:51, and tied the game with 28 seconds left in the third. A lonely goal by Igor Skorokhodov in the shootout gave Yugra a 5-straight victory.

"It's a wonder that we tied the game after losing at 9 minutes 0-3," Dinamo Minsk head coach Marek Sikora said to Yugra's official site.

11 Dec 2011 | Regular season | Ice Palace Saint Petersburg
SKA St. Petersburg	4-3	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
Periods: Shots: 2-1 (11-6) 2-1 (9-5) 0-1 (8-12)
Referees: A. Rogachev, S. Semenov | Spectators: 10000

SKA, who celebrates today its 65th anniversary faced on the home ice again Neftekhimik. At 3:58 Tony Mårtensson opened the scoring after being first on the rebound after Matthias Weinhandl's shot. In the same way Egor Milovzorov tied the game at 9:59. Later in the first Evgeny Artyukhin pulled SKA ahead 2-1. In the second period Mårtensson scored his second goal of the night, playing in a penalty-killing shift at 24:12. Another SKA shorthanded goal was scored by Ivan Nepryaev at 37:02, but 18 seconds later Neftekhimik used their power-play chance with Aleksandr Korolyuk's shot from sharp angle. Martin Cibak closed the game with 4-3 score in favour of SKA at 55:31.

11 Dec 2011 | Regular season | Ice Palace Cherepovets
Severstal Cherepovets	4-1	Torpedo Nizhny-Novgorod
Periods: Shots: 3-0 (15-14) 0-0 (10-9) 1-1 (7-12)
Referees: A. Vasiliev, S. Gusev | Spectators: 4900

Severstal gained an easy victory, scoring three goals in first 12 minutes. Mikko Lehtonen, Evgeny Ketov hit Vitaly Koval's net, but Evgeny Kovyrshin sent the puck past Pekka Tuokkola, who changed Koval after second goal. Torpedo only managed to score one goal in the third, when Vladimir Malenkikh fed a pass to Martin Thörnberg at 45:17. Kovyrshin later in the third scored his 4th goal in this season and closed the game 4-1.

11 Dec 2011 | Regular season | Tatneft Arena
Ak Bars Kazan	3-2	Salavat Yulayev Ufa
Periods: Shots: 0-0 (8-12) 1-1 (7-10) 2-1 (14-7)
Referees: A. Sergeev, V. Bulanov | Spectators: 7800

A big green derby was played on the last game day before the Euro Hockey Tour break. The first game of arch-rivals was in Ufa and ended with Salavat Yulaev winning 5-4 on 16 Sep. In the middle of the second Salavat Yulaev grabbed a 1-0 lead when Aleksandr Svitov converted a pass from Igor Mirnov in power-play. The away team got a minor penalty for too many man on the ice at 37:47, and when the time came to an end Maksim Spiridonov tied the game. Jakub Nakladal's first KHL goal gave Salavat Yulaev a 1-goal lead at 42:05. 4 minutes later Ak Bars captain Alexey Morozov tied the game after passes from Grigoriy Panin and Danis Zaripov. The game-winning goal happened at 53:15, when Niko Kapanen sent a puck past Nikita Davydov with Jakub Nakladal in the penalty box for boarding.

"Our last 3-4 games were like in play-off games. We need to play more 20 games, that's why there is always an aspect, which we should improve," Ak Bars forward Maxim Spiridonov said to Ak Bars's official site.

11 Dec 2011 | Regular season | Mytishchi Arena
Atlant Moscow Oblast	3-2 SO	CSKA Moskva
Periods: Shots: 1-0 (17-4) 1-1 (5-11) 0-1 (10-8) 0-0 (2-0) 1-0 ( - )
Referees: K. Olenin, A. Anisimov | Spectators: 6700

Atlant grabbed a 1-0 lead at 14:00 of the first when Dmitri Upper fed a pass to Eduard Lewandowski, who scored a shorthanded goal. Early in the second Patrick Zackrisson made it 2-0. CSKA rally from 2-goal deficit before the end of regulation time. Firstly, Denis Parshin converted a pass from Sergei Shirokov in power-play mode. 1:35 left in the third Shirokov tied the game. In shootout Atlant was luckier; a lonely goal was scored by Igor Musatov, who was involved in yesterday's scandal with a chase from the police in a drunken condition.

11 Dec 2011 | Regular season | Arena Riga
Dinamo Riga	2-0	Vityaz Chekhov
Periods: Shots: 0-0 (8-8) 2-0 (26-10) 0-0 (9-10)
Referees: A. Zakharov, Y. Tsyplakov | Spectators: 9510

The last game of the day was played in Riga, where home team Dinamo played against Vityaz. Mikelis Redlihs scored twice in the second period and gave Dinamo a 2-goal lead, which wasn't changed to the end of the game. Kristianis Redlihs and Janis Sprukts made two assists tonight. Kristopher Holt stopped all 28 shots and faced his third shutout this season. In the end of the game John Mirasty aggressively called Riga's player for a fight, but his wanting were denied.

 

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