“MMK” barely beat “Motorist” in the playoff KHL – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, March 3 – R-Sport, Roman Solovyov Ice Hockey Magnitogorsk “Metallurgist” in six games have achieved a victory over the Ekaterinburg “Motorist” in the first round of the playoffs eastern KHL conference

On Thursday, Magnitogorsk made a guest victory with a score of 5: 2, and in the series became 4-2 (1: 2, 2: 0, 6: 0, 1: 3, 4: 2, 5: 2). Top scorers Series became the defender of “Motorist” Alex Vasilevsky and forwards, “MMK” Alexander Semin and Oscar osala, scored 4 points (three goals and one transfer).

Goalkeeper leapfrog

Goalkeeper “Motorist” Jakub Kovář missed a long period of time before the playoffs, it was rumored that even due to a conflict with the team and coaches. But he was the starting goalkeeper in the first match of the series. In “MMK” the place was entrusted to the young Ilya Samsonov as the main goalkeeper Vasili Koshechkin not yet ready to play because of injury. “MMK” unexpectedly lost in the first match of the series, and in Yekaterinburg shone forward Alexander Pankov, apply for a double.

In the second game the coaches have changed goalies, Koshechkin played at “zero”, and Igor Ustinskov conceded just one goal. Koshechkin went “dry”, “Motorist” and in the next game, in which Andrei Razin eventually became disillusioned with Jakub Kovář after three missed goals in three minutes. Jan Kovář More in this series did not play, however, and played Koshechkin, the injury would not let him rest, but he continued to produce in the second game.

Young Samsonov came in the fourth game and again he lost, so the fifth meeting should It has become the overarching for him and for the team as a whole. The problem with victories, with good game Samson chased all season, partly because of this, in the World Youth Championship was the main goalkeeper Alexander Georgiev, not him. In the fifth match Samsonov won the first victory in the playoffs, but with the help of other people who were silent before the entire series.

The Awakening Mozyakina with Zaripov

Surprisingly, the protagonists of the series, in addition to the goalkeepers were not leaders of their teams in the regular season. In “Motorist” instead Golysheva Anatoly and Petr Koukal came to the fore Ufa pupils Pankow, Artem Gareev and Alex Vasilevsky. In “Metallurg” leaders were Yaroslav Kosov, Oscar osala and Alexander Semin. Only osala in the fourth match of an injury, which has completed its current season.

Captain “Metallurg” Sergey Mozyakin scored his first point in the series only in the fourth game, but in the fifth, one of the most important, scored the first goal . His partner in the link Danis Zaripov scored the first points in the playoffs in the fifth general meeting, but its puck was in that game victory. Zaripov “silent” in the sixth game, but the winning goal in the sixth meeting organized their first link, distinguished Jan Kovář.

Anatoly Golyshev after a successful regular season, was able to throw his first goal in the play-off only in the sixth game but it was not enough. “Motorist” confidently led the sixth meeting with a score of 2: 0 in the first period, but then “MMK” was able to even the score, and calm enough then brought the case to win, sending Yekaterinburg vacation

In the second round. playoffs, “MMK” will play against the Novosibirsk “Siberia”, the first two matches will be held in Magnitogorsk 8 and 10 March

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