Today Ak Bars Kazan beat Yaroslavl's Lokomotiv in the KHL finals 7th and last game, becoming the first team to win the Gagarin Cup.
Metallurg - Atlant 4:2 (in series 3:1 - Metallurg to 1/2)
Dinamo Riga vs.
Dinamo Moscow vs.
Dinamo Moscow vs.
Dinamo Riga vs.
Dinamo Riga vs.
Dinamo Riga vs.
Dinamo Riga vs.
Dinamo Riga vs.Goals:
1:0 - 01:33 Mark Hartigan; 1:1 - 03:38 Alexei Tertishni (Evgeni Lapin, Denis Tyurin, PP); 2:1 - 10:34 Aleksandts Nizivijs (Krisjanis Redlihs); 3:1 - 19:35 Girts Ankipans (Matt Ellison); 4:1 - 32:32 Marcel Hossa (Girts Ankipans); 4:2 - 34:42 Evgeni Muratov (Sergei Berdnikov); 5:2 - 37:44 Krisjanis Redlihs (Aleksandrs Nizivijs, PP); 5:3 - 39:59 Evgeni Lapin (Alexei Petushkov); 5:4 - 55:17 Ivan Chernik (Rastislav Pavlikovski, Vladimir Markelov); 6:4 - 59:59 Mark Hartigan (Krisjanis Redlihs).
Goalkeepers: Sergejs Naumovs - Yuri Klyuchnikov
Penalties: 20 - 16
Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo
Atlant Mytischi vs.Dinamo's goalie Ervins Mustukovs took the place in the net from the first minutes. It's nice to see that the coaches are giving the young ones a chance to prove themselves!
Atlant had the advantage all first period long, but Dinamo Riga was the one who scored - in power-play. Atlant had numerous attacks on Mustukovs net, but Ervins was great, the defenders helped also. On the last minute the guests could score another one. Shots after first period: 9-8, face-offs 5-11.
In the second period Atlant continued pressing. Dinamo Riga answered seldom. The home team had to score some times - so it happened on the 6th minute and six minutes later Atlant took the lead. On the 17th minute Anton Lazarev run one-on-one and made the score 3:1. Shots after second period: 15-6, face-offs: 13-9.
In the third period the guests took the advantage, Atlant answered with dangerous counter-attacks. Dinamo tried to score, but without any luck, Atlant, however, scored in the end of the game - after Alexandr's Korolyuk's long shot, the puck flied into the net right in Mustukovs fifth hole. But the final word was said by Dinamo Riga - 15 second before the serene, Mark Hartigan made the final score of 4:2.
Atlant - Dinamo 4:2 (0:1, 3:0, 1:1)
Goals:
0:1 - 08:12 Martins Cipluis (Aleksandrs Nizivijs, Krisjanis Redlihs), PP
1:1 - 25:07 Alexandr Nesterov (Anton Lazarev)
2:1 - 31:41 Sergei Mozyakin (Magnus Johansson, Albert Leshev)
3:1 - 36:18 Anton Lazarev
4:1 - 59:12 Alexandr Korolyuk (Albert Leshev, Sergei Mozyakin)
4:2 - 59:45 Mark Hartigan (Guntis Galvins, Lauris Darzins), PP
Goalkeepers: Ray Emery - Ervins Mustukovs
Penalties: 10 -10
Next game - Monday, against Torpedo Nizniy Novgorod.
HC MVD vs.
We all know, that Dinamo Riga ice hockey players can be proud of their fans.
Everyone, has seen those girls, who account for posters to support our Dinamo players.
Lauris Darzins :"It encourages, that people are supporting us so much, that they`re sitting and thinking and making posters for us. And of course, we are trying to say "thank you" them with a good game, thus giving them a reason to rejoice."
Dinamo Riga vs.
Dinamo Riga vs.
28.01 Dinamo Riga vs. Spartak Moscow
CSKA, Moscow (Central Sports Club of the Army), also founded in 1946, is probably the best club of the past. This team won the Soviet Championship for 32 times (!!!). CSKA played 36 games against NHL teams from 1975 to 1991 and finished with a record of 26 wins, 8 losses, and 2 ties. The club was able to pull off such a long run of dominance because during the Soviet era, the entire CSKA organization was a functioning division of the Red Army, from here – the other name – the Red Army Team. 
Dinamo Riga vs.
Even though there’s just a little more than a month left ‘till the KHL play-offs, we’ve decided to create a weekly observation of the standings, most interesting matches, as well as, how the team pairs for the play-off would look at the moment.1 Salavat Yulaev --- 45 ---176–90 --- 110
2 Ak Bars --- 46 --- 158–108 --- 98
3 Lokomotiv --- 46 --- 137–91 --- 88
4 CSKA --- 46 --- 145–118 --- 88
5 Atlant --- 45 --- 155–186 --- 101
6 Metallurg Mg --- 45 --- 149–115 --- 88
7 SKA --- 47 --- 120–87 --- 82
8 Spartak --- 47 --- 152–139 --- 78
9 Dinamo M --- 44 --- 144–119 --- 77
10 Traktor --- 45 --- 119–132 --- 72
11 Avangard --- 46 --- 134–133 --- 68
12 Dinamo R --- 45 --- 97–127 --- 65
13 Neftekhimik --- 47 --- 108–116 --- 65
14 Severstal --- 47 --- 119–145 --- 65
15 Torpedo --- 44 --- 122–123 --- 63
16 Baris --- 45 --- 139–154 --- 61
17 HC MVD --- 45 --- 110–123 --- 60
18 Lada --- 47 --- 93–106 --- 60
19 Amur --- 45 --- 90–124 --- 52
20 Sibir --- 45 --- 110–132 --- 51
21 Metallurg Nk --- 45 --- 103–128 --- 42
22 Dinamo Mn --- 45 --- 97–154 --- 39
23 Vityaz --- 46 --- 114–169 --- 39
24 Khimik --- 46 --- 84–156 --- 29
GP – games played; PTS – points
Well, there wasn’t anything really interesting this week. Notable are Lokmotiv’s results that lost all three this week’s games (2:3 to Spartak Moscow, 1:2 to Dinamo Riga, 1:2 OT to Vityaz Chekhov). The biggest results were fixed in the matches with Atlant – Khimik (8:1) and between two Dinamo’s from Moscow and Riga (7:1).
If tomorrow’s the play-off…
Here's how the play-off pair look for now:
(1) Salavat Yulaev – (16) Baris
(2) Ak Bars – (15) Torpedo
(3) Lokomotv – (14) Severstal
(4) CSKA – (13) Neftekhimik
(5) Atlant – (12) Dinamo Riga
(6) Metallurg Mg – (11) Avangard
(7) SKA – (10) Traktor
(8) Spartak – (9) Dinamo Moscow
Full statistics here.
Dinamo Moscow vs.
Dinamo Riga vs.
Dinamo Riga vs.
The goalkeepers were Martin Prusek for Dinamo and for Avangard – Adam Svoboda, their new goalie, for who this game was a debut.
Dinamo Riga began the match more active and opened the result on the 3rd minute – Matt Ellison won the face-off, gave the puck away to Marcel Hossa, who scored with a mighty snap-shot. Then – Dinamo played short-handed for two times. Avangard’s attacks weren’t so dangerous. On the 12th minute Dinamo got an opportunity for a power-play, but it was wasted. As the period was coming to the end, the home team was still more active, which allowed it to get another PP and to score the second goal – after Mark Hartigan’s shot the puck hit Svoboda’s skate blade and flied into the net. But less than a minute later the guests reduced the result: a beautiful two on one combination and Igor Volkov overplayed Dinamo’s goalie. Precisely two minutes later, when Riga was playing in a power-play once again, Krisjanis Redlihs with a long-shot made the score comfortable for Dinamo before the break – 3:1.
The beginning of the second period was behind Avangard Omsk, but later to the period the game became more equal or better to say – Dinamo got a little advantage. Well, our team had numerous goal-scoring chances, but luck was on Avangard’s side, as well as our players need to work on their attack endings. Avangard, however, used its opportunities. On the 15th minute Anton Kuryanov with a beautiful shot made the result 3:2, but a few minutes later Jaromir Jagr and Dmitri Pestunov after an effective combination tied it.
In the beginning of the third period the home team was better. In one of the episodes Duvie Westcott fouled on Jagr and received a penalty for that, but, boy, how the crowd welcomed Jaromir’s falling on the ice! :-) Well, actually, it’s a pretty big dead – to make Jaromir Jagr fall. The Czech player is a mighty guy; some of our Dinamo players even look small on his background :-) Back to the game: Avangard didn’t do anything special during the PP and continued to play more intently after. In the middle of the period Dinamo was penalized for having too many players on the ice. The player that went to the penalty box was Dinamo’s debutant – Edijs Brahmanis. Congratulations with your first mark in the game report, Edij! :-) Several moments later Dinamo was left three on five. Of course, Avangard Omsk used its two-man advantage and for the first time in the game took the lead – 3:4. Dinamo was still left short-handed, but held out the remaining time. Then – Riga had a power-play for two times, but without anything, despite the good opportunities to score. It looked like Avangard has won this match, but no – on 58:19 Kristaps Sotnieks’ (games MVP, by the way. The kid's progressing!) great shot from a sharp angle and right into the top corner made the score 4:4 and moved the game into over-time!
The teams, of course, were very careful, but in the middle Omsk received a penalty, a penalty in the OT – that’s always too dangerous and almost always – a goal. What Dinamo Riga and Mark Hartigan proved – a 5:4 victory and two points for the home team!
This game was the last of four with Avangard Omsk. The results of the last three were 3:2 and 2:0 for Dinamo Riga and a 3:0 for Avangard. So, Dinamo has a positive balance of matches against Avangard. Riga gained 8 points out of a possible 12, the goal difference is +1 (10–9). At this time, Omsk is a convenient opponent for Dinamo.
Next game – Monday, January 19, against Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.
Match goals here. Enjoy!
Dinamo Riga – Avangard Omsk 5:4 OT (3:1, 0:2, 1:1, 1:0)
Goals:
1:0 - 02:52 Marcel Hossa (Matt Ellison), 2:0 - 15:39 Mark Hartigan (Matt Ellison, Marcel Hossa, PP), 2:1 - 16:27 Igor Volkov (Dmitri Vlasenkov, Anton Kuryanov), 3:1 - 18:27 Krisjanis Redlihs (Martins Cipulis, PP), 3:2 - 34:53 Anton Kuryanov (Alexandr Popov), 3:3 - 36:28 Dmitri Pestunov (Jaromir Jagr), 3:4 - 50:59 Vyacheslav Belov (Jakub Klepish, Jaromir Jagr, PP), 4:4 - 58:19 Kristaps Sotnieks (Armands Berzins), 5:4 - 63:15 Mark Hartigan (Duvie Westcott, Matt Ellison, PP).
Penalties: 12 - 18.
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