The end of the third period

The whole areay is on lockdown by Vito Giaiotti. He leaves no single chance to the opponent

Eraldo Giraldoni gained a phenomenal speed and is the first on the puck – shoots immediately

Not for the first time Neal Singbush exhibits proficiency, switching his team to attack

Vito Giaiotti is a pure magnet of a man - the puck preffers him to a vacant corner once again

Every pass is accurate - Eber Berzins goes for the shot!

Georg Vauclair moved aside, spinned in place and entered the zone

Petr Kousalik appeared to be more adroit at face-off

A penalty. Jean-Guy Odrowski 2 minutes

Roughing by Jean-Guy Odrowski

An extremely powerfull hip-check by Bernard Danko. An unfit person could be hospitalized after such a thing. Monarchs gets the puck

Terje Oyehaug saw every movement and it wasn't hard to parry the puck

Stepan Polcar with the puck popped from the boarder – risky fire blazes at the cage Monarchs!

Dnipro players decided to enter the opponent's zone with a dump shot

Vito Giaiotti - a mechanical shoulder movement, nice reaction!

Blocked shot of Gustave Chouard but he oriented quickly and gave another shot!

Each pass is tape-to-tape, as well as every movement. Monarchs enters the zone as if by the guidline

Goalie parries the shot, the puck is left on the slot sliding and Vito Giaiotti just falls over it - the puck is not going anywhere

Blocked shot of Gustave Chouard but he oriented quickly and gave another shot!

Gustave Chouard watches out for a partner to send a pass to

Loosing track of the puck Terje Oyehaug lands on his leg pads and does it just in time to block the low shot

There’s a moment at the Monarchs cage!

Defenders are almost cuddling the cage as Dnipro keeps on advancing

An eager beaver Tim Gade achieved his goal and ended the attack

Vito Giaiotti comes out a winner in this matchup - the puck is still and locked in!

The players huddled at the cage like in a narrow room – dangerous!

Eber Berzins is on the roll, thinking of no pass enters the zone himself

The puck is dropped. Monarchs initiates the atack

Players of Monarchs lose the puck

Faceoff in the centre ice, Dnipro is with the puck

They won't let the oppent reach the blue-lined frontier

various technics are used by Vito Giaiotti, rotating like a hamster on a wheel! Save!

Monarchs greatly played the puck and Des Montanari is left eye to eye with the goalkeeper. Shot!

Des Montanari shows magnificent stickwork and enters the opponent's zone

A penalty. Brett Bourguignon 2 minutes

By the way, we got a penalty here

Tim Gade rushes to stop a cannon shot with his own body! With the face screwed up he still does his job

Vito Giaiotti solved this puzzle choosing the right position

Shep Festarini scraped the puck out of the tangle of fighting – he goes to the cage!

Monarchs cought the opponent on change

Attackers of Dnipro broke into the zone without noticing that they had lost the puck. A clear check.

Suitable actions are demosntrated by Terje Oyehaug, who picked a good spot - the puck is stuck in his gear

Trofim Erofeev jumps over the sprawled defender after the puck, there's only the goalkeeper in front of him!

With his pass Trofim Erofeev simply cuts apart Monarchs defence

Players of Dnipro do well defending, leaving no chance to the oponent in their zone

Players of Dnipro can not do a thing with the opponent's clingy defense

various technics are used by Vito Giaiotti, rotating like a hamster on a wheel! Save!

Shep Festarini shots

The defender look worn-out, it's time to change, Monarchs enters the zone efortlessly

After a powerfull shot the puck hits goalie in his mask - he is taken aback but the cage is safe

Bozhin Pavlacka partners put the puck right on the hook… shot!

Bozhin Pavlacka manages to perform an excellent drive!

The puck flies from under the defenseman, Vito Giaiotti raises the shield and gets it

Des Montanari is left alone on the slot!

Dnipro skipped a beat and Matthias Berend is in the zone already

Vito Giaiotti pushes his shield in front of the puck and it flies high up in the air

Eber Berzins jumps over the sprawled defender after the puck, there's only the goalkeeper in front of him!

Georg Vauclair shows magnificent stickwork and enters the opponent's zone

Occasional defenseman jumps in front of the shooter - carom - Vito Giaiotti leads the puck away with the shield

Monarchs players played greatly in the opponent's zone, there's a shot!

Petr Kousalik built up a burst of speed from the cage and meeting no resistance entered the attack zone

Players of Monarchs start their attack

Start of the third period

The end of the second period

A penalty. Stefan Lundberg 2 minutes

Stefan Lundberg commits a faul

Coming out of the goal, Terje Oyehaug narrows the angle for a shot and chests down the puck

Stepan Polcar playfully handled the defender

Fight in the centre, a pass and Conrad Holt is already in the opponent's zone

A quick flick! Gooooaaal!

Goal. 2-3. Jean-Guy Odrowski

Every pass is accurate - Jean-Guy Odrowski goes for the shot!

:is on the blue line, spotts a partner, knock-on. Puck-chasers of Dnipro entered the opponent's zone

After a row of caroms from the defensemen the puck got into the goalie's trapper

Magne Blachman scraped the puck out of the tangle of fighting – he goes to the cage!

Magne Blachman is on the roll, thinking of no pass enters the zone himself

Terje Oyehaug saw every movement and it wasn't hard to parry the puck

Manrico Polisseno is alone on the slot and receives the pass – Dangerous!

Ulisse Machiavelli is on the roll, thinking of no pass enters the zone himself

Suitable actions are demosntrated by Terje Oyehaug, who picked a good spot - the puck is stuck in his gear

Combination, pass goes by - Stepan Polcar is alone!

An outstanding pass performed by Gavriil Kazak

A wrist shot....GOOOOOOOAAAAAL!

Goal. 2-2. Gunnar Petersson

Gunnar Petersson jumps over the sprawled defender after the puck, there's only the goalkeeper in front of him!

Monarchs is attacking. the opponent is blocked in the zone

Terje Oyehaug showed extrordinary reaction skillfully parrying the shot with the shield

Trofim Erofeev outplays the opponent and shoots!

Gregg Lemay is in the opponent's zone

A penalty. Shep Festarini 2 minutes

A penalty within the team Monarchs

Matthias Berend was a little better at the spot

Terje Oyehaug weighed the threat and acted accordingly, closing the angle for a shot

Conrad Holt gained a phenomenal speed and is the first on the puck – shoots immediately

Forwards of Dnipro entered the zone of Monarchs

Terje Oyehaug! What is the goalkeeper of Monarchs doing! At full stretch he saves an empty corner of the cage!

Combination, pass goes by - Conrad Holt is alone!

Dnipro players entered the zone without a hitch

Ulisse Machiavelli played splendidly at the spot

Ulisse Machiavelli couldn't make a good deal of fighting at face-off. Dnipro is with the puck

Vito Giaiotti manages to interlock the leg pads, a dull blow, the puck is settled

The players huddled at the cage like in a narrow room – dangerous!

Fredrik Brun gets the puck, a short run, a dodge. Fredrik Brun rushes towards the cage

An intense fight broke out at face-off! But however Hugolin Handzus prooved to be faster and won it for his team

Manrico Polisseno blocks a powerfull pass with his baton and the puck flies over to the terrace

An extremely powerfull hip-check by Gaetan Rühl. An unfit person could be hospitalized after such a thing. Monarchs gets the puck

Vito Giaiotti - perfect play with the trapper

Volodar Romanov is left alone on the slot!

Hugolin Handzus is on the roll, thinking of no pass enters the zone himself

An extremely powerfull hip-check by Bernard Danko. An unfit person could be hospitalized after such a thing. Monarchs gets the puck

Start of the second period

The end of the first period

Though after the second try, :shoter managed to get tge puck in the cage!

Goal. 1-2. Stepan Polcar

Stepan Polcar shoots!

:foward breathes heavily - he crossed the blue line in a rush

Vito Giaiotti catches the puck with his trapper - a perfect save for a slick magazine's cover!

Shep Festarini playfully handled the defender

An outstanding pass performed by Gustave Chouard

Loosing track of the puck Terje Oyehaug lands on his leg pads and does it just in time to block the low shot

Partners skillfully brought Erik Martensson to the final shot…

A long bomb across the blue line - Dnipro is in the opponent's zone

The puck bounces off from the pad and keeps on rolling just in front of the cage but finally Terje Oyehaug manages to win it over

Trofim Erofeev jumps over the sprawled defender after the puck, there's only the goalkeeper in front of him!

Ulisse Machiavelli shapes the attack and brings the puck to the opponent's zone

Loosing track of the puck Terje Oyehaug lands on his leg pads and does it just in time to block the low shot

Stepan Polcar shoots!

The puck bounces back to the Monarchs zone

A penalty. Gunnar Petersson 2 minutes

Gunnar Petersson couldn't hold his combatative spirit back. That's just one of those things

Terje Oyehaug is the last obstacle for the puck on its way and he's unbreakable - it was parried!

The defence of the Monarchs has failed. Gert Koeck shoots!

Dnipro forwards reached the opponent's zone off the cuff

Magne Blachman appeared to be more adroit at face-off

Under a head of steam Vito Giaiotti rases the button and using his shield throws the puck over the cage

Tim Gade goes to the cage – swing, shot!

Monarchs players decided to enter the opponent's zone with a dump shot

Monarchs owns the puck

Vito Giaiotti gets the puck coldbloodedly while his fellow defensemen push the opponents aside

The players huddled at the cage like in a narrow room – dangerous!

Shep Festarini is in the opponent's zone

It is exactly for these kinds of shots the goalkeeper is equiped with trapper, and Vito Giaiotti is good with it!

Monarchs players spun a carousel in the opponent’s zone, Georg Vauclair shoots

As Georg Vauclair entered the zone, the rest of the team catches up

Eber Berzins overreacted a bit and his pass was easily readable. The puck is lost

Loosing track of the puck Vito Giaiotti lands on his leg pads and does it just in time to block the low shot

Steady passes, the puck wanders like in a maze – a moment!

Monarchs players decided to enter the opponent's zone with a dump shot

Magne Blachman wins face-off

Face-off, Matthias Berend gnaws the puck out

Shep Festarini aimed between the wickets but Vito Giaiotti played well with leg pads

Monarchs played the moment like a good play - Shep Festarini comes on the centre stage!

Gustave Chouard charged through to the oponent's zone lika knife through butter

Gustave Chouard gains the puck for his team

The attack was stopped just in the middle of the ice

With a backhand shot Volodar Romanov puts the puck in a corner, leaving the goalkeeper a failure!

Goal. 1-1. Volodar Romanov

Volodar Romanov flicks from the blue line…

Hugolin Handzus exhibits rocket speed upon entering the zone

The puck is pressed to a board, the defensemen pushed away all the opponents

An absolutely powerful shot by Stepan Polcar and the puck shakes the net of the cage!

Goal. 0-1. Stepan Polcar

Stepan Polcar is alone on the slot and receives the pass – Dangerous!

Each pass is tape-to-tape, as well as every movement. Dnipro enters the zone as if by the guidline

A penalty. Gaetan Rühl 2 minutes

Gaetan Rühl breaks the rules

The attack was stopped just in the middle of the ice

Hugolin Handzus aimed between the wickets but Vito Giaiotti played well with leg pads

Each player of the Monarchs got the puck in this bully-off – the moment for the shot!

Volodar Romanov is in the opponent's zone

Suitable actions are demosntrated by Vito Giaiotti, who picked a good spot - the puck is stuck in his gear

Monarchs sniper charges from the blue line!

An accurate pass. Monarchs moves forward

Face-off is won by Petr Kousalik

Terje Oyehaug was strong at the base, all caught up and locked in

Ulisse Machiavelli flicks from the blue line…

Defenders are almost cuddling the cage as Dnipro keeps on advancing

A penalty. Gert Koeck 2 minutes

Gert Koeck breaks the rules

Just waving by guesswork Terje Oyehaug found the puck in the trapper

Dnipro players spun a carousel in the opponent’s zone, Gregg Lemay shoots

An accurate pass. Dnipro moves forward

Start of the first period