The end of the third period

A quick flick! Gooooaaal!

Goal. 5-1. Wilson Klausen

Combination, pass goes by - Wilson Klausen is alone!

Metalurg NVK holds the puck. A pass to the left, another one to the right, then back, a shot. Zone is entered!

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

Metalurg NVK sniper charges from the blue line!

Ferruccio Franco shows magnificent stickwork and enters the opponent's zone

Metalurg NVK owns the puck

A powerfull pass failed. Crackling sound marked a broken baton

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

Zenit played the moment like a good play - Bruno Zembergs comes on the centre stage!

The puck bounces back to the Metalurg NVK zone

Arve Nilsen acts harsh but manages to get hold of the puck!

Events unfold rapidly - Pierre-Luc Jakopin is brought for the shot!

Ferruccio Franco gets the puck, a short run, a dodge. Ferruccio Franco rushes towards the cage

Zmitrok Trotski - quick movement with the leg pads and the puck finds no way to the cage!

Dominik Sprinc starts attacking, he gave it, got it – he can shoot!

Zenit is attacking. the opponent is blocked in the zone

A penalty. Germain Geoffrion 2 minutes

Germain Geoffrion realized what he did and appologized. But it doesn't cancel the penalty

Zmitrok Trotski saves his team!

Dominik Sprinc with the puck popped from the boarder – risky fire blazes at the cage Metalurg NVK!

Metalurg NVK skipped a beat and Maximilian Scholde is in the zone already

A powerfull pass failed. Crackling sound marked a broken baton

A penalty. Uberto Alfieri 2 minutes

Lead referee raises his hands, we have a penalty

Face-off is won by Pierre-Luc Jakopin

Zmitrok Trotski was strong at the base, all caught up and locked in

Maximilian Scholde shines – he is with the puck again and is ready to shoot!

Maximilian Scholde shapes the attack and brings the puck to the opponent's zone

various technics are used by Zmitrok Trotski, rotating like a hamster on a wheel! Save!

Arnljot Kielland scraped the puck out of the tangle of fighting – he goes to the cage!

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

A penalty. Ctibor Melichar 2 minutes

Rough play by Ctibor Melichar. Minor penalty, no doubt

Just waving by guesswork Zmitrok Trotski found the puck in the trapper

Ivica Stanga falling still shoots the cage

Arve Svendsen charged through to the oponent's zone lika knife through butter

Zmitrok Trotski showed extrordinary reaction skillfully parrying the shot with the shield

Dan Heins is left alone on the slot!

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

Arve Nilsen comes out a winner in this matchup - the puck is still and locked in!

It's not a child's play to sneak through the defence to the cage - Hans-Werner Szeemann did it!

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

Defensemen didn't give a chance to sit it out and pushed the opponent out of the zone

Start of the third period

The end of the second period

Arve Nilsen felt the moment and closed the vavant corner

Blocked shot of Wilson Klausen but he oriented quickly and gave another shot!

Aarn Aaltonen moved aside, spinned in place and entered the zone

The puck is dropped. Metalurg NVK initiates the atack

Arve Nilsen chose low position and luckily covered the corner with the leg pad

Row of passes, attackers kept the puck, it's time to shoot - Edouard Pouchin is in favourable position!

Aarn Aaltonen hastily crosses the blue line around the board

An intense fight by the board, the puck is sent out of the zone

Occasional defenseman jumps in front of the shooter - carom - Arve Nilsen leads the puck away with the shield

Ferruccio Franco shoots against the defenseman

Thanks to his personal performance Ferruccio Franco made himself comfortable in the Zenit zone

various technics are used by Zmitrok Trotski, rotating like a hamster on a wheel! Save!

Galileo Montanelli outplays the opponent and shoots!

An outstanding pass performed by Cleve Denike

Faceoff in the centre ice, Zenit is with the puck

Arve Nilsen parries the puck in the corner of the ice

Events unfold rapidly - Cea Brickman is brought for the shot!

An outstanding diagonal pass to Pierre-Luc Jakopin and he is already in Zenit zone

Cleve Denike appeared to be better at face-off

In a short, slack flick Ctibor Melichar shots through the goalie.

Goal. 4-1. Ctibor Melichar

Ctibor Melichar playfully handled the defender

The defender couldn't reach the puck and stop the pass. What a dangerous misfortune.

A penalty. Bruno Zembergs 2 minutes

Bruno Zembergs realized what he did and appologized. But it doesn't cancel the penalty

A slack shot performed by Jeremy Gamache. The goalkiper of Metalurg NVK handels it quite easily

Jeremy Gamache shines – he is with the puck again and is ready to shoot!

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

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

Uberto Alfieri flicks from the blue line…

An outstanding diagonal pass to Ctibor Melichar and he is already in Zenit zone

Zmitrok Trotski catches the puck surprisingly easy

Bully-off to the right; Dan Heins with the puck – a chance!

A sprint drive! Dan Heins enters the zone

Defensemen didn't give a chance to sit it out and pushed the opponent out of the zone

Zmitrok Trotski covers the puck being backed up by a defeseman, making a skate save. He shouldn't have yawned

Galileo Montanelli with the puck popped from the boarder – risky fire blazes at the cage Metalurg NVK!

Zenit charges

Players of Zenit initiate the attack

A penalty. Hans-Werner Szeemann 2 minutes

Lead referee raises his hands, we have a penalty

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

Uberto Alfieri shoots!

An accurate pass. Metalurg NVK moves forward

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

Face-off, Peter Harrison gnaws the puck out

A carom! Goooooaaal!

Goal. 3-1. Wilson Klausen

There’s a moment at the Zenit cage!

Metalurg NVK cought the opponent on change

A carom! Goooooaaal!

Goal. 2-1. Ferruccio Franco

Combination, pass goes by - Ferruccio Franco is alone!

As Vasily Rosenfeld entered the zone, the rest of the team catches up

Arve Nilsen rushes to the open corner and parries the shot with his shield

Hans-Werner Szeemann crossed the entire opponent's zone and was behind the cage, pass to the slot. Dangerous!

Uberto Alfieri hastily crosses the blue line around the board

Start of the second period

The end of the first period

Seemingly the corner was vacant but Arve Nilsen appeared out of the blue on the puck's way!

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

Metalurg NVK players entered the opponent's zone with no efforts

Kolbein Rypdal makes a carefull hip-check and dispossesses the opponent of the puck

Arnljot Kielland made a perfect turn on the slot and managed to sent a puck in the cage!

Goal. 1-1. Arnljot Kielland

Arnljot Kielland partners put the puck right on the hook… shot!

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

In the meanwhile Hans-Werner Szeemann makes a breakaway.....And leaves Arve Nilsen no chance!

Goal. 1-0. Hans-Werner Szeemann

It's not a child's play to sneak through the defence to the cage - Hans-Werner Szeemann did it!

Fight in the centre, a pass and Hans-Werner Szeemann is already in the opponent's zone

A shattering hip-check by Matthias Cron. Gabriel Kubka stretched on the ice and Metalurg NVK holds the puck

Faceoff in the centre ice, Zenit is with the puck

Arve Nilsen - perfect play with the trapper

The cross turned into a shot, Aarn Aaltonen hurries for a putback.

Rough but skillfull pass from a teammate. Aarn Aaltonen corralled it and crosses the blue line

Reko Tuuri overreacted a bit and his pass was easily readable. The puck is lost

Zenit gained the advantage in the last minutes

Felix Lukashenko appeared to be more adroit at face-off

The opponent made the defensemen sweat but managed to put an end to the pass

Zmitrok Trotski rushes in front to meet the forward who falls over him though the puck is pressed to the ice by a goalkeeper

Dan Heins circles the penalty zone, passes and gets the puck again!

Zenit players entered the zone without a hitch

After a carom the puck as if reluctantly wanishes between the leg pads. Arve Nilsen falls on ice and miraculously presses it with his back!

Pauli Mirko is alone on the slot and receives the pass – Dangerous!

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

An outstanding save by Zmitrok Trotski. Some work to do for press photographers

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

Arve Svendsen does a buttonhook. Zenit is advancing

A pass in the middle of nowhere and Zenit loses control over the puck

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

Metalurg NVK defenders allowed Dominik Sprinc to shoot

Metalurg NVK skipped a beat and Maximilian Scholde is in the zone already

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

Wilson Klausen appears right in front of the goalkeeper…

The defender couldn't reach the puck and stop the pass. What a dangerous misfortune.

Pierre-Luc Jakopin wins face-off

Annoying people at the slot weren't an issue as Arve Nilsen is strong

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

An outstanding pass performed by Hans-Werner Szeemann

Zmitrok Trotski - perfect play with the trapper

Germain Geoffrion took the defender away and he is ready to hit the target!

An outstanding diagonal pass to Reko Tuuri and he is already in Metalurg NVK zone

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

Vasily Rosenfeld goes to the cage – swing, shot!

Thanks to his personal performance Pierre-Luc Jakopin made himself comfortable in the Zenit zone

Maximilian Scholde was a little better at the spot

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

Hans-Werner Szeemann jumps out to the cage, he didn't managed to handle the puck on the move. Spin shot!

As Ctibor Melichar entered the zone, the rest of the team catches up

A nice hip-check. Greger Grede gained the puck

Cut the pass and now have some time to catch their breath

Zmitrok Trotski is forced to intervene, but manages the shot with no efforts

Pass, Arve Svendsen is with the puck – that is really appealing position!

On an even keel fowards of Zenit rolled into the zone

Start of the first period