The end of the third period

A crashing hip-check demonstrated by Fritz Casutt

With a backhand shot Birger Bjorklund puts the puck in a corner, leaving the goalkeeper a failure!

Goal. 4-3. Birger Bjorklund

There’s a moment at the Harakter cage!

Gunnhild Bjornson took the bit between his teeth

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

Skilfully turning around, Dagfinn Sunde decides to perform a backhand shot and makes it a goal!

Goal. 4-2. Dagfinn Sunde

Dagfinn Sunde got the puck - that's a chance!

Harakter skipped a beat and Jean-Francois-Albert Methot is in the zone already

Drahomir Nitriansky stands strong on the blue line and meets the opponent

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

Luis Kupsa rushes to the open corner and parries the shot with his shield

Partners skillfully brought Celsino Alibrando to the final shot…

Niagara Ice Dogs skipped a beat and Celsino Alibrando is in the zone already

Max Birkavs parries, the puck wasn't left on the slot for good but quckly pressed down

Confidently entrenched in the zone – a shot from Thomas Bjerregaard!

Niagara Ice Dogs players entered the zone without a hitch

Faceoff in the centre ice, Harakter is with the puck

Luis Kupsa parries, the puck wasn't left on the slot for good but quckly pressed down

Intuitive pass, the puck is on the hook - Augustin Leseur is ready to shoot!

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

With a backhand shot Celsino Alibrando puts the puck in a corner, leaving the goalkeeper a failure!

Goal. 4-1. Celsino Alibrando

Celsino Alibrando already prepares to shoot!

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

The puck is dropped. Niagara Ice Dogs initiates the atack

A penalty. Birger Bjorklund 2 minutes

Rough play by Birger Bjorklund. Minor penalty, no doubt

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

Odon Rabinovici shoots against the defenseman

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

After the shot puck is stuck somewhere in goalie's gear

Gerard Phaneuf scraped the puck out of the tangle of fighting – he goes to the cage!

Rough but skillfull pass from a teammate. Konstantin Semashko corralled it and crosses the blue line

A penalty. Klaus Prieler 2 minutes

An unsuccessful hip-check by Klaus Prieler. That's a penalty

Achill Blanchard grabs the puck from Odon Rabinovici

Centres look cross at each other. Konstantin Semashko wins the duel

Luis Kupsa manages to move on time and parry the puck

Beato Canini is alone on the slot and receives the pass – Dangerous!

Mirek Kotek shapes the attack and brings the puck to the opponent's zone

A wrist shot....GOOOOOOOAAAAAL!

Goal. 3-1. Xavier Widmer

Xavier Widmer delivers a hidden shot from a face-off circle!

Harakter cought the opponent on change

Arve Zetlitz grabs the puck from Celsino Alibrando

Start of the third period

The end of the second period

Friederike Porsche skillfully tips the puck towards the cage!

Goal. 2-1. Friederike Porsche

Friederike Porsche playfully handled the defender

Morris Erskine moved aside, spinned in place and entered the zone

Face-off, Pavol Luciak gnaws the puck out

Defensemen of Niagara Ice Dogs put an end to the invasion

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

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

Luis Kupsa gets the puck coldbloodedly while his fellow defensemen push the opponents aside

Rudolf Orcik slips between defenders, open for the pass – He gets it!

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

After the shot puck is stuck somewhere in goalie's gear

Mirek Kotek jumps out to the cage, he didn't managed to handle the puck on the move. Spin shot!

Thanks to his personal performance Celsino Alibrando made himself comfortable in the Niagara Ice Dogs zone

Drahomir Nitriansky has the nerves of steel that weren't shaken by the forward

Orazio Rosetti gains the puck for his team

Max Birkavs catches the puck in the air and hides it behind the defensemen

Finally decided to involve the goalkeeper Georgiy Pugachchevsky into the game – a shot!

Niagara Ice Dogs players decided to enter the opponent's zone with a dump shot

Players of Niagara Ice Dogs can not do a thing with the opponent's clingy defense

Konstantin Semashko played splendidly at the spot

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

A penalty. Augustin Leseur 2 minutes

Rough play by Augustin Leseur. Minor penalty, no doubt

In a short, slack flick Gerard Phaneuf shots through the goalie.

Goal. 1-1. Gerard Phaneuf

Niagara Ice Dogs played the moment like a good play - Gerard Phaneuf comes on the centre stage!

A long bomb across the blue line - Niagara Ice Dogs is in the opponent's zone

A save performed by Max Birkavs. Not brilliant but calm though

The goalkeeper’s view is closed! Point-blank shot!

Konstantin Semashko manages to perform an excellent drive!

A penalty. Achill Blanchard 2 minutes

Roughing by Achill Blanchard

A penalty. Tama Eronen 2 minutes

Tama Eronen breaks the rules

Max Birkavs is unfailing!

Allard Proctor scraped the puck out of the tangle of fighting – he goes to the cage!

A long bomb across the blue line - Niagara Ice Dogs is in the opponent's zone

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

A penalty. Xavier Widmer 2 minutes

We hear a whistle and it seems we have a penalty

A shattering hip-check by Aleksis Jalkanen. Janne Taneli stretched on the ice and Niagara Ice Dogs holds the puck

The Harakter attack failed

Start of the second period

The end of the first period

Goalie was confused by change of puck's direction! Janne Taneli swung his baton!

Goal. 1-0. Janne Taneli

Harakter played the moment like a good play - Janne Taneli comes on the centre stage!

Niagara Ice Dogs skipped a beat and Tama Eronen is in the zone already

The team is saved by Max Birkavs! A copy-book move with the shield

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

Odon Rabinovici gets the puck, a short run, a dodge. Odon Rabinovici rushes towards the cage

The whole ice is taken by the fights and whereever the puck appears - it is blocked by defensemen. A pass back. A loss

An eager beaver Dagfinn Sunde achieved his goal and ended the attack

Max Birkavs parries, the puck wasn't left on the slot for good but quckly pressed down

Harakter defenders allowed Gerard Phaneuf to shoot

Meeting no active resistance players of Niagara Ice Dogs cross the blue line

Luis Kupsa saw every movement and it wasn't hard to parry the puck

It's not a child's play to sneak through the defence to the cage - Beato Canini did it!

As Celsino Alibrando entered the zone, the rest of the team catches up

A penalty. Arturs Darzins 2 minutes

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

Luis Kupsa - perfect play with the trapper

Achill Blanchard circles the penalty zone, passes and gets the puck again!

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

Not a difficult shot at all, parried with a pad by Luis Kupsa - it should have been more accurate

Intuitive pass, the puck is on the hook - Rudolf Orcik is ready to shoot!

An outstanding pass performed by Janne Taneli

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

Arturs Darzins grabs the puck from Rudolf Orcik

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

Face-off occured. Harakter holds the puck

Luis Kupsa rushes to the open corner and parries the shot with his shield

Beato Canini starts attacking, he gave it, got it – he can shoot!

Forwards of Harakter entered the zone of Niagara Ice Dogs

Off-side. Players of Harakter were too hasty

Arturs Darzins has the nerves of steel that weren't shaken by the forward

Birger Bjorklund grabs the puck from Reginaldo Placido

Players of Niagara Ice Dogs were unable to infiltrate the zone. Here comes the whistle. We have an offside

Fantastic play in the frame by Max Birkavs! A save!

Pass, Andris Godmanis is with the puck – that is really appealing position!

Andris Godmanis shows magnificent stickwork and enters the opponent's zone

Start of the first period