"Donbass" in an intense duel in the regular season High Hockey League won Russian Angara "Ermak" 4:2. Despite the fact that the Donetsk club opened the scoring in the match, the visitors were able to show character - to recoup and go ahead 2-1 in the second period. But Donetsk players, showing a great game in the final third period of the match, managed to throw in the goals of the team from Angarsk three unanswered pucks and win. Unfortunately, strong-willed win over one of the most successful teams in the VHL was given the hosts by heavy price - injuries to defenders Vitali Lyutkevich and Valery Dydykin. Interestingly, when the match ended in Angarsk it was more than two hours of the night (02:02), because the time difference with the Donetsk is seven o'clock! Yes, and the distance between the Western and Eastern cities VHL is impressive - about 5500 kilometers.
"Donbass" set a new club record in the VHL, winning the sixth game in a row. Before that at the start of the season Donetsk team have won five times.
After 22 games, "Donbass" is gaining 49 points and continues to lead the Western Conference standings VHL. The next game team will play at home in Donetsk in the Arena "Druzhba" on November 14 against the third "East" team - Kazakhstan "Kazzinc-Torpedo" (Ust-Kamenogorsk). The beginning of the match at 19:00.
"Donbass" (Donetsk) - "Ermak" (Angarsk) - 4:2 (1:1, 0:1, 3:0)
November 12, 2011. 17:00. Donetsk. Arena "Druzhba". 3836 spectators.
Judges: Oskirko Y. (Yaroslavl), Safronov S. (Podolsk), D. Romanov (Voskresensk)
Donbass: Tsaregorodtsev. Lyutkevich - Malevich, Dydykin - Dubrovin, Esipov - Heghine. Zhurun ??- Belukhin - Piskunov, Borovkov - Varlamov - Kochetkov, Vasilyev - Shafarenko - Materuhin, Gladskih - Isaenko - Tatarinov.
Ermak: Borisov. Rogov - Uchevatov, Fahrutdinov - P. Smirnov, Eprev-Ribalko. Yushkov - Chubykin - Gimbatov, Shvetsov - Ignashin - Chemerilov, Zolotukhin - Koksharov - Golubtsov, Orlov - Plotnikov - Gutov.
Goals: 1-0. Piskunov (Gladskih, Belukhin, 9:43), 1-1. Chemerilov (Smirnov, Shvetsov, 18:12 - m.) 1:2. Orlov (Gutov, 29:29), 2:2. Kochetkov (40:56), 3:2. Belukhin (Zhurun??, 51:39), 4-2. Varlamov (Malevich, 58:09).
Shots: 43 (12 10 21) - 23 (8 11 4)
Face-offs: 33 (9 +9 +15) - 33 (11 +15 +7)
Penalty: 12 (6 +4 +2) - 6 (2 +2 +2)
13:28 - Vasilyev (D) did not scored the penalty shot.