Saturday, September 14, 2013

The SKA Report: Coming Home With Momentum

SKA Saint Petersburg wrapped up their four game road trip this week with victories over Yugra and Barys Astana.  In the 5-1 win at Yugra on Tuesday, SKA jumped out to a 4-0 lead thanks to goals by Roman Cervenka, Patrick Thoresen, Ilya Kovalchuk, and Viktor Tikhonov.  A Yugra goal late in the second period was all they gave up, as Igor Makarov would add a fifth goal after that in an easy win.  The Thursday game in Kazakhstan was a little tougher, as goals by Kovalchuk and Tikhonov in the first period sandwiched a Dustin Boyd goal for Barys.  Dmitri Kalinin, Alexei Ponikarovsky, and Cervenka all added goals in the second period, ensuring that SKA would walk out with a win.  Roman Savchenko would add a goal for Barys, but it was too little, too late, as SKA won 5-2.  Alexander Salak was in net for both wins.

The home opener is Monday against expansion Medvescak, with games on Wednesday against Dinamo Minsk, Friday against Spartak, and Sunday against Donbass.

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