Rouen sends Tychy to Superfinals

In a beautiful atmosphere at l’Ile Lacroix, but with less Belarussian fans then in the previous days, Rouen and Soligorsk battle for the ticket for Superfinals: home team has already the bags packed fter two victories, for Shakhtar a victory is mandatory and couldn’t be enough. Rouen begins very aggressive, even too much considering that after 20 second a fight between Thinel, Labelle, Goranin and Maslennikov sends all in the penalty box. Soligorsk survived two penalties in first 5 minutes but at the same time doesn’t finalize other two superiorities. With team at full strength Malyutin makes the first difficult save on Dame-Malka and then on Yorick Treille two minutes later while Sabourin deflect with the shoulder a dangerous tentative by Chupris. The game continues tense with several clashes on ice and chances for both teams until 19:11 when Leo Guillemain finds the right way to beat Maltyutin in the traffic.

the decisive goal of Leo Guillemain

Before the siren Karabanov has the chance to restore the score but miss the net from a good position. Arrossamena shots on Malyutin mask after 2 minutes in the central period to reiterate immediately the aggression showed in the first 20 minutes. In the turbulent first minutes Labelle and Yoric Treille see their shots stopped while Soligorsk has a big chance with Karabanov. At 34 a tough charge on Brikun by Colotti forces the Soligorsk forward to leave the ice stunned. Soligorsk wastes two superiorities at the end of period without producing real chances.

The game continuing on the same plot also in last period, Soligorsk fails to trouble Sabourin’ s cage. On the other side Rouen can use a double superiority around minute 50 without to open the Belarussian box. The period flows without many emotions until the last 30 seconds when Soligorsk pulls the goalie without results. Rouen finishes the group with perfect record while the club already declares they will apply for organizing the Superfinals. Soligorsk really lost its chances yesterday loosing against Tychy. And the Polish team will fly for the first time to the last act.

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