The East Wind blows on Lyon
The last game of semifinals sealed the victory of Arlan Kokshetau and the qualification of Kazakh and Belarussian team to Superfinals
In the silence of Charlemagne arena, In an irrelevant
game - both teams secured yesterday the qualification
to Superfinals - finally Arlan finds the
first victory in the regular time, clearly beating undefeated Gomel. Game was
more a training session or a friendly match for the teams, after the tough
battles of the weekend., with less contacts and the back-up goalies in the net.
Arlan secures the victory in the first period, with a double advantage – goals scored
by Dmitri Potaichuk at minute 3 and Ilya Gulyakov at 08:29 – increased after
01:33 in the second period by a shot of Ivan Kiselev, without any notable
chances for Gomel during all this time and a constant dominance of Kazakh team.
Gomel has a remarkable reaction in the last part of second period, giving some
work to goalie Mikhail Demidov with Solomonov and Tochilkin. Arlan closed the
game in total control, bringing a Kazakh team for the third consecutive years
at the Superfinals