GAME SUMMARY

Russia  8 -  Atlantic  2
 

NAMESTNIKOV SCORES FOUR IN RUSSIAN ROUT

CAMPBELL RIVER, BC – It was a game to remember for Vladislav Namestnikov, and capped off a day to remember for Campbell River hockey fans.

Namestnikov scored four goals to lead Russia to an 8-2 win over Atlantic at the Strathcona Gardens, pushing the Russians back to the .500 mark after Monday night’s heartbreaking last-second loss to Pacific.

Roman Berdnikov, Artur Amirov, Aleksander Gogolev and Evgeny Kuznetsov also scored for the Russians, who blew open a tight 4-2 game with a four-spot of goals in the final 20 minutes. Alex Noel and Sean Couturier scored the goals for Atlantic, who dropped to 0-2.

It was another standing-room-only crowd at Strathcona Gardens, who saw Quebec score seven times in the third period to steal a 10-6 win from Slovakia in the early game. Both games had close to 1,000 fans crammed in to watch the stars of tomorrow.

The Russians are back on the ice for the early game in Port Alberni on Sunday, taking on Ontario at the Alberni Valley Multiplex (2 p.m. PST). Atlantic will travel to Duncan to face-off with Germany (7 p.m. PST).

 

Game Information
Game Number Round Preliminary
Arena Strathcona Gardens City, Country Campbell River, B.C., Canada
Month / Day / Year 12/30/2008 Time (local) 07:00 PM PT
Attendance Game Status Final

Box Score   1     2     3  Total
Russia (RUS) 1 3 48
Atlantic (ATL)0202
Goals/Penalties
First Period
Goals:
   05:01 RUS 8 Vladislav Namestnikov (22 Artem Gareev, 23 Sergey Barbashev)

Penalties:
   05:16 ATL 16 Stephen MacAulay (Checking from Behind)
   05:16 ATL 16 Stephen MacAulay (10-Minute Misconduct)
   09:08 ATL 17 Bradley MacDonald (Cross Checking)
   19:33 ATL 8 Brandon Gormley (Tripping)

Second Period
Goals:
   05:19 ATL 11 Sean Couturier (15 Brandon Hynes, 8 Brandon Gormley) PP
   05:55 RUS 11 Artur Amirov (17 Aleksander Gogolev, 3 Ivan Gavrilenko) PP
   08:09 RUS 8 Vladislav Namestnikov (5 Alexey Marchenko, 7 Sergey Ilminskiy) PP
   11:04 RUS 9 Roman Berdnikov (5 Alexey Marchenko, 7 Sergey Ilminskiy) SH
   13:22 ATL 19 Alex Noel (11 Sean Couturier, 22 Logan Shaw)

Penalties:
   01:25 RUS 19 Bulat Shavaleev (Clipping)
   02:52 ATL 15 Brandon Hynes (Tripping)
   05:01 RUS 21 Vitaly Zotov (Tripping)
   06:29 RUS 9 Roman Berdnikov (Match)
   10:42 RUS 3 Ivan Gavrilenko (Cross Checking)
   12:17 ATL 15 Brandon Hynes (Tripping)
   14:20 ATL 7 Stephen Gillard (Hooking)
   15:09 RUS 29 Ildar Isangulov (Hooking)
   16:53 RUS 17 Aleksander Gogolev (Slashing)

Third Period
Goals:
   00:58 RUS 8 Vladislav Namestnikov (5 Alexey Marchenko, 7 Sergey Ilminskiy)
   07:47 RUS 17 Aleksander Gogolev (25 Evgeny Kuznetsov, 6 Viktor Postnikov)
   12:25 RUS 8 Vladislav Namestnikov
   14:28 RUS 25 Evgeny Kuznetsov (3 Ivan Gavrilenko, 6 Viktor Postnikov)

Penalties:
   00:18 RUS 8 Vladislav Namestnikov (10-Minute Misconduct)
   00:18 RUS 8 Vladislav Namestnikov (Checking from Behind)
   04:16 RUS 18 Evgeny Grigorenko (Hooking)
   09:35 ATL 18 Travis Moore (Hooking)
   10:25 RUS 18 Evgeny Grigorenko (Hooking)
   17:57 RUS 19 Bulat Shavaleev (Tripping)


Goaltenders
Russia
1 Boris Novichenkov On 1/00:00   Off 3/20:00
Atlantic
1 Julien Daigle On 1/00:00   Off 3/06:51
30 Joey Yetman On 3/06:52   Off 3/20:00

Shots on Goal   1     2     3   Total
Russia1281636
Atlantic11151440

Player of Game
Russia
Atlantic
Officials
Referee Tom Sweeney
Lines People Andy Fleck, Jesse Wilmont
Goal Judge Claude Adam, John Caffery
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