Thursday, January 17, 2008

Neftyanik Beats Baikal 6-2

Neftyanik Stadium, KHABAROVSK, Russia -- SKA-Neftyanik Khabarovsk's battery of former Baikal players again proved too much for the reeling Irkutsk side as they swept the season series with an impressive 6-2 home win.

Maxim Koshelev assisted on Sergei Yusupov's goal in the 13th minute to open the scoring for the home side. Another former Baikal forward, Maxim Gavrilenko, also had an impressive game, scoring one goal and assisting on another.

Khabarovsk held an impressive 5-0 lead well into the second half. Baikal managed their first goal in the 71st minute, when Andrei Veselov connected with Andrei Stolnikov off a corner try. Their second goal came in the final minute, an unassisted tally from team scoring leader Yevgeny Yakovlev.

Brutal temperatures that dipped below -20F limited the crowd to only 2,100 spectators.

Neftyanik also beat Baikal-Energia back on November 21 at Irkutsk's Rekord Stadium, 9-1.

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