In their first game after the dismissal of the Finnish coach Kari Heikkila HC Dinamo Minsk, led by acting coach Alexander Andrievsky, defeated at home HC Vityaz Chekhov with the score 3:1.
Let’s note that San Jose Sharks forward Joe Pavelski made his KHL debut in that match.
No goals were scored in the first period, while 32 seconds into the second Korolyuk brought the lead to the guests. Dinamo responded with a powerplay goal from Janne Niskala 7 minutes later.
In the third period it was Jeff Platt to score twice for Dinamo. At first, he scored from behind the net in the 49th minute. The guests tried to equalize, but Dinamo’s goalie Pekka Rinne denied one attempt after another until the home side managed to score their third goal on a counterattack. In the 58th minute Platt set the final score on the scoreboard – 3:1.
At the press conference after the match Dinamo’s acting coach Alexander Andrievskiy said:
“The game was very tough I want to thank our opponents for that. We were glad to see the Minsk-Arena fully-packed. I hope that our fans really enjoyed the game, which kept them in tension till the very end.
We were lucky to score the second goal. Then we concentrated on defense and took our chance in a counterattack. The guys played well.
Of course, I cannot be satisfied with everything. We still make mistakes in defense and we something to work on further. I think that much work is still ahead”.
FM-Sender und –Frequenzen:
Rakitniza - 106.2 MHz
Grodna - 95.7 MHz
Swislatsch - 104.4 MHz
Geraneni - 99.9 MHz
Braslaŭ - 106.6 MHz
Mjadsel’ - 102.0 MHz
