Skabelka's men win Blinov Memorial with unbeaten record August 19 preseason
Avangard's Nikolai Lemtyugov and Avtomobilist's Taylor Beck each recorded a double to help their teams to victory in Omsk on Saturday.
Viktor Blinov Memorial Tournament
On the last day of the last preseason event before the start of the 10th season of the Championship, Avangard completed its fourth victory in four games to seal victory on home ice in the Viktor Blinov Memorial Tournament. Head coach Andrei Skabelka rested many senior players, including all the team's foreign legion, but the Omsk Men were still good enough to claim a 3-1 win over Evgeny Koreshkov's Barys.
In the earlier game, Avtomobilist fought back valiantly from 0-2 and 2-3 to record a thrilling 4-3 victory over Ugra and secure second place in the final standings.
Ugra vs. Avtomobilist: 3-4 (2-0, 1-2, 0-2)
Goals: 1-0 Savinainen (Korolyov, 03.49), 2-0 Kuptsov (Varfolomeyev, 18.48), 2-1 Beck (Cajkovsky, Gareyev, 24.05), 2-2 Beck (Megalinsky, Pare, 31.05, PPG), 3-2 Kuryanov (Korolyov, Lekomtsev, 32.38), 3-3 Mikhnov (Torchenyuk, Tryamkin, 41.40), 3-4 Golyshev (Beck, 43.59)
Goaltenders: Proskuryakov - Covario
Avangard vs. Barys: 3-1 (0-0, 1-0, 2-1)
Goals: 1-0 Lemtyugov (Dervuk, Fischenko, 23.34), 1-1 Dawes (Vey, Dietz, 43.35), 2-1 Faizullin (Zhukenov, Fischenko, 44.47), 3-1 Lemtyugov (Lisov, Perezhogin, 50.15)
Goaltenders: Shilin - Karlsson
Final standings:
Place-Team-Games-Goals-Points
1 Avangard 4 14-4 12
2 Avtomobilist 4 9-6 9
3 Amur 4 7-10 6
4 Barys 4 8-11 3
5 Ugra 4 7-14 0
Bodensee Cup
Torpedo – Schwenninger – 3:0 (0:0, 2:0, 1:0)
Goals: 1:0 Parshin (21:15), 2:0 Parshin (38:59), 3:0 Dugin (44:51)
Torpedo goaltender: Galimov
