Late show for Severstal

Andrei Razin’s team scored in the first minute and the last on its way to victory in its pre-season opener in Minsk.

Dinamo Minsk 2 Severstal Cherepovets 3 SO (1-1, 1-0, 0-1, 0-0, 0-1)

Dinamo was looking to finish the first stage of its pre-season on a high. The Bison already had a 3-2 victory over Sibir and will travel to the Black Sea for next week’s Sochi Hockey Open, the first tournament of the summer. Severstal, meanwhile, was playing its first game since the end of last season.

Andrei Razin’s team was without its imports, while Dinamo had Shawn Lalonde involved against his former club. Triallist Nikolai Zherdev was also in action.

Severstal was the first to show, with Semyon Lugovyak opening the scoring in the first minute. Dinamo tied the scores late in the opening frame, Zherdev among the assists as Dmitry Deryabin found the net. In the middle frame, the home team got ahead on Vladimir Alistrov’s goal.

However, Dinamo was unable to build on that advantage. Four power plays were wasted in the third period and that profligacy was punished in the final minute when Maxim Kazakov snatched a tying goal. Overtime could not separate the teams, and the shoot-out went to the Steelmen with Ivan Yemets potting the winner.