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Prospects continue to shine in RSL playoffs
The Russian Super League's quartefinals continued yesterday evening, and some of the Canucks' prospects again were right in the midst of the action and contributed some key assists.
Winger Evgeny Gladskikh collected his third point in the last four games when he assisted on Jan Marek's goal which tied the game at two midway through the third period, and Magnitogorsk went on to win Game 3 at Novosibirsk by a score of 3-2, qualifying for the semifinals with sweeps in the first two rounds.
Fellow winger Sergei Shirokov kept up his pace of scoring a point per game in the postseason when he picked up his fourth assist of the playoffs in CSKA's 3-4 OT loss against Ufa. Shirokov helped his team to rally from a 0-3 deficit, but in the end the visitors earned the win in the overtime session and need one more victory to eliminate CSKA.
Along with the four assists, Shirokov also has two goals in six playoff games.
Center Artem Chubarov assisted on Alexei Kaljuzhnyj's game winning power play goal early in the opening period and Omsk shut out Yaroslavl 2-0 to grab a 2-1 series lead.
The former Canuck now has two goals and three assists in six postseason contests.
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March 22, 2007
Russian prospects in true playoff form
The Canucks' Russian hopefuls continue to make some noise in the quarterfinals of the Russian Super League's playoffs.
After being almost a non-factor during the entire regular season, winger Evgeny Gladskikh makes his points count in the postseason.
After scoring a crucial goal in the series clincher in the opening round vs. Chehov, Gladskikh assisted on Igor Korolev's game winning tally with 46 seconds left in the third period to help Magnitogorsk take a commanding 2-0 series lead over Novosibirsk with a 2-1 win in Game 2.
As it already was the case in Game 1 on Tuesday, rearguard
Kirill Koltsov again found the back of the net with a booming slapshot yesterday evening in the second game of Omsk's series vs. Yaroslavl. Koltsov's shot bounced so quickly out of the net that the ref needed video replay to confirm it.
However, this time the goal was scored in a losing cause, as the visitors built up a 3-0 lead after the first period and survived a late Omsk rally to take Game 2, 4-3.
Winger Sergei Shirokov rifled a shot in from between the face-off circles for the insurance goal with 3:08 left in CSKA's 3-1 win at Ufa.
Shirokov currently averages a point per game in the postseason with two goals and three assists in five games.
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