Kazionov, Dmitri

Welcome to the Superleague playoffs young man...

Kazan defeated Khimik 2-1 in overtime to win their quarterfinal playoff series 3 games to 1 and move on to the Superleague semifinals. Dimitri Kazionov was scoreless in the match for Ak Bars.

Omsk defeated Yaroslavl 4-3 in overtime to win their quarterfinal playoff series 3 games to 1. Evgeny Artyukhin did not play in the match for the Lokomotive. He finishes the playoffs scoreless in 1 game with a -2 rating.

Dimitri Kazionov is the sole Lightning prospect still active in the Superleague playoffs.

Khimik defeated Kazan in a shootout 3-2 in Game Three of their quarterfinal playoff series. Kazan's lead in the series now slips to 2 games to 1. Dimitri Kazionov was scoreless in the match for Ak Bars.

Omsk shut out Yaroslavl 2-0 to take a 2-1 lead in their quarterfinal playoff series. Evgeny Artyukhin did not play for the Lokomotive.

Tuesday
Kazan defeated Khimik in Game One of their semifinal series 3-1. Dimitri Kazionov had an assist in the game for Ak Bars.

Omsk defeated Yaroslavl in Game One of their semifinal series 5-2. Evgeny Artyukhin did not suit up for the Lokomotive.

Wednesday
Kazan took a 2-0 lead in their semifinal series by defeating Khimik 5-1. Dimitri Kazionov had 1 goal and 1 assist in the match.

Yaroslavl tied their seminal round series at 1-1 by defeating Omsk 4-3. Evgeny Artyukhin was -2 in his first action of the playoffs.

Alexei Glukhov and #9 Cherepovets' season ended by the slimmest of margins today as they fell 1-0 to #8 Khimik in the decisive Game Five of their opening round playoff series. Glukhov finishes the playoffs scoreless in 5 games with 4 penalty minutes and a -3 rating.

The next round of the Russian Superleague playoffs begins Tuesday. In series involving Lightning prospects:

#1 Kazan (Dimitri Kazionov)
vs.
#8 Khimik

#2 Omsk
vs.
#7 Yaroslavl (Evgeny Artyukhin)