Ak Bars' Jiri Sekac, left, and Mihal Jordan celebrate scoring in the quaterfinals of the Gagarin Cup of the Kontinental Hockey League against Avangard.

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Avangard manager Fyodor Kanareikin in the quarterfinals of the Gagarin Cup of the Kontinental Hockey League against Ak Bars.

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Avangard's head coach Fyodor Kanareikin, left, and Ak Bars' head coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov after the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Ak Bars players celebrate their victory in the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Ak Bars' Mikhail Varnakov and Artyom Lukoyanov and Avangard's Maxim Pestushko and Mikhail Yunkov, foreground from left, and Ak Bars' Rafael Batyrshin, right, during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Ak Bars' Fyodor Malykhin celebrates a goal during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Ak Bars' Jiri Sekac celebrates a goal during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Ak Bars' Stepan Zakharchuk, right, and Avangard's Ilya Zubov during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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From left: Ak Bars' Atte Ohtamaa and goalie Emil Garipov, Avangard's Ilya Mikheyev, and Ak Bars' Justin Azevedo during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Ak Bars' Justin Azevedo, left, and Avangard's Nikolai Lemtyugov during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Ak Bars' Fyodor Malykhin, right, and Avangard's goalie Oleg Shilin during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Avangard's Yevgeny Medvedev, left, and goalie Dominik Furch, right, and Ak Bars' Denis Golubev during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Ak Bars' head coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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From left: Avangard's Erik Gustafsson and goalie Dominik Furch, and Ak Bars' Denis Golubevduring the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Avangard's head coach Fyodor Kanareikin during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Ak Bars' head coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Ak Bars' goalie Emil Garipov during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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From left: Ak Bars' Jiri Sekac, Justin Azevedo and Fyodor Malykhin celebrate a goal during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Ak Bars' Jiri Sekac, left, and Avangard's Yevgeny Medvedev during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Ak Bars players, right, an Avangard's players during a moment of silence for Merited Coach of Russia and sports commentator Sergei Gimayev prior to the Kontinental Hockey League's play off quarterfinal match between HC Ak Bars Kazan and HC Avangard Omsk.

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Ak Bars fans during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Ak Bars' Michal Jordan, right, and Avangard's Ilya Zubov during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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From left: Avangard's David Booth and Ak Bars' Atte Ohtamaa and Michal Jordan during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Ak Bars' Fyodor Malykhin during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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From left: Avangard's Vladimir Sobotka and Ak Bars' Vladimir Tkachyov and goalie Emil Garipov during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Avangard's Maxim Pestushko, 3rd right, after receiving an injury during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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From left: Avangard's Mikhail Grigoryev and Ak Bars' Artyom Lukoyanov and Mikhail Varnakov during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Ak Bars' goalie Emil Garipov, left, and Avangard's David Booth during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Ak Bars players celebrate a goal during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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Ak Bars' Atte Ohtamaa, right, and Avangard's Alexander Kucheryavenko during the Kontinental Hockey League's Gagarin Cup quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Avangard Omsk.

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