Ak Bars's Rob Klinkhammer, left, and Avangard's Mikhail Fisenko during a regular championship match of the Kontinental Hockey League between Ak Bars (Kazan) and Avangard (Omsk Region).

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Ak Bars's Stanislav Galiyev, Avangard's Ilya Mikheyev, Yegor Martynov and goalie Dominik Furch, from right, in the Kontinental League regular season match between HC Avangard (Omsk Region) and HC Ak Bars (Kazan).

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Ak Bars's Rafael Batyrshin and Avangard's Dmitry Kugryshev and Chad Rau, right to left, during a regular championship match of the Kontinental Hockey League between Ak Bars (Kazan) and Avangard (Omsk Region).

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Avangard's Pyotr Khokhryakov, Yegor Martynov, Dmitry Kugryshev, front left to right, and Maxim Mineyev, right, celebrate a score during a regular championship match of the Kontinental Hockey League between Ak Bars (Kazan) and Avangard (Omsk Region).

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Avangard's Dmitry Kygryshev, left, celebrates a goal in the Kontinental League regular season match between HC Avangard (Omsk Region) and HC Ak Bars (Kazan). From right: Ak bars's Danis Zaripov, Nikita Lyamkin, goalie Emil Garipov and Atte Ohtmaa.

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Avangard's Head Coach Andrei Skabelka and Avangard's Coach Dmitry Rybkin (from left to right in the background) in the Kontinental League regular season match between HC Avangard (Omsk Region) and HC Ak Bars (Kazan).

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Ak Bars players Atte Ohtamaa and Rafael Batyrshin, Ak Bars goal tender Emil Garipov, Avangard's Pyotr Khokhryakov and Ak Bars player Mikhail Glukhov (from left to right) in the Kontinental League regular season match between HC Avangard (Omsk Region) and HC Ak Bars (Kazan).

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Avangard's Yevgeny Medvedev, Al Bars player Anton Lander, Avangard's Vitaly Menshikov, Ak Bars player Stanislav Galiyev and Avangard's goal tender Dominich Furch (from left to right) in the Kontinental League regular season match between HC Avangard (Omsk Region) and Ak Bars (Kazan).

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Avangard's Chad Rau (left) in the Kontinental Hockey League regular season match between Avangard (Omsk Region) and Ak Bars (Kazan).

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Avangard's Chad Rau, Ak Bars player Roman Manukhov, Ak Bars goal tender Emil Garipov and Ak Bars player Rafael Batyrshin (from left to right) in the Kontinental Hockey League regular season match between Avangard (Omsk Region) and Ak Bars (Kazan).

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Avangard's Andrei Stas and Ak Bars's Alexei Potapov, from left, in the Kontinental League regular season match between HC Avangard (Omsk Region) and HC Ak Bars (Kazan).

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Avangard goal tender Dominik Furch (left) and Ak Bars player Mikhail Glukhov in the Kontinental Hockey League regular season match between Avangard (Omsk Region) and Ak Bars (Kazan).

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