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Kazakhstan’s Aisulu Almaty Takes Over Top Spot In European Women’s Hockey League

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Almaty Start 2021-22 Season With Three Consecutive Wins

By Andrew Chernoff

EVB Eagles Südtirol hosted Aisulu Almaty in EWHL regular season action today in Bolzano, Italy, with the visiting Almaty squad from Kazakhastan continuing to be undefeated in the 2021-22 season, with their third consecutive victory.

The game was the first of two consecutive games between the two rivals with the final game to be played on Saturday in Bolzano.

Almaty scored three goals in the opening period, with the middle period scoreless. They added one more goal in the final period in the Eagles first game of the season.

Shots on goal were even in the game that was closer than the score would indicate, with both teams having 17 shots on net (4-4, 5-5, 8-8).

Penalties became a large factor in the game, with the Eagles doing their best to unsettle their visitors but with little success.

Breanna Bernsden opened the scoring for Almaty at 2:49 on the power play, to make it 1-0, with the Eagles Eleonora Bonafini off for slashing.

Larissa Sviridova gave Aisulu a two goal cushion at 2-0 at 6:59, again on the power play, after the Eagles goalie Daniela Klotz was given a delay of game penalty.

With just over four minutes left in the opening period, Sviridova, with her second goal of the game and period, made it 3-0 Almaty and that is how the first period would end.

The second period had no goals but both teams would not let up on one another, and in the final minute of the period Pernesh Ashimova of Almaty and the Eagles Mara Da Rech would get roughing penalties.

Aisulu Almaty scored the only goal of the third period by Malika Aldabergenova at 4:44.

Arina Chshykolova

Almaty in their three opening wins of the season have outscored their opposition 13 to 1. Goalie Arina Chshykolova has all 3 wins, stopping 54 of 55 shots ( a .982 save percentage), including 2 shutouts.

Aisulu moves three points ahead of EHV Sabres Vienna in first place in the EWHL regular season standings with their win.

Next EWHL regular season game between Almaty vs EVB Eagles Südtirol is on Saturday, September 25, the second of a two game series in Bolzano, Italy.

Game Report

Sept 22, 2021: Eagles Sudtirol vs Aisulu Almaty

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Aisulu Almaty Dominates KHV Lakers In 5-1 Win To Begin 2021-2022 EWHL Season For Both Teams

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By Andrew Chernoff

Aisulu Almaty made its first road trip of the EWHL 2021-22 season to Austria to take on the KHV Lakers in the first hockey game of the season for each team on September 14 at Stadthalle Villach, in Villach Austria.

The game was the first of back-to-back games between the two teams, the next on September 18, 2021

The Lakers struck first at 4:35 on a goal by Kelsey Soccio, assisted by Emma Linter and Vanessa Simonis.

That Lakers goal would be the only shot that Almaty goaltender, Arina Chshykolova would let in, as Aisulu Almaty would score five unanswered goals, en route to a 5-1 victory.

Almaty dominated the game after allowing the first goal of the game, outshooting their hosts 38-17 (15-7, 9-8 and 14-2).

Almaty had two goals from Malika Aldabergenova; single goals from Munira Sayakhatkyzy, Larissa Sviridova, and Karina Felzink. Pernesh Ashimova and Madina Tursynova had two assists each, with single helpers coming from Felzink, Roxanne Rioux, Sviridova, and Tatyana Koroleva.

Rioux and Breanna Lynn Berndsen had 6 shots each, followed by 4 shots from Koroleva and Sviridova. Aldabergenova, Tursynova and Sayakhatkyzy registered 3 shots each.

Trail, British Columbia’s Erin Monique McLean was held off the scoresheet, finishing with 2 shots on net.

No Almaty player registered a negative plus/minus with Felzink leading the way with a +3, with four other players with a +2 plus/minus for the game.

Chshykolova stopped 16 of 17 shots for a save percentage of .941 for Aisulu Almaty in her first EWHL league game of the season.

The Lakers were 0 for 3 on the power play while Almaty were 0 for 2 with the man advantage.

EWHL Game Report