2009 Gagarin Cup Finals

The 2009 Gagarin Cup Final was a best-of-seven playoff series that determined the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) champion for the 2008–09 season. As a culmination of the 2009 Gagarin Cup playoffs, Ak Bars Kazan defeated Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, four games to three, and were awarded the Gagarin Cup.

The series

Game one

April 2, 2009Ak Bars Kazan0:3
(0:0, 0:3, 0:0)
Lokomotiv YaroslavlTatNeft Arena, Kazan, Russia
Attendance: 8,240
Game reference
Stanislav GalimovGoaliesGeorgy Gelashvili
Goals28:13 – Zbynek Irgl
31:53 – Konstantin Rudenko
37:03 – Zbynek Irgl
12 minPenalties14 min
24Shots25

Game two

April 3, 2009Ak Bars Kazan4:3 OT
(1:3, 2:0, 0:0, 1:0)
Lokomotiv YaroslavlTatNeft Arena, Kazan, Russia
Attendance: 7,882
Game reference
Stanislav GalimovGoaliesGeorgy Gelashvili
Tony Martensson – 16:33
Dmitri Obukhov – 49:43
Ilya Nikulin – 58:46
Andrei Pervyshin – 60:47
Goals08:48 – Alexei Yashin
09:02 – Nikita Klyukin
13:13 – Sergei Konkov
10 minPenalties14 min
30Shots16


Game three

April 5, 2009Lokomotiv Yaroslavl3:0
(1:0, 2:0, 0:0)
Ak Bars KazanArena 2000, Yaroslavl, Russia
Attendance: 9,046
Game reference
Georgy GelashviliGoaliesFredrik Norrena
Marcus Nilson – 03:44
Zbynek Irgl – 32:32
Johan Akerman – 39:11
Goals
45 minPenalties24 min
29Shots29

Game four

April 6, 2009Lokomotiv Yaroslavl2:5
(1:2, 1:3, 0:0)
Ak Bars KazanArena 2000, Yaroslavl, Russia
Attendance: 9,046
Game reference
Georgy Gelashvili (00:00 – 40:00)
Sergei Zvyagin (40:00 – 60:00)
GoaliesFredrik Norrena
Johan Akerman – 17:41
Josef Vasicek – 28:38
Goals02:42 – Alexei Morozov
08:31 – Jukka Hentunen
21:01 – Dmitri Obukhov
21:28 – Jukka Hentunen
34:56 – Tony Martensson
42 minPenalties32 min
28Shots22


Game five

April 8, 2009Ak Bars Kazan2:3
(1:0, 0:1, 1:2)
Lokomotiv YaroslavlTatNeft Arena, Kazan, Russia
Attendance: 8,295
Game reference
Fredrik NorrenaGoaliesGeorgy Gelashvili
Danis Zaripov – 06:35
Dmitri Obukhov – 43:54
Goals22:39 – Alexei Kudashov
41:48 – Alexei Mikhnov
46:57 – Josef Vasicek
0 minPenalties0 min
24Shots28

Game six

April 10, 2009Lokomotiv Yaroslavl2:3 OT
(0:1, 0:0, 2:1, 0:1)
Ak Bars KazanArena 2000, Yaroslavl, Russia
Attendance: 9,046
Game reference
Georgy GelashviliGoaliesFredrik Norrena
Zbynek Irgl – 44:43
Alexei Mikhnov – 45:45
Goals19:41 – Alexei Morozov
48:02 – Danis Zaripov
61:08 – Jukka Hentunen
6 minPenalties4 min
24Shots34

Game seven

April 12, 2009Ak Bars Kazan1:0
(0:0, 0:0, 1:0)
Lokomotiv YaroslavlTatNeft Arena, Kazan, Russia
Attendance: 8,294
Game reference
Fredrik NorrenaGoaliesGeorgy Gelashvili
Alexei Morozov – 50:04Goals
22 minPenalties24 min
20Shots20

References

""Ак Барс" - первый обладатель Кубка Гагарина" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 12 April 2009..

"«Ак Барс» стал чемпионом России по хоккею и первым обладателем Кубка Гагарина" (in Russian). Первый канал. 13 April 2009..