MOSCOW, September 8 Hockey players from Khabarovsk «Amur» defeated Magnitogorsk in overtime » Metallurg» in the regular season match of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The meeting in Magnitogorsk ended with a score of 5:4 (0:2, 1:0, 3:2, 1:0) in favor of the guests. The hosts scored goals for the hundredth match for Metallurg Nikolai Goldobin (13th minute), Anatoly Nikontsev (15), Danila Yurov (41) and Josh Curry (52). As part of the Khabarovsk club, goals were scored by Michal Jordan (22), Yaroslav Likhachev (42), Vyacheslav Gretsky (54) and Ivan Nikolishin (60, 61). 
Metallurg MgRussia4 : 5 Cupid» Janis Kalnins was replaced in the 15th minute of the first period. It is changed during the game in the second match in a row. At the end of July, the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation (LHF) rejected an application to transfer the 30-year-old goalkeeper to the transfer system of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), but the Russian club challenged this decision. As a result, the IIHF allowed Kalnins to join Amur. After that, the LHF decided to appeal to the IIHF Disciplinary Commission. In April, the Latvian Seimas adopted amendments to the sports law, according to which athletes and coaches are prohibited from participating in competitions held in Russia and Belarus. In July, LHF Secretary General Roberts Pluzejs said that Kalnins would not be called up to the Latvian national team due to the signing of a contract with the KHL club. will play with the Beijing «Kunlun Red Star».
