Ak Bars Kazan' head coach Dmitry Kvartalnov gives instructions to players during the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Sibir Novosibirsk Region.

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Ak Bars Kazan' head coach Dmitry Kvartalnov during the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Sibir Novosibirsk Region.

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Sibir Novosibirsk Region's Artyom Karavayev, left, and Ak Bars Kazan' Alexander Burmistrov during the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match.

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Sibir Novosibirsk Region's Sergei Shumakov, left, and Ak Bars Kazan' Vladimir Tkachyov during the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match.

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From left: Sibir Novosibirsk Region's Artyom Karavayev, Ak Bars Kazan' Tomas Vincour, and Sibir Novosibirsk Region's Mikko Koskinen during the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match.

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Sibir Novosibirsk Region's Yegor Martynov, left, and Ak Bars Kazan' Mikhail Varnakov during the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match.

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Referees set apart Sibir Novosibirsk Region's Nikita Kvartalnov and Ak Bars Kazan's Alexander Burmistrov, right, during the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Sibir Novosibirsk Region.

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From left: Ak Bars Kazan's Shaun Heshka, Sibir Novosibirsk Region's Stepan Sannikov, and Ak Bars' goalie Emil Garipov during the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match.

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From left: Ak Bars Kazan's Ilya Nikulin, Sibir Novosibirsk Region's Dmitry Kugryshev and Alexei Kopeikin, and Ak Bars' goalie Emil Garipov and Vasily Tokranov during the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match.

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From left: Sibir Novosibirsk Region's Igor Ozhiganov and goalie Nikita Bespalov, Ak Bars Kazan' Alexei Tereshchenko, Sibir's Ivan Lekomtsev, and Ak Bars' Kirill Petrov during the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match.

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From left: Ak Bars Kazan' Ilya Nikulin, Alexander Svitov and Janne Pesonen celebrate the team's victory in the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Sibir Novosibirsk Region.

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From left: Ak Bars Kazan' Shaun Heshka, Dmitry Obukhov and Janne Pesonen celebrate the team's victory in the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Sibir Novosibirsk Region.

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From left: Ak Bars Kazan's Vladimir Tkachyov and Sibir Novosibirsk Region's Jori Lehtera during the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match.

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From left: Sibir Novosibirsk Region's goalie Nikita Bespalov, Ak Bars Kazan' Mikhail Varnakov, and Sibir's Konstantin Alekseyev during the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match.

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From left: Ak Bars Kazan's Artyom Lukoyanov and goalie Emil Garipov during the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Sibir Novosibirsk Region.

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From left: Ak Bars Kazan's Vladimir Tkachyov and Sibir Novosibirsk Region's Konstantin Alekseyev during the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match.

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From left: Sibir Novosibirsk Region's Alexander Kutuzov and Ak Bars Kazan' Tim Stapleton during the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match.

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From left: Sibir Novosibirsk Region's goalie Nikita Bespalov and Igor Ignatushkin during the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match.

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Sibir Novosibirsk Region's Nikita Bespalov during the Kontinental Hockey League's Eastern Conference quarterfinal match between Ak Bars Kazan and Sibir Novosibirsk Region.

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A fistfight during the quarterfinals of the Kontinental Hockey League Eastern Conference, Sibir Novosibirsk Region vs. Ak Bars Kazan.

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A fistfight during the quarterfinals of the Kontinental Hockey League Eastern Conference, Sibir Novosibirsk Region vs. Ak Bars Kazan.

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Sibir player Nikita Kvartalnov and Ak Bars player Alexander Burmistrov, right. The quarterfinals of the Kontinental Hockey League Eastern Conference, Sibir Novosibirsk Region vs. Ak Bars Kazan.

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Sibir player Nikita Kvartalnov and Ak Bars player Alexander Burmistrov, right. The quarterfinals of the Kontinental Hockey League Eastern Conference, Sibir Novosibirsk Region vs. Ak Bars Kazan.

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From left, foreground: Ak Bars player Alexander Svitov and Sibir's Jori Lehtera. The quarterfinals of the Kontinental Hockey League Eastern Conference, Sibir Novosibirsk Region vs. Ak Bars Kazan.

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From left: Sibir goalie Mikko Koskinen, Ak Bars player Alexei Tereshchenko and Sibir player Vyacheslav Belov. The quarterfinals of the Kontinental Hockey League Eastern Conference, Sibir Novosibirsk Region vs. Ak Bars Kazan.

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Ak Barch coach Alexander Barkov, center. The quarterfinals of the Kontinental Hockey League Eastern Conference, Sibir Novosibirsk Region vs. Ak Bars Kazan.

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Sibir player Jonas Enlund, left, and Ak Bars player Konstantin Korneyev. The quarterfinals of the Kontinental Hockey League Eastern Conference, Sibir Novosibirsk Region vs. Ak Bars Kazan.

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From left: Sibir player Alexander Romanov, Ak Bars Stepan Zakharchuk ansd Sibir player Nikita Kvartalnov. The quarterfinals of the Kontinental Hockey League Eastern Conference, Sibir Novosibirsk Region vs. Ak Bars Kazan.

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From left: Ak Bars goalie Emil Garipov, Al Bars player Shaun Heshka and Sibir's Dmitry Monya. The quarterfinals of the Kontinental Hockey League Eastern Conference, Sibir Novosibirsk Region vs. Ak Bars Kazan.

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Sibir player Artyom Karavayev, left, and Ak Bars player Alexander Burmistrov. The quarterfinals of the Kontinental Hockey League Eastern Conference, Sibir Novosibirsk Region vs. Ak Bars Kazan.

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