Today, the Czech hockey players will end their performance at the Karjala tournament with a match against Russia. In the duel of the teams that have lost both matches so far, the charges of coach Filip Pešán will strive for third place in the opening event of the Euro Hockey Tour.
From left, Matěj Stránský, Matěj Blümel, Filip Chlapík and Jakub Jeřábek rejoice in the latter’s goal against Finland.
Markku Ulander, CTK / AP
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The Russians, who took control of Karjala last year, start again in Helsinki with a selection composed mainly of young players, but this time they are not doing so well.
First they lost to Finland 0: 3 and lost to Sweden 2: 4. The Czech national team will try to correct the defeats 1: 4 with the Swedes and 2: 4 with the home team.
| Karjala, part of the Euro Hockey Tour in Helsinki: |
| CR – Russia 0: 2 after the 1st period |
| Goals and recordings: 4. Jelesin (Chusnutdinov, Nikišin), 18. Voronkov (Chusnutdinov, ibrikov). Referee: Heikkinen (Fin.), Öhlund – Lundgren (oba. Sweden), Sormunen (Fin.). |
| Sets: |
| CR: Š. Lukeš – Jiříček, Jeřábek, Zábranský, Ščotka, Mašín, Pyrochta, Pýcha – Blümel, M. Špaček, M. Stránský – Řepík, Jašek, Smejkal – Flek, Chlapík, D. Kaše – L. Horký, O. Najman, P. Kousal – Kodýtek. Coaches: Filip Pešán, Martin Straka and Jaroslav Špaček. |
| Mask: Shugaev – Jelesin, Nikishin, Smirnov, Muchamadullin, Grudinin, Chishakov, Koromyslov – Michkov, Galimov, Voronkov – Rashevsky, Chusnutdinov, Vovchenko – Chibrikov, Zinchenko, Tertyshny – Abramov, Guslistov, Ponomarev. Coaches: Sergey Zubov and Alexandr Titov. |
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