The SHL defeated the NMHL in the Generation Cup!

The Student Hockey League (SHL) defeated the National Junior Hockey League (NMHL) in the 2025 Generation Cup, earning a dramatic 4:2 victory!

The match was staged at the Metallurg Arena in Magnitogorsk.

The winning goal was netted with a little less than nine minutes remaining in regulation time, before the victors subsequently secured their triumph with a fourth marker in the closing stages.

As a consequence of this result, the overall series score between the two sides in the history of this competition is 2-3 in favour of the SHL.

Match protocol:

SHL - NMHL - 4:2 (0:1, 2:1, 2:0)

Goals:

0:1 Galimov (Nikolenko, Gruzdev), 13.02 PPG
1:1 Khrunin (Kadyrov, Pristalov), 23.26
2:1 Kabirov (Kalinin), 36.33
2:2 Nikolenko (Basin, Shabalin), 38.34
3:2 Kadyrov (Khrunin), 51.16
4:2 Pristalov (Khrunin), 57.53

Shots: 56 - 62

Shots on target: 43 - 43

Faceoffs: 31 - 34

Penalty minutes: 6 - 8

15.02.2025.