Slovakia - Russia. A statistical round-up

- This is the first time that Russia have won all Euro Hockey Challenge games of the season. The team scored 14 goals and conceded 3, which has become a new record.

- Russia have beaten Norway and Slovakia five times out of six in this competition. Against these opponents, we have a positive goal difference of 20-10 and 19-9 respectively.

- Vadim Shipachyov has taken part in five of the last six campaigns, and no one has ever done this before. He has 14 points (5+9) from 22 matches

14th of April 2016, Slovakia - Russia - 0:6

- This was Russia's biggest victory against Slovakia in history.

- Sergei Shumakov scored Russia's 2100th goal in the country's 656th official match.

- Igor Shestyorkin is only the second Russian goaltender in history to take a shutout on his debut. The first was Evgeny Nabokov on the 16th of February 2006 against the Swedes at the Olympic Games in Italy. Vadim Tarasov and Sergei Zvyagin also kept a clean sheet in their first full games, however they had already made cameo appearances beforehand.

- In 656 official games, Russia have fielded 48 different goalkeepers.

- Yegor Yakovlev played in his 50th Russian national team match, Daniil Apalkov in his 15th, and Ziyat Paigin, Maxim Shalunov and Sergei Shumakov notched up their fifth game.

- Vyacheslav Voynov, Maxim Shalunov and Maxim Karpov scored their first goals for Russia.

- Forward Vadim Shipachyov made his 35th Russian assist. Ilya Lyubushkin, Vyacheslav Voynov and Yaroslav Dyblenko did this for the first time.

- In his 23rd game, Andrei Loktionov received his first penalty minutes.

16th of April, Slovakia - Russia - 1:2 SO

- Vadim Shipachyov played in his 85th national team, and so far he has 53 points to his name (18+35).

- Yegor Averin has 40 appearances under his belt and currently bosts 19 points (9+10).

- Captain for these games Vladimir Galuzin has competed in 10 Euro Hockey Challenge games, and has three points (2+1).

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