The Vladislav Tretyak Cup's opening ceremony has taken place in Samara

Between the 2nd and 8th of April, the Vladislav Tretyak Cup between children's teams will take place in Samara. The team will be made up of children born in 2004, and they will represent eight regions of Russia - Samara, Moscow, Moscow Region, Saint Petersburg, Almetevsk, Magnitogorsk, Novokuznetsk and Sochi.

On the 2nd of April inside the TSSK VVS arena in Samara, RIHF president Vladislav Tretyak, the State Duma deputy Viktor Kazakov, the first  deputy Minister of Sports for Samara Region Andrei Kharin, the deputy head of the Samara district Vladimir Slastenin, the head of Samara's physical culture department Viktor Olkhovsky and Samara's ice hockey president Stanislav Ruzov were all present at the opening ceremony.

Four matches were then played:

Metallurg Magnitogorsk - Snezhnie Barsy

Neftyanik - SKA-Serebryanie Lvy

Rus - Metallurg Novokuznetsk

TSSK - Vityaz Podolsk

RIHF president Vladislav Tretyak:

- I am very happy, that this tournament has now become traditional. Every time it is held at a high level.  I myself come to the competition almost every year, and I can see how professional it is. I would like to express my thanks to the ministry of sport for the organisation of this tournament. At the moment, our main goal is to bring up young ice hockey players in the right way. As in any competition, here there are both strong, and weak, teams. However, we will see the birth of new champions here. I want to thank the govenor for giving high attention to sport, and for the fact that ten new ice hockey rinks have been opened here during the past few years. Nevertheless, we still need more, because many people here want to play ice hockey or begin figure skating. We want to create good facilities for the young, and allow them to lead a healthy and sporting lifestyle.

Russian Ice Hockey Federation