The Hlinka/Gretzky Cup. Finland U18 - Russia U18 - 2:7

On Monday, the under 18 Russian national team made a winning start to the 2018 Hlinka/Gretzky Cup, thrashing Finland 7:2.

Nikita Vaschenko, Arseniy Gritsyuk (2), Danil Guschin, Vasily Podkolzin, Daniil Gutik and Oleg Zaitsev scored, handing Russia a large 7:2 victory!

Match protocol:

Finland U18 - Russia U18 - 2:7 (1:1, 0:4, 1:2)

Goals:

1:0 Puistola (Simontaival), 00.53
1:1 Vaschenko (Nikolaev, Podkolzin), 13.05
1:2 Gritsyuk (Chinakhov), 20.07
1:3 Guschin (Likhachyov, Abramov), 22.52
1:4 Podkolzin (Nikolaev), 28.20
1:5 Gutik (Podkolzin), 30.21
1:6 Gritsyuk (Chinakhov), 40.53
2:6 Intonen (Heinola, Rato), 51.17
2:7 Zaitsev (Alkhimov, Amirov), 54.10

Goalkeepers: Taponen - Sartakov

Shots on target: 20 - 57

Penalty minutes: 22 - 2