Five Nations. Czech Republic U18 - Russia U18
The under 18 Russian national team will play their deciding Five Nations match in Sweden against the Czech Republic.
Russia currently have just the one win to their name, thrashing Finland 6:1. In that match, defensemen Evgeny Kalabushin and Semyon Perelyaev and forward Leonid Nikolenko scored their debut under 18 goals. However, since then, the team's fortunes have taken a somewhat downturn. The players lost to Sweden 1:3 and against the USA 3:5.
Nevertheless, the Czech Republic are still searching for their first victory at the competiton, dropping three consecutive defeats against Finland (2:3), America (1:3) and Sweden (3:4 SO).
The match will begin at 17:30 Moscow time.
Russian Ice Hockey Federation