Black Sea Cup. KJT - Russia-1 - 3:7

After KJT of Finland's heavy 1:14 defeat to Russia-2 yesterday, not much was expected of the Finns as they dressed up to take on Russia-2 in the Sochi Black Sea Cup.

Despite not having much of a chance, KJT did put up a good fight, and they managed to score three markers against our team. Nevertheless, Russia-1 were still much the strong team, and seven goals were netted against the Finns to seal a confident 7:3 victory! The tournament's deciding match will take place between Russia-1 and Russia-2 tomorrow at 15:00 Moscow time.

Match protocol:

KJT - Russia-1 - 3:7 (0:1, 2:3, 1:3)

Goals:

0:1 Smirnov (Sholokhov), 08.13

0:2 Karpukhin (Babenko), 20.38

1:2 Makarov, 21.08

1:3 Tyanulin (Glotov), 24.42

1:4 D. Alexeev (Miromanov), 28.56

2:4 Kuzmin (Kallislahti, Hvoles)

2:5 Lukin (D. Alexeev), 43.03

2:6 Artemov, 44.01

2:7 Artemov (Glotov, Makeev), 46.49

3:7 Kallisahti (Kuchkin, Shalamov)

Russian line-up:

Berdin

Fazylzyanov - Bannikov, Kudryatsev - Belyaev - Chebykin;

Mikheev - Chmykhov, Artemov - Glotov - Tyanulin;

Vladimirov - Karpukhin, Babenko - Sholokhov - Smirnov;

D. Alexeev - Yakovenko, Miromanov - Zhukenov - Lukin.

Russian Ice Hockey Federation