Russia U17 closes series with a sweep

The start of the game was quite a shock for our team – the Belarusians managed to open the scoring just 30 seconds in. But Andrey Mironov’s players quickly pulled themselves together and equalized within two minutes, led 4:1 by the 10-minute mark, and were up 5:1 by the first intermission. The first line stood out in particular, recording four of the five goals. And Bogdan Yakushevsky went even further, completing a natural hat-trick.

In the second period, the teams took a breather – after forty minutes the score remained the same as after twenty. But in the third, the opponents once again exchanged lightning-fast goals: Belarus scored in the 47th minute, Russia restored the four-goal lead a minute later – and carried the game to a confident victory.

BELARUS U18 – RUSSIA U17 – 2:6 (1:5, 0:0, 1:1) 
August 30, Minsk, “Chizhovka Arena”

1:0 Rusakov (Prikhodko, Dudich) 00:29
1:1 Chervyakov (Frolov A., Gilmanov) 02:27
1:2 Privalov (Yakushevsky, Mishin) 06:16
1:3 Yakushevsky (Privalov, Mishin) 06:42
1:4 Yakushevsky (Privalov, Savin Dan.) 08:52 PP
1:5 Yakushevsky (Privalov, Shtyrkhunov) 18:12 PP
2:5 Syomin (Shishpor, Benkevich) 46:52
2:6 Zatsepin (Kozhevnikov) 47:55

Shots on goal: 14-33
Faceoffs: 26-24
Penalty minutes: 8-6

BELARUS U18

26. Ragoisha , 40. Burunov

25. Gordeychik , 38. Ermashov
37. Karabayev, 41. Frolov , 43. Shaternik

21. Rusakov, 10. Likhachevsky
56. Prikhodko , 55. Dudich, 18. Sevko

39. Syomin, 44. Savritsky
11. Kulakov , 47. Pukalo , 23. Kovalets

3. Minko, 4. Kozlovsky
58. Khomich, 49. Shevchenko, 59. Shishpor

6. Shlamkov, 60. Drapikovsky
8. Benkevich

RUSSIA U17

30. Chapaev , 20. Kazantsev

11. Shtyrkhunov, 4. Rossinsky
9. Mishin, 25. Privalov, 10. Yakushevsky

28. Mate , 24. Lezov
27. Zatsepin, 23. Yakunin , 16. Savin

29. Babkin , 26. Khatibullin
21. Vasilevsky, 18. Tkachev, 15. Kovalenko

22. Gilmanov , 14. Karpov
13. Chervyakov, 8. Savin, 3. Frolov

7. Aibatov
12. Kozhevnikov, 5. Bulgakov