The Russian youth ice hockey team was defeated by the Canadian team in a friendly (control) match in Edmonton before the start of the World Youth Championship (MFM-2022) on December 26.
The meeting ended with a score of 6: 4 in favor of the Canadians, Lenta.ru reports.
Moreover, after the first period, the Russians were inferior with a score of 0: 4. However, in the second period, the Russian national team managed to play three goals, but the Canadians scored another goal. In the third 20-minute, the Canadians scored another goal, but at the end of the meeting the Russians reduced the advantage, Gazeta.ru notes.
Commenting on the defeat on Match TV, the head coach of the Russian youth team Sergei Zubov complained that the team “slept through” the beginning. “Team Canada usually comes out to the game charged. We couldn’t oppose anything, and we made mistakes ourselves, and the deletions were completely unnecessary, ”said the coach of the national team.
For his part, striker Matvey Michkov, who scored 3 (2 + 1) points, added: “Everyone is doing a common cause, and everything that happens in the team must remain in the team.”
Let us also remind that on December 19 the main Russian national ice hockey team, which played in the Soviet “victorious” form, lost to the Finns in the decisive match of the second stage of Euro Hockey Tour – the First Channel Cup. The match, which took place at the CSKA Arena, ended in overtime with a score of 3: 2 in favor of the Finns. Thus, Finland became the winner of the tournament.
And later, the National Hockey League (NHL) confirmed the decision not to participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Source: Rosbalt
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