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Russian hockey team wins 2017 Deutschland Cup

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Russian hockey team wins 2017 Deutschland Cup


13.11.2017

Flickr/mark6maunoRussia’s National Ice Hockey Team has won The Deutschland Cup, TASS reports. Russian hockey players came out on top at the decisive match with Slovakian team with score 4:2 and getting in total 9 points in three matches and held victory in this tournament. The reservists’ team left behind the hosts of the tournament – the team of Germany with score 8:2 and then Americans with score 5:2.

Forward Alexey Makeev demonstrated excellent game having hit all four goals in the match against Slovakian team who also started with two victories. The Slovaks led 2:1 at the second period for a minute and then lost to our hickey players with score 3:2. The coach of the Slovakian team changed the goalkeeper at the last minute, but Russians hit the fourth goal into the empty gates anyway.

Cup of Germany (the Deutschland Cup) has been contested since 1987. It is considered a tournament where hockey superpowers test their closest reserves. The Olympic national team of Russia was founded two years ago with the main task to find out promising young hockey players for the main team of the country.

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