On the day of the natural cataclysm in the area of ??the Olympic Games in Korea, perhaps, two major losers - the American and Russian hockey teams. The main contenders for the highest awards from group B almost lost in unison their first games - the United States lost to Slovenia, and Russia - Slovakia. Our team led by Oleg Znarka first led in the score 2: 0. On third.
minute goal scored Vladislav Gavrikov, two minutes later.
advantage of Russians was increased by Kirill Kaprizov. By the end of the first period.
Slovaks score equal, abandoned washers were noted Peter Olvetski.
(17th) and Martin Bakos (18th). The victory washer in the third period brought the Slovaks.
the exact throw of Peter Chereshnyak (49th). It should be noted that the commentator at the match, when he announced the name of our remote player, called him "white", instead of "Olympic athlete from Russia". Probably, for convenience. By the way, today the Russians played in the white form. In the parallel match, the Slovenian team overcame the barriers of the Americans in overtime with a score of 3: 2. The next match, the Russians will play against the Slovenes on February 16. Recall, in Pyeongchang did not come players from the National Hockey.
league, since the IOC refused to compensate for the NHL.
financial losses from participation of hockey players in the Olympic tournament. All media vied with each other asserting that the main favorite of the Games will be the Russian team, which was again dubbed the "red car", including because we are being steered by a tough coach trying to revive the former greatness of the Soviet national team. However, as the author of The Wall Street Journal writes, Znarka's tough approaches are not suitable for the modern generation of Russian hockey players, many of whom managed to play in the NHL, where they were given greater independence and more solid fees. "If there is a tense atmosphere, then you get a very unreasonable team that can break down in difficult moments," RT hockey player from Finland Alpo Sukhoneni, who trained athletes in Europe and NHL. After today's game, the captain of the "red car" Pavel Datsyuk briefly summarized its result: "Thank you Vasya that we finished 3-2".
This he meant our goalkeeper Vasily Koshechkin.
Znarok admitted that our hockey players were nervous before the starting match and did not expect that after the score of 2-0 in favor of the Russians there will be something like this. "One missed, and it seems nothing.
terrible, now score. And then 2: 2 and already - oh! The Slovaks played.
counterattacks, they also threw a little. But this is a sport, you have to be.
ready. Well, lost today. Correctly, Datsyuk said that now.
the team will fall fetters, "- quoted the steering" Championship ". Well, we wait with whom they will quickly fall down - with our or Americans.