The Russian national ice hockey team defeated the Slovak team in the group stage match of the World Hockey Championship and went to the playoffs of the tournament. This is reported by the correspondent of "Tapes. RU". The meeting took place in German Cologne on Saturday, May 13, and ended with a victory of the Russians with a score of 6: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0). The double was marked by Yevgeny Dadonov (2nd, 14th minutes), Andrey Mironov (20th), Nikita Kucherov (23rd), Ivan Telegin (33rd) and Vladislav Gavrikov (56th) scored on the puck.. Thanks to this result, the team of Oleg Znarka guaranteed to go to the playoffs of the tournament. After five matches, Russians lead the group A table with 14 points. Slovaks with 4 points occupy the penultimate, 7th line. In the next match, the Russian team will play against the Latvian national team. The meeting will take place on May 15 in Cologne and will begin at 21:

15 Moscow time. Earlier on May 13 it became known that the captain of the Russian national team Sergey Mozyakin would not take part in the remaining matches of the 2017 World Championships because of an injury. He has already returned to Russia, where he will undergo a course of rehabilitation. The World Cup takes place in Cologne and Paris from May 5 to May 21.

Original article: Russian national team reached the playoffs of the World Hockey Championship.