04.03.2013 “Ugra” beat the team from Mytishchi

On March 4 sledge hockey players of Ugra met the team from Mytishchi within the final of the championship of Russia.

On March 4 sledge hockey players of Ugra met the team from Mytishchi within the final of the championship of Russia.

In the first period they play was mainly near Ugra opponents’ net. And in the third minute the captain of Ugra team Konstantin Shikhov opened the scoring having kicked the puck after the pass of Vasiliy Varlakov. In the seventh minute the score became 2:0 for “Ugra” thank to the puck kicked by Aleksandr Chalin after the pass of Konstantin Shikhov.

But the opponents did not yield, they began active attacks and in the last minute of the match, when Ugra team played short-handed, the team of Mytishchi kicked its first goal. As a result the score of the first period was 2:1.

In the second period of this game Konstantin Shikhov kicked his second 9^th-minute puck strengthening position of Ugra team.

In the third period the team of Mytishchi city showed its character and staying power while defending its net, Ugra players attacked constantly but the goalkeeper of the opponents steadily kicked away all pucks.

As a result the match ended 3:1 for the team of Ugra.

This was the third game of Ugra sledge hockey players in the final of the Championship of Russia. On March 3 Ugra players lost 3:2 in shootouts to Moscow team.

On March 3 they beat Primorsky Krai 21:0.

According to the results of three competition days Ugra hold leading position equally to “Phoenix” from Moscow Region, both teams have 16 points each. The team from Moscow “Polar Bears” has 13 points and “Udmurtia” has 12 points.

On March 6 Ugra plays with “Poenix” from Moscow Region.