By George Da Silva – National teams of Ice Hockey
The results of Saturday’s games saw China shock the Russian U18 team by a score of 3-2.
Xin Fang scored the winning goal in the 3rd period. China now moves into 4th place while the Russian U18 will finish in last place with 1 point.
China – Russia (U-18) 3: 2 (1: 0, 0: 1, 2: 1)
Goals:
1: 0 – Lam (Fairman, Barry), 16:12
1: 1 – Nuyaksheva, 29:23
2: 1 – Segedi (Nethlon), 44:31
3: 1 – Fang (Pi), 53:22
3: 2 – Sviridova (Smurova, Nesterova), 57:36
The second game was a battle for first place, the KRS Vanke Rays beat SKIF 3-1. Two goals by Michelle Karvinen .- the winning goal and a empty netter at the end of the 3rd period
The victory in regulation time allowed the Chinese team to win the WHL Open Cup ahead of schedule.
At the end of three game, the Chinese team has 9 points and guaranteed itself first place in the WHL Open Cup. SKIF retains the opportunity to catch Vanke Rays in terms of points, but will remain second due to the result of head to head meeting.
SKIF – KRS Vanke Rays 1: 3 (1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1)
Goals:
1: 0 – Goncharenko (Falyakhova, Bratischeva), 04:46 IB
1: 1 – Lam (Houston, Mills), 13:08 IB
1: 2 – Karvinen, 26:35
1: 3 – Karvinen, 59:31, EN
On Friday September 17th saw one game Agidel beat the Russian youth team in overtime.
Agidel – Russian (U-18) 3: 2 OT (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 2; 1: 0)
Goals:
1: 0 – Batalova (Lutsak-Chupkova), 26:11
1: 1 – Nesterova, 41:21
1: 2 – Landyreva (Nesterova), 52:14
2: 2 – Batalova, 56:23
3: 2 – Pechnikova, 64:10
you can check Video and Standings at WHL Open Cup