Hockey

The goalkeeper of the Russian national team scored in the minority. And celebrated in such a way that he had to be replaced

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4 years ago

May 1, 2022

Robert

The goalkeeper of the Russian national team scored in the minority. And celebrated in such a way that he had to be replaced

Dmitry Nikolaev / Photo: © FHR

“Red Machine” in the experimental team defeated the Belarusians. The match will be remembered for an incredible curiosity. Just look at the goal of Nikolaev!

The hockey season in Russia did not end with the identification of the winner of the Gagarin Cup. Although our national team misses the final stage of the Eurotour and the World Cup, the fans still got the opportunity to see the “red car” in action.

In Tula, the first friendly match was held with the participation of the national teams of Russia and Belarus. Hockey fans did not have to be bored – the teams scored seven goals together, even the goalkeeper managed to excel.

Nikolaev celebrated so famously that he had to be replaced!

Experimental build

Our team, as well as the opponent, was represented by far from the strongest line-up. Of course, there were no stars from the NHL, and just the usual collections from the clubs of the Continental Hockey League. The basis of the “red car” of the experimental assembly was the youth, for whom it was a great honor to play for the main team after a long season, even taking into account the absence of any prospects of being in the World Cup. Sergei Zubov led this ambitious team in the Tula match.

The Russians quickly managed to print the opponent’s gate and left for a break, leading in the long run. However, in the second period the Belarusians made it clear that they were not going to give up easily. Our rivals compared the scores twice in a 20-minute period – by the next long pause, each team had two goals in the asset.

In the middle of the third period, Fedor Svechkov scored an important goal, but it was too early for the fans in the stands and at the screens to relax. Our hockey players were in the minority less than four minutes before the end of the period. The coaching staff of the Belarusian national team decided to take a chance by removing the goalkeeper. This step did not justify itself, but it allowed our goalkeeper Dmitry Nikolaev to perform a small hockey miracle.

After the throw-in in the zone of the Russian national team, none of the field players really managed to take possession of the puck. Chaotic projectile throwing ended in the possessions of Nikolaev, who decided to test his sniper skills.

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The Belarusian hockey player started chasing the puck, since it didn’t move too fast, but still he couldn’t leave the Russian goalkeeper without a goal. A goalkeeper’s goal is a rare event, so Nikolaev did not hold back his emotions. However, Dmitry went a little too far with the celebration of the goal, unexpectedly finding himself at his bench. Such a move threatened Russia with another two-minute removal – Zubov, in order to avoid problems, had to quickly change the joyful goalkeeper to Maxim Tretiak.

A curious goal, which became the decoration of the match, left almost no chance for the Belarusians in this match. Our hockey players, by the way, then scored for the fifth time – Marat Khairullin scored. The victory with a score of 5:2 was a pleasant gift from the national team on the festive Day of Spring and Labor. Belarusians will have chances to take revenge on May 2.

Source: Sportbox

Robert

I have been working as a sports journalist for about 6 years now. I currently work as an author at Sportish, which is a sports news website. I mainly cover sports news and I love writing about all aspects of the sport. I also have experience working as a broadcast journalist, so I have some great insights into how sport is reported and presented.

Hockey

Return and victory. Kremenchuk and Sokol played a Christmas match

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23 hours ago

December 24, 2025

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Return and victory. Kremenchuk and Sokol played a Christmas match

A leaders’ match took place as part of the Ukrainian Hockey Championship – the current champion Kremenchuk hosted Sokol as part of the festive meeting at Christmas.

The match ended with Kremenchuk scoring 4:1, and the match was abandoned twice due to air raids.

At the same time, the home team lost 0:1, but they scored two goals on the power play in the second period and eventually hit an empty net. Vitaly Lyalka scored a double goal.

While Sokol finishes 2025 as the leader, Kremenchuk is one point behind and has a game in hand.

Ukrainian Hockey Championship

Kremenchuk – Sokol 4:1 (0:1, 2:0, 2:0)

Discs: 02:48 Mazur (Timchenko, Cherdak) – 0:1, 27:09 Lyalka (Matusevich, Krivoshapkin – large) – 1:1, 28:40 Andryushchenko (Krivenko – large) – 2:1, 59:03 Lyalka – 3:1, 59:10 Poperzhay (Gevorgyan) – 4:1

Goalkeepers: Zakharchenko – Petrov (Makarenko)

Source: Sport UA

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Hockey

With the strengthening of the composition. Storm scored 8 goals in the derby

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2 days ago

December 23, 2025

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With the strengthening of the composition. Storm scored 8 goals in the derby

The Ukrainian hockey championship match took place between Storm and Odeshchina. The meeting ended with a score of 8:3 in Storm’s favor.

It should also be said that the team, which had major problems in its squad and regularly played with 12-13 hockey players, received important reinforcements from Dnepr. Five new artists appeared in the application of Odessa residents and brought immediate results.

Newcomers Laktionov, Chupryna and Deliy scored two points each.

The teams have 17 points and share 3-4 places.

Ukrainian Hockey Championship

Storm – Odeshchina 8:3 (2:0, 3:2, 3:1)

Discs: 11:28 Chuprina (Laktionov, Stotsky) – 1:0, 15:10 Mosyuk (Trushchenko, Poimanov) – 2:0, 24:06 Ponomarev (Ratushny) – 3:0, 24:40 Khanin – 3:1, 25:12 Dvornik (Bechtold) – 3:2, 31:58 Ruzhitsky (Laktionov) – 4:2, 34:05 Laktionov (Deliy, Chuprina) – 5:2, 42:19 Deliy (Derkach, Chuprina) – 6:2, 44:22 Reyuka (Poimanov, Ratushny) – 7:2, 52:30 Tailor (Kutsevich) – 8:2, 57:40 Hear -8:3

Source: Sport UA

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Hockey

Junior World Hockey Championship. Calendar and match results

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2 days ago

December 23, 2025

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Junior World Hockey Championship. Calendar and match results

Traditionally, one of the most interesting hockey tournaments of the year begins – the U-20 World Junior Championship in the elite league. The tournament will take place in the USA from December 26 to January 5.

The American team will defend the title it won in Canada a year ago. However, Maple will try to heal herself after the failure.

The teams are divided into two groups of 5 teams, the top 4 will advance to the play-offs and the last two will compete for survival among the elite.

Group A: USA, Sweden, Slovakia, Switzerland, Germany

Group B: Finland, Czech Republic, Canada, Latvia, Denmark

Calendar

Group A

26 December

Sweden – Slovakia. Starts at 20:00

27 December

Germany – USA. Starts at 01:00

Slovakia – Germany. Starts at 21:00

28 December