Rangers tore the first Victoria Cup from the hands of the Magnitogorsk hockey players

In the Swiss Berne, the first Victoria Cup in the history of the best hockey teams of the Old and New Worlds, established by the International Hockey Federation in the year of its 100th anniversary, took place on Post-Finance. The Magnitogorsk Metallurg, which won the European Champions Cup, was represented in it, and the New York Rangers Club of NHL opposed it.

Magnitogorsk residents, winning along the match with a score of 3-0, eventually missed the victory in the last seconds of the third period - 3: 4.

Already in the 2nd minute of the meeting, the gates of Henrik Lundquist were printed by Denis Platonov, and the advantage of the Russian team doubled the advantage of the Russian team by the small one with a throw from the blue line during the majority draw. In the middle of the second period, Magnitogorsk again realized an extra player - Nikolai Zavarukhin distinguished himself.

However, then the goals flew only into the gates of our goalkeeper Andrei Mesin. The beginning of the strong-willed victory of the “rangers” laid Chris Druri in the second period, having realized the majority of 5 to 3. At the final gaming segment, the NHL team began to increase pressure, and in the 46th minute, at first, Deng Fritche reduced the lag to a minimum, and then Drury designed the double and equalized the score.

The interchange of the match came 21 seconds before the final siren: Ryan Calehen realized one -on -one exit with Mezin, bringing the Rangers the Victoria Cup.

“We started the game well, led in the score and could count on a favorable outcome,” Valery Belousov, the KHL press service quoted by the KHL press service. “However, then a large number of removals changed the course of the opponent. I warned the guys that the Rangens was perfectly used by the numerical advantage. They lost not the entire match, but not of the defender’s catastrophic mistake at the end of the third period, the match would go to overtime and could end in a series of shootouts.

The Metallurgist match with Rangers was the first confrontation of the Russian club with a NHL team over the past 17 years.