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Hockey. NHL. Regular season. “Philadelphia” – “Islanders” – 4:3, “Montreal” – “Calgary” – 4:1 – Kovalev “M” (0+2), Andrey Markov “M” (1+1) , “Nashville” – “Vancouver” – 1:3, “Colorado” – “Los Angeles” – 6:1 – Frolov “L” (0+1) .
Russian Alexei Kovalev played the anniversary, 1100th game in the NHL regular championship, making two assists. As a result, his Montreal achieved a home victory over Calgary. After the match, Kovalev said that he was happy, healthy, feeling great and ready to continue playing. True, the joy of the hero of the day is somewhat overshadowed by the fact that Alexey has not been able to score a goal for 17 matches in a row. Kovalev has two more games left before repeating his own anti-record, dating back to the 1995/96 season, when he could not score in 19 games in a row.
The laurels of the main hero of the match, together with the 35-year-old Russian, were shared by Czech forward Robert Lang, who scored a double and assisted Andrei Markov. Lang was recognized as the first star of the past day. Colorado left winger Cody MacLeod also distinguished himself, contributing to the defeat of Los Angeles in Denver with two goals. The third star of the day was Vancouver goalkeeper Curtis Sanford, who made 20 out of 21 shots in the meeting with Nashville.
Shaquille O'Neal scored 35 points
Basketball. NBA. Regular season. Washington - Detroit - 107:94, Cleveland - Toronto - 114:94, Minnesota - Utah - 96:99, Houston - Atlanta -- 92:84, "Chicago" -- "New York" -- 105:100, "Dallas" -- "San Antonio" -- 126:133 2OT, "Phoenix" -- "Milwaukee" -- 125 :110, “Sacramento” – “Lakers” – 113:101, “Portland” – “Orlando” – 108:109.
After two defeats in a row, Utah beat Minnesota on the road. In 2 sec. Before the final siren, Mehmet Okur brought victory to the jazzmen. Utah leader Carlos Boozer missed the match again due to injury, but is expected to appear on the court in the near future. Utah's Russian forward Andrei Kirilenko played almost 22 minutes in the game. During this time, he scored seven points, made five rebounds, one assist, and one steal. True, the Russian’s efficiency was not very high - out of eight shots, he managed to convert only one.
By the way, this match was an anniversary for Jerry Sloan, who has been leading Utah for 20 years. This fact is unique in itself, especially for team sports, where team coaches change quite often.
In the meeting between Phoenix and Milwaukee, Shaquille O'Neal (pictured) scored 35 points, made eight rebounds and three blocked shots. The basketball player could not boast of such a result since last spring. A beautiful and productive match took place in Dallas, where the local Mavericks lost to San Antonio only in the second overtime.
The lawyer was recognized as the best coach of our championship
The main coach of St. Petersburg Zenit, Dick Advocaat, was recognized as the best football coach in 2008. Under the leadership of the Dutch specialist, this season Zenit won the UEFA Cup and the European Super Cup, as well as the Russian Super Cup. In addition, it became known that the best football player of the year was CSKA midfielder Yuri Zhirkov, the best referee was Stanislav Sukhina, and the opening of the season was another army player Alan Dzagoev.
The ceremony of presenting the main football awards in Russia will take place on December 16 at the traditional evening of the Russian Football Union (RFU), dedicated to the closing of the season.
The World Boxing Cup has started
The World Boxing Cup has started in the Russian capital, with 14 domestic athletes competing. Among them are three participants in the Olympic Games, three world champions, and the rest are debutants. The current tournament will be held according to a new formula. Instead of team competitions, an individual tournament will take place, in which eight boxers from different countries will compete in each weight category.
For the coaching staff of the Russian team, the current tournament provides a chance to redeem themselves for their failure at the Beijing Olympics. Let us recall that Russian boxers planned to win four gold medals at the Games in China. However, they earned only two awards of the highest standard through the efforts of Ruslan Chakhkiev and Alexey Tishchenko. After the Games, Chakhkiev switched to professional boxing, and Tishchenko took a time out. He will be present at the competition only as a spectator.
Volleyball European Cups have resumed
After a month's break, the continental cup volleyball tournaments have resumed. Our women's teams successfully played their matches in all three competitions - the Champions League, the CEV Cup and the Challenge Cup.
In the tournament of the strongest clubs of the Old World, the capital's Dynamo team played away in the Czech city of Prostejov and beat the local team of the same name - 3:1 (25:19, 23:25, 25:19, 25:17). Anna Matienko played the position of the main passer, and her most experienced colleague in the role, 43-year-old Irina Kirillova, did not enter the court. The best scorer for the “blue and white” was Ekaterina Gamova - 22 points, and she made six effective blocking actions. One of the few Russians who continues their career abroad, Valeria Pushnenkova, entered the starting line-up of Prosteiova. The Muscovites are in first place in Group A, winning all three matches.
Omsk "Spartak" in the first match of the 1/8 finals of the CEV Cup did not leave the slightest chance to the Swiss "Sailer" (Kenitz) - 3:0 (25:19, 25:19, 25:18). The return game will take place in a week; the “red-whites” only need to win one game to reach the quarterfinals. Their potential opponents in the next round are the Belarusian Atlant (Baranavichy) or the Turkish Fenerbahce. “Leningradka”, as part of the 1/16 finals of the Challenge Cup, visited the first owner of the now defunct Top Teams Cup, Belgian “Asterix”. In the city of Kildrecht, St. Petersburg volleyball players were stronger - 3:0 (25:17, 25:23, 25:19).