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Russian hockey players, preparing for the World Cup, lost the Czech team
The Russian team in hockey in a series of shootouts with a score of 1: 2 lost in Prague a team of the Czech Republic in the second exhibition match as part of preparation for the World Cup.
As part of Russians, the puck was abandoned by Nikita Kucherov (42 '), who was assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov and Alexander Ovechkin. The Czechs distinguished Tomash the Polean (59 '), and Alyosha Gemsky, who outplayed our goalkeeper Semyon Varlamov, realized the decisive bullet.
The first match of the rivals took place on Thursday in St. Petersburg. In it, the Russian team won with a score of 4: 3 .
The next match in preparation for the World Cup will hold the Russian team against the Canadian team on the night of September 15, Moscow time. The meeting will be held in American Pittsburgh.
The World Cup will be held in Toronto from September 17 to October 1. At the group stage, the Russian team will play in group B with the teams of Finland, Sweden and North America, composed of US and Canada players not older than 23 years.