CSKA defeated the Vanguard in the first final match of the Gagarin Cup

CSKA hockey players outplayed the Omsk Vanguard in the first match of the final series of the Gagarin Cup. Already by the middle of the starting period, the army team led with a difference of two goals thanks to the exact throws of Andrei Svetlakov (2 ') and Alexei Marchenko (9') - 2: 0.

In the second segment, the teams exchanged goals: first Igor Grigorenko (31 ') distinguished himself, and then the turn of Sergey Shumakov (34') came - 3: 1.

In the final twenty -minute, hockey players continued to act actively in the attack: first, Grigorenko (48 ') made an effective touch, then Victor Stolberg (55'), and the point was set by Grigorenko, who became the author of the hat -trick - 5: 2.

It should be noted that with the score of 2-0, the defender of the Vanguard, Cody France, upset the goalkeeper of CSKA Ilya Sorokin, but the arbitrators were canceled after the video recovery, considering that the puck was abandoned in violation of the rules.

The score in the series was 1: 0 in favor of CSKA. The second confrontation game will take place on the metropolitan ice on Monday (April 15).