Russia undefeated in Channel One Cup

On the last day of Channel One Cup Russia beat Czech Republic 3-2 in Bolshoy Ice Dome in Sochi to go through the home tournament undefeated.

Alexander Kutuzov and Igor Grigorenko scored for Russia in the first period. Yegor Yakovlev made it 3-0 at 4:21 of the second period but after that Jakub Kovar kept the net clean. The Czechs scored two goals - Jan Kovar at 31:06 and Erik Hrna at 47:38 - bet were never able to tie it.

On Saturday Russia beat Sweden - also by the score 3-2. Sweden was in a 2-1 lead after half the game but Ilya Kovalchuk stepped up and scored twice to turn it to a win.

Finland got a shootout win over Sweden on Sunday. Sakari Salminen got the winning shot.

Top scorer of the tournament was the Swedish defenseman Patrik Hersley who got three goals - two against Czech Republic and one against Russia. He then added two assists against Finland.

All games:

Czech Republic  -  Sweden 4 - 6 (2-0, 2-3, 0-3)
Russia  -  Finland 2 - 0 (1-0, 0-0, 1-0)
Sweden  -  Russia 2 - 3 (0-1, 2-1, 0-1)
Finland  -  Czech Republic 3 - 2 (1-0, 0-2, 1-0, 0-0, 1-0)
Russia  -  Czech Republic 3 - 2 (2-0, 1-1, 0-1)
Finland  -  Sweden 3 - 2 (1-0, 1-2, 0-0, 0-0, 1-0) 

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