SKA St. Petersburg dominated Sochi Open Hockey Tournament

Last season SKA St. Petersburg lost 4-3 at shootout the final of Sochi Open Hockey, the first pre-season tournament between KHL teams, against Russia Olympic team. This season, with a new format without a final, the KHL regular season winner left no chances for the opponents, finishing the tournament with the perfect record of 4 victories.

Results:

August  3, 2018

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - Ak Bars Kazan 4: 2

HC Sochi - Kunlun Red Star Beijing 1: 3

August  4, 2018

Ak Bars Kazan - Russia Olymp. 4: 2

HC Sochi - SKA  St. Petersburg 1: 4

August  5, 2018

Lokomotiv  Yaroslavl - Russia Olymp. 2: 3

SKA St. Petersburg - Kunlun Red Star  Beijing 5: 0

August  6, 2018

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - Kunlun Red Star  Beijing 2: 0

HC Sochi  - Russia Olymp.  3: 4

August  7, 2018

Lokomotiv  Yaroslavl - SKA St. Petersburg 1: 3

HC Sochi  - Ak Bars Kazan 5: 3

August  8, 2018

Russia Olymp. - Kunlun Red Star Beijing 4: 2

SKA  St. Petersburg - Ak Bars Kazan 4: 0

Standing:

1. Ska St. Petersburg pts.12

2. Russia Olympic pts.9

3. Lokomotiv Yaroslav pts.6

4. HC Sochi pts.3

5. Ak Bars Kazan pts. 3

6. Red Star Beijing pts.3

Awards:

Best goalie: Magnus Hellberg  - SKA

Best Defender: Ziyat Paygin - Russian Olympic

Best Forward: Stanislav Bocharov - HC Sochi

MVP: Denis Zernov – Russia Olympic

Sochi Open Hockey Winners:

2016: Cska Moscow

2017: Russia Olympic

2018: Ska St. Petersburg