Olympic champion, double world champion Ilya Kovalchuk on , he expressed the hope that one of the young Tula hockey players in the future could win gold medals in any tournament in the Russian national team.
On Thursday, a friendly hockey match with the participation of stars was held at the Tula Ice Palace. The meeting was dedicated to the 20th anniversary of one of the largest companies in the region. The rival team of heroes of the day was the team of legends, which was played by Ilya Kovalchuk, Vyacheslav Fetisov, Valery Kamensky, Alexander Ovechkin and others. The hosts were led by Boris Mikhailov from the coaching bench. The meeting ended in favor of the team of legends — 8:4.
The match took place on the ice rink, which was built as part of the Gazprom for Children project, thanks to which more than 2,000 sports facilities have been built and rebuilt throughout the country since 2007. The Alley of Legends was planted in the square in front of the Ice Palace, where hockey stars and young athletes from Tula have planted blue spruces.
– What we do here, what we see behind our backs – all these children who have everything to develop, love this sport. I’m sure one of them will bring gold medals to our team, our country, in the near future,” Kovalchuk said.
— Hockey legends came to visit us. We are very happy that they always answer, come. And we saw a room full of fans who love hockey. And Tula fell in love with hockey. Many thanks to those who did this, to our governor and, of course, to Alexei Borisovich Miller, the Gazprom company, which gave us such happiness and such a palace, ”said Dmitry Yakovlev, Minister of Sports of the Tula area, on .
Source : MatchTV
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