On June 25, Balashikha Arena will host a 3v3 hockey tournament between professionals – the FHR 3×3 League of Stakes City Cup Championship. Current KHL and NHL players will participate in the tournament. Among the attendees – Nikolai Prokhorkin , Vasily Podkolzin , Sergei Tolchinsky, Nikolai Goldobin , Ivan Prosvetov , Ilya Lyubushkin and other famous hockey players. The uniqueness of the format is that the teams are formed by the participants themselves, which gives viewers the opportunity to see their favorite players from different clubs and leagues in one team.
RCF analyzed the results of a recent 3v3 hockey tournament. Based on positive feedback from attendees, sports industry experts and fans, a decision was made on further steps to develop 3v3 hockey under the auspices of the FHR.
The Moscow 3HL League will be integrated into the competition structure of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation under the XHL brand. 3HL founder Ildar Khalimov will become president of a new organization, the Xtreme Hockey League (XHL), which will officially launch on July 1.
At the first XHL tournament, which was held from June 12 to 14 in Moscow, the concept of Russian city teams was presented in order to attract the attention of the whole country, as it is planned to launch a series similar events in the regions in the future. The Russian Ice Hockey Federation plans to introduce a new sports discipline “3×3 hockey” as intensively as possible and cover the whole country. This will attract a new audience to hockey.
The FHR also notes the special social significance of the XHL project, which will increase the number of professional hockey players in Russia, increase competition in the competition process and provide players with development and new perspectives.
With the growing number of hockey competitions in Russia and the popularity of sports betting, the Russian Ice Hockey Federation plans to establish a department to prevent match-fixing. He will monitor the dissemination of privileged information, prevent conflicts of interest and manipulate the results. The department will work based on feedback from bookmakers and analysis of games, in case of incidents it will conduct internal internal investigations.
The tournament will be broadcast on the federal television channel , as well as on the websites fhr.ru, xhl.ru and tvstart.ru Tickets can be purchased on link – 50% discount with promo code LIGASTAVOK
Source : MatchTV
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