The teams of Politika and the administration of St. Petersburg reached the final of the Roscongress Hockey Cup. The tournament is included in the program of the Sports Games of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
In the first semi-final, the politicians confidently defeated the “Champion” team (6:2). The winners’ double was awarded by Alexei Mikheev, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation for work on appeals of citizens and organizations.
Two-time Olympic champion Vyacheslav Fetisov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Andrei Razin, Acting Governor of the Kaliningrad Region Alexei Besprozvannykh and Head of the Moscow Sports Department Alexei Kondarantsev also played for the ” Policy “. Also present on the ice were former Russian national team players Alexander Mostovoy, Roman Shirokov and Dmitry Sychev.
The second semi-final was preceded by a spectacular laser show, after which the team of the Administration of St. Petersburg, in a dramatic game, snatched victory on penalties from the team of “Business” , winner of the tournament last year. The decisive shootout was converted by Egor Kirillov.
The businessmen were represented by the head coach of the 25 Russian national team Roman Rotenberg, the chairman of the board of directors of FC Zenit Alexander Medvedev, the general director of the national transport rental company (GTLK ) Evgeniy Dietrich and Olympic champion Sergei Svetlov.
The St. Petersburg administration includes Chairman of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly Alexander Belsky, Deputy Governor of St. Petersburg Sergei Kropachev and former Russian national team striker Pavel Pogrebnyak, chairman of the commission of physical culture and sports of the Government of St. Petersburg, silver medalist of the Olympic Games in cycling Anton Shantyr.
Note that the goalkeepers of all teams were defended by professional goalkeepers: Alena Ashina (Politics), Varvara Bunkova (Champion), Yulia Volkova (Administration of Saint Petersburg) and Valeria Merkusheva and Nadezhda Morozova (Business).
On June 6, “Politics” and the St. Petersburg administration will play in the final, and “Champion” and “Business” will play in the match for third place.
The SPIEF Sports Games program will include more than 20 events in 18 sports. More than 20 winners and medalists from the Olympic Games, World and European Championships will participate in the forum.
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