Jokerit Friends - SKA Friends - 3:9

Today at 19:30, SKA will take on HC Jokerit in Helsinki. As usual, a traditional friendly match between the clubs’ board and veterans took place before the KHL game.

The previous match was held on October 8th. SKA Friends defeated Jokerit Friends 8:6, and in the evening’s competitive KHL fixture, SKA saw off their Finnish opponents 6:0.

Overall, the first veterans friendly game between these two clubs was held in line with the ‘Trade and Construction’ Russian-Finnish seminar in 2014, with SKA winning 5:3. Since then, SKA Friends have not lost to their Jokerit counterparts seven times in a row. Jokerit’s best result has been losing by two goals, while SKA’s largest victory was with a difference of eight markers.

In today’s fixture, SKA Friends took their eighth win on the bounce. SKA vice-president Roman Rotenberg, who scored six goals, managing director Andrei Tochitsky and sporting director of the SKA Academy Ilya Gorbushin all dressed up for SKA Friends. Veterans of both clubs also took part in the match. SKA were represented by Vladislav Kamenev, Kirill Safronov, Valery Pokrovsky, Artyom Ostroushko as well as others. SKA Friends took a four goal lead in the opening period, and after winning the second stanza 5:3, SKA calmly saw the game out to record a 9:3 victory!

Match protocol:

Jokerit Friends – SKA Friends – 3:9 (0:4, 3:5, 0:0)

Goals:

0:1 Rotenberg (Gogolev, Pokrovsky), 03.37

0:2 Ilyuschenko (Tochitsky, Kuznetsov), 06.29

0:3 Litvinenko (Galushkin, Gorbushin), 12.53

0:4 Rotenberg (Badyukov, Pokrovsky), 19.01

1:4 Rita (Hauhtanen, Ben-Amor), 20.16

1:5 Rotenberg (Pokrovsky), 21.14

1:6 Rotenberg (Gogolev, Badyukov), 24.39

1:7 Virolainen (Safronov, Litvinenko), 27.51

2:7 Ruotsalainen, 35.08

2:8 Rotenberg, 35.30

2:9 Rotenberg (Badyukov, Gogolev), 36.00

3:9 Ruotsalainen (Hauhtanen, Ben-Amor), 37.43

Goalkeepers: Sulander – Bunin/Polukeev

24.11.2016. Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland.