Liga Stavok Big National Team Tour. Belarus - Russia 25 - 2:4

Russia 25 rounded off the Liga Stavok Big National Team Tour on a positive note, powering to a tense 4:2 victory against Belarus away in Minsk.

Stepan Falkovsky initially equalised for the Belarusians in the second stanza, but SKA teammates Vasily Glotov and Arseniy Gritsyuk made sure Russia emerged victorious thanks to two subsequent goals in the same period.

Following the conclusion of the game, 21-year-old SKA goaltender Artemiy Pleshkov - who starred throughout the tour - was named the best player of the competition! The Russians did indeed the end the tournament undefeated with five wins out of five.

Match protocol:

Belarus - Russia 25 - 2:4 (1:2, 1:2, 0:0)

Goals:

0:1 Dzhioshvili, 12.56 SHG
0:2 Abramov (Poltapov, Grudinin), 17.12
1:2 Skorenov (Khenkel, Belevich), 19.53
2:2 Falkovsky (Kolyachonok, Kuznetsov), 31.08 PPG
2:3 Glotov (Tolchinsky, Zykov), 34.50 PPG
2:4 Gritsyuk (Grudinin, Glotov), 36.34

Goalkeepers: Lubsky - Pleshkov

Shots on target: 28 - 17

Faceoffs: 28 - 25

Penalty minutes: 6 - 8