SKA-Strelna have won the U17 Champions Cup!

On Thursday, the U17 Champions Cup reached its completion at the Hockey City complex in Saint Petersburg, a tournament which SKA-Strelna managed to win for the second year in a row!

SKA-Strelna and SKA-Serebryanie Lvy were representing the SKA system in the competition. Both teams were placed in Group B, with SKA-Serebryanie Lvy initially defeating SKA-Strelna 5:2 in the maiden game. Following that result, SKA-Serebryanie Lvy beat Severstal Cherepovets (5:1) and lost to CSKA Moscow (1:2 SO) and Sibir Novosibirsk (3:4), while SKA-Strelna got the better of Severstal (8:0), CSKA (4:3 SO) and conceded a setback to Sibir (2:3 OT).

As a consequence of losing to Salavat Yulaev Ufa (0:8) in the first knockout round, SKA-Serebryanie Lvy were relegated to the classification tournament, where the team managed to see off Sibir (7:3) and Kristall Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (5:4) to finish in fifth position.
For their part, SKA-Strelna saw off the challenge of Ak Bars Kazan (2:1 SO), CSKA (3:2) and Lokomotiv-2004 Yaroslavl (6:2) to hoist the trophy aloft.
SKA Hockey Club congratulates all SKA-Strelna coaches and players with this historic achievement!