Nikolai Puchkov tournament. HC Sochi - Canada - 1:5

Day two at the 2017 Nikolai Puchkov tournament began with a match between HC Sochi and the Canadian national team in Saint Petersburg. Sochi were coming off the back of a 1:3 defeat to SKA yesterday, while Canada made their competition debut.

Taylor Beck and Sean Collins gave Canada a 2:0 first period lead, before Ilya Khokhlov got Sochi back in the game during the second stanza. However, that only jolted the Canadians back into life. Taylor Beck, Jonathan Matsumoto and Jacob Micflikier scored further goals, sealing Canada's 5:1 win.

Match protocol:

HC Sochi - Canada - 1:5 (0:2, 1:2, 0:1)

Goals:

0:1 Beck, 06.38

0:2 Collins (Pouliot, Matsumoto), 10.01

1:2 Khokhlov (Lapenkov, Morozov), 33.20

1:3 Beck, 36.08

1:4 Matsumoto (Robinson, Collins), 36.57

1:5 Micflikier (Gragnani, Beck), 45.02

Goalkeepers: Barulin - Poulin

Shots on target: 17 - 29

Penalty minutes: 12 - 12

15.08.2017.