Nikolai Puchkov Tournament. SKA - Russia U23 - 3:4 SO

Regardless of a slender 3:4 shootout loss to the under 23 Russian national team in the concluding match of the Nikolai Puchkov Tournament, SKA still finished in top spot of the standings.

Vasily Glotov, Sergei Andronov and Arseniy Gritsyuk put SKA ahead on three separate occasions during regulation time, but the opponents always conjured up a reply and eventually emerged victorious on penalties thanks to star forward Ivan Demidov.

SKA will now prepare for the opening game of the 2024/2025 KHL regular season, which will take place on 5 September in Magnitogorsk against Metallurg.

Match protocol:

SKA - Russia U23 - 3:4 SO (1:1, 1:0, 1:2, 0:0 - 0:1)

Goals:

1:0 Glotov (Tolchinsky, Zykov), 03.11

1:1 Sinyatkin (Romanov), 19.57

2:1 Andronov (Zaitsev), 36.21

2:2 Demidov, 42.12

3:2 Gritsyuk (Kuznetsov, Zemchyonok), 52.12

3:3 Vasilkov (Kuzmin, Terekhov), 58.05

3:4 Demidov, 65.00 SO

Goalkeepers: Serebryakov - Popov

Shots on target: 56 - 33

Faceoffs: 50 - 21

Blocked shots: 6 -19

Penalty minutes: 12 - 10

29.08.2024.