The Saint Petersburg Open Cup for sledge hockey teams has started at Hockey City

The Saint Petersburg Open Cup for sledge hockey teams has started at the Hockey City complex.

It will continue until March 5.

Two SKA-Strelna teams from the SKA Academy will participate at the competition alongside Red Rocket (Leningrad Region), Tropik (Tula) and Torpedo Sledge (Nizhny Novgorod).

The opening ceremony was attended by First Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Physical Culture and Sport Andrei Khort, SKA Executive Director Andrei Tochitsky and Head of the Regional Branch of the Russian Paralympic Committee Sergei Gutnikov. Furthermore, SKA-Neva defenseman Evgeny Kalabushkin took part in the opening faceoff draw marking the start of the tournament.