Young Vitebsk hockey players won the 1st international children's tournament "Christmas Ice" in Vitebsk

January 5, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Hockey club "Vitebsk 97" became the winner of the international children's tournament "Christmas Ice", which concluded today in Vitebsk, Dmitry Ivanenkov, press attaché of HC "Vitebsk", told a BELTA correspondent. This children's tournament (among teams of players born in 1997) was organized for the first time in the regional center. In addition to the Vitebsk team, the tournament was attended by teams "Pingviny 97" (Moscow), "Spartak 97" (Saint Petersburg), "Orbita 97" (Zelenograd), "SKDL 96-97" (Riga), and "Lokomotiv 97" (Yaroslavl). The main prize was contested in a round-robin system, with the winner and prize-winners determined based on the results of head-to-head matches. The young Vitebsk athletes showed a 100% result, winning all 5 matches. Today, in the final game, the hosts of the ice achieved a convincing victory over their peers from Zelenograd with a score of 14:4, despite the fact that they had already secured first place regardless of the match's outcome. "Pingviny 97" and "Lokomotiv 97" became the silver and bronze medalists of the competition, respectively. The Vitebsk team, coached by Vitaly Shakov, became the most productive team of the tournament, scoring 37 goals against their opponents. The top scorer award went to Roman Krikunenko, a forward for "Vitebsk 97", and his teammate Alexander Osipkov was named the best goaltender of the tournament. The best defenseman award will be taken to Moscow by Mikhail Petrov ("Pingviny 97"), and the best forward of the competition was Pavel Golubev from Yaroslavl's "Lokomotiv 97". In addition, all participants of "Christmas Ice" received commemorative prizes and souvenirs. The organizers of the international children's hockey tournament "Christmas Ice" are the Vitebsk Hockey Club, the Children and Youth Sports School of HC "Vitebsk", and the Vitebsk Ice Palace of Sports. -0-