the First of them with the participation of KHL clubs should begin on Tuesday in Sochi. However, as previously stated, spectators will not be allowed. Sochi Hockey Open held in 2016. In the last three draws of the tournament were six teams, but this time the number of participants decreased to four. This is Sochi, Yaroslavl “the locomotive” SKA and the Olympic team of Russia (in fact it will be the team to 20 years). However, yesterday in a press there were messages that the tournament can pass without the core team of “Sochi” due to the outbreak of the coronavirus in the club. At the time of signing of this number “WG” to the press official information on this occasion did not. Let us add that because of the coronavirus from participation in the tournament, previously refused the “avant-garde”, in which several players passed positive tests COVID-19.
interestingly, all participants, except the owners of the ice in the off-season have changed their coach. And if “Junior” under the direction of Igor Larionov had already twice poperinghe with “Sochi” (2:6, 3:2), the steering SKA and “the Locomotive” Valery Bragin and Andrei Skabelka, respectively, on the shores of the Black sea waiting for the debut.
According to the tournament rules, at first, all will play on circular system for the distribution of seats in the table. Then the team that took the first two lines, will compete in the finals and the other pair will compete for the bronze. In the first phase, perhaps the most powerful intrigue at the meeting of the SKA and the youth team. After all, before you to lead the St. Petersburg club, and with it the main national team, Bragin worked some years in the Junior team.
Next on the schedule are the Cup of the Republic of Bashkortostan in Ufa (August 10-13) and the Cup of Romazan Magnitogorsk (10-14 August). For the Cup of Bashkortostan will compete “Salavat Yulaev” (Ufa), “Neftekhimik” (Nizhnekamsk), “Severstal” (Cherepovets) and “the Tractor” (Chelyabinsk). The participants in Magnitogorsk local “the Metallurgist” “the Motorist” (Ekaterinburg), “the Cupid” (Khabarovsk) and “Siberia” (Novosibirsk).
Next in Kazan from August 19 to 23, the scheduled debut tournament with a great name the Champions Cup, which will play only the owners of the Cup of Gagarin different years: “AK bars” (Kazan), “the Metallurgist” (Mg), “Salavat Yulaev” and SKA.
Immediately after the Cup of Champions SKA will go for the home tournament name Puchkova (24-28 August). To stay with the army would be the “vanguard” of Beijing “Kunlun”, “Severstal”, “Sochi” and “torpedo” (NN). Almost at the same time (23-27 August) “the Tractor” “Siberia”, “Avtomobilist”, “Neftekhimik” and “the locomotive” will play the Cup of the Governor of the Chelyabinsk region.
Finally, the program will close the preseason tournament the Cup of the mayor of Moscow. For the trophy fight the capital “Dynamo”, “Spartak” and CSKA and Moscow “Vityaz”.
August 4, Tuesday “Match TV”
14.55 Sochi Olympic team Russia. Video stream
18.55 SKA – “the locomotive”. Video stream
August 5, Wednesday, “Match TV”
14.55 “Sochi” – “Lokomotiv”. Video stream
August 6, Thursday, “Match TV”
16.55 SKA – Olympic team of Russia. Video stream
