The city stage of the All-Russian Golden puck competition named after A. Tarasov started today at the Black lake park in Kazan. The tournament opened up with a friendly match.
Before the game, the Mayor congratulated young athletes on the start of the tournament. After that, a legend of Kazan hockey, captain of the SC named after Uritsky and former top scorer of HC Ak Bars, Sergei Stolbun together with Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin and the captains of the teams - school № 69 Vyacheslav Garanin and Volna team Denis Zybin, performed a symbolic face-off.
In the opening match, the players of the Green and White teams crossed their sticks on the ice. The first team included the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, first deputy head of Kazan Executive Committee Rustem Gafarov, the head of administration of Kirovsky and Moskovsky districts Sergei Mironov, General Manager of HC Ak Bars Rafik Yakubov. Their opponents were the White team, which included the head of the administration of Vakhitovsky and Privolzhsky districts Andrey Lobov, the head of administration of Sovetsky district Roman Fatkhutdinov and the head of the Old settlement prefecture of Kazan Robert Garipov.
The first period ended up with a 1-1 score. A real matchup happened in the second period, the teams fought hard. In the 22nd minute of the game, Ilsur Metshin scored a goal. In the White team, Denis Yelin, a player of Volna team, netted a goal. The match ended up with the score of 3:2 for the Greens.