«Barys» ties with SKA in first match under Celine's command
09:17, 31 July 2013
ASTANA. July 31. KAZINFORM — "Barys", a Kazakhstan hockey club, held the first official match under Ari-Pekka Celine, its new head coach, Vesti.kz reports.
Barys rival was one of the most ambitious clubs in the KHL, SKA from St. Petersburg. It should be noted that the new star of the Russian team Ilya Kovalchuk did not participate in the event. Kevin Dallman, a Kazakh defender, did not join the game as well.
The match, which bore the status of friendly, took advantage of variable. At the beginning of the play SKA was leading. Sergei Korostin and Dmitriy Kalinin from SKA made first and second goals.
The match result was - 3:3.