Russia beats Germany in ice hockey world tournament
11:04, 17 May 2010
BERLIN. May 17. KAZINFORM Russia beat Germany 3-2 in the qualification round at the 2010 world ice hockey championship late on Saturday; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
The first game of group E was played in Germany's Gologne.
Russian team's captain Ilya Kovalchuk opened the score in the first period (14:20 min). The second goal was scored by Nikolai Kulemin in the second period (26:10 min). But Germany's Christian Ehrhoff scored in exchange on the last second of the period.
Russia's Alexander Ovechkin scored his fourth goal in the championship ten minutes before the game end. In several minutes, Alexander Barta pulled the Germans to within 3-2.