The city stage of the Golden Puck tournament named
after Tarasov - Russian competitions of young hockey players started at the
Black Lake park today. This year, a record number of participants – 2,140
athletes in 107 teams-took part in the competition. Today, in the gala match,
the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, heads of district administrations,
representatives of the Hockey Federations of Tatarstan and Kazan, as well as
veterans of the Ak Bars hockey club played together with young hockey players.
“This match opens the final part of the Golden Puck
tournament. In our city, there are 78 outdoor hockey rinks for young hockey
players, as well as 12 sports palaces with 15 hockey rinks with synthetic ice. This
infrastructure helps them to grow and defend the honor of Kazan, Tatarstan and
even Russia”, - said the head of the city, opening the game.
Mixed teams of “green” and “white” met on the ice rink
in the center of Kazan. They included schoolchildren, the heads of the
administrations of the Kirovsky and Moskovsky districts Sergei Mironov, from
the Sovetsky district-Roman Fatkhutdinov and others. The Mayor of the city, number
77, played for the “greens”.
The athletes played two periods of 15 minutes each. Ilsur Metshin scored the first goal of the match
against the “whites”. The first period ended in a draw with the score of 2:2.
However, in the second period of the match, the “greens” scored 4 more goals,
which allowed them to lead and become winners with the score of 6:3.
The Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin and the manufacturer
of sports equipment presented professional sticks to all the young participants
of the tournament.
This year, the district stage of the Golden Puck was
held from January 8 to 23. The first-place teams take part in the final of the
city tournament. It will run until February 17.
The teams that took the first place in the city
competitions in each age group will take part in the republican stage of the tournament.