Russia Ends Series With 2-1 Loss

As with the first two legs of the Canada Russia Challenge, Russia came back from a big defeat with a close game. Just like in game 4 against Team OHL, the first period of game 6 was scoreless. Team WHL opened the scoring just over five minutes into the second period on a powerplay for the lone goal of the period. It took more than twelve minutes for another goal and this one was also scored by the WHL. Russia fought hard and was able to beat Tokarski with under five minutes to play to make it a 2-1 game. That was as much as either team would score and the game ended 2-1.

Although the Russian Selects go home with a 1-5 record in this series, they will also be going home knowing they can compete with the Canadians. This series gave both sides a chance to scout for the World Juniors but it also gave Russia some hope that they can end Canada's recent reign in the World Junior tournament. The next possible meeting between these two sides will be when it really matters, in the playoff rounds of the World Juniors. We are less than a month away now too.