Team Russia regrouped over the past two days and came out Wednesday night in Cranbrook looking to make history. And they did! For the first time in the five year history of the Canada/Russia Challenge, a team from Russia has beaten the representatives from the Western Hockey League, and they did it convincingly.Keeping with the theme of the series, Team Russia opened the scoring at 10:27 of the first period. They continued to apply pressure and netted two more goals in the first frame. Team
WHL scored their lone goal in the second period in the 5-1 loss. Due to the time difference, I was unable to watch the game but from the penalties it seems that the game started to get a bit rough in the second period, escalating to fisticuffs in the third with Russia receiving an instigator penalty.
WHL scored their lone goal in the second period in the 5-1 loss. Due to the time difference, I was unable to watch the game but from the penalties it seems that the game started to get a bit rough in the second period, escalating to fisticuffs in the third with Russia receiving an instigator penalty.The final game in the series goes tonight in Medicine Hat where the visiting Russians look to end the series in a tie for the first time. Game time is 7:00 PM MT and is televised on the Sportsnet channels on a tape delay.
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