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Russian national hockey team won a second victory at the World Championships in Sweden and Finland. This is the official website of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
5 May the Russians beat the team of Germany with a score of 4:1 (0:0 2:0 2:1). A hat-trick in the Russian team was marked forward Ilya Kovalchuk hit people\’s doors on the 24th, 31st and 59th minutes. Another puck thrown forward Denis Kokarev that hit an empty net with 20 seconds before the final siren.
As part of the author of the only German team goals was John Tripp, punched Semyon Varlamov 46 minutes into the match.
Thanks to a hat-trick Kovalchuk came in first place in the number of goals among Russian players in the world championships. Forward in 68 games 28 times hit the opponent. The second highest rate is Alexander Ovechkin (26 goals in 55 games), third — Evgeni Malkin (24 goals in 40 matches).
The next match in the tournament, the Russian team will hold on May 7. Rival wards Zinetula Bilyaletdinov will be the U.S. team.
Earlier, on May 5th at the World Championships held two match. French team beat Austria 3:1 (2:0 1:0 0:0), and Belarus was stronger Slovenia — 4:3 (1:1 1:0 2:2).