“The players from the Kazakhstan championship were faster and more cheerful.” The first match of the Channel One Cup was dismantled in Belarus – Hockey

Belarusian journalist Sputnik.by Ruslan Vasiliev published an article in which he analyzed the national team match in detail Kazakhstan And Belarus (1:3) on Channel One Cupreports Sports.kz.

“After two periods, Dmitry Kvartalnov’s team were “burning” 0:1 and, what’s even more offensive, they “burned” quite deservedly. The Kazakhstan national team started the match more actively, and then our goalkeeper Kulbakov, as a Chesterton fan would say, became “a victim of such a strange combination of advantages.”

The fact is that, having read the development of the opponent’s combination, Ivan decided to intercept the puck with a trap, but instead… He caught the air. The puck reached the recipient at the far post and was sent into the net. However, it doesn’t happen to anyone! Moreover, Kulbakov saved his partners in several other situations. So let's not scold the goalkeeper too much. But…