After a bitter defeat in the semi-final, the team players of Ravil Yakubov had to find the strength and sprit and show maximum performance in their match for the third place.

Team captain Sergey Egorov on yesterday’s match of the semi-final of the Grand Slam Cup.

As it should be in any true semi-final match, the meeting between HC Arctic and HC Zvezda CVO was full of uncompromising struggle, emotions and beautiful hockey.

In the second quarter-final, HC Arctic played against AHC Suhkhoi. The teams had already met in the 1st round. The team of Ravil Yakubov won that match (7:3).

In the third round, the team of Ravil Yakubov was to play with Kurganstalmost that only had one point in its hands.

In the second round of the Grand Slam Cup, our team had to face HC Ice Wolves. From the first moment, Arctic grabbed the lead that soon turned into scored goals.