Russia wins U20 Challenge Cup of Asia

The Russian team walked through the tournament in Seoul without allowing one single goal. They beat Korea 6-0, Japan 7-0, China 15-0 and Taiwan 29-0. The Russian goalies Vsevolod Kondrashov and Vasily Demchenko played 120 minutes each and only faced 50 shots all together.

Even if the Russian MHL stars scored 57 goals in 4 games it was a Japanese player that won the scoring title. Makuru Furuhashi scored 17 points, 12 of them goals, so it was no surprise that he was the one that decided the last game of the tournament. Japan played South Korea about the second place. Japan had the lead for most of the game but Korea tied it three times in the third period; 5-5, 6-6 and then 7-7 with just 49 seconds remaining. Furuhashi only needed 18 seconds of overtime to score the winner.

China took the fourth place thanks to the 5-2 win against Taiwan in the opening game. A game in which Taiwan surprisingly had a 2-0 lead after 4 minutes of play.

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#	Club	G	W	L	Score	P
1	Russia	4	4	0	57:0	12
2	Japan	4	3	1	45:15	9
3	South Korea	4	2	2	24:16	6
4	China	4	1	3	7:35	3
5	Taiwan	4	0	4	3:70	0

#	Player name	Pos	Team	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
1.	Makuru Furuhashi	F	Japan	4	12	5	17	4	15
2.	Maxim Shalunov	F	Russia	4	9	5	14	2	16
3.	Alexander Kadeikin	F	Russia	4	4	10	14	0	14
4.	Danil Faizullin	F	Russia	4	6	7	13	0	15
5.	Kosuke Otsu	F	Japan	4	2	10	12	4	12
6.	Bulat Khammatov	F	Russia	4	2	10	12	0	14
7.	Tomohiro Konno	F	Japan	4	7	4	11	0	9
8.	Azat Mazitov	D	Russia	4	6	4	10	0	14
9.	Bulat Baikeyev	F	Russia	4	4	5	9	4	13
10.	Yevgeny Poltorak	F	Russia	4	3	6	9	10	14

The coaches of each team selected their best player:
China - Jin Chen
Japan - Tomohiro Konno
South Korea - Sang Hoon Shin
Russia - Maxim Shalunov
Taiwan - Li Feng Lu

 

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