“Today there were a lot of chances on both sides, but instead of playing 4: 4 or 5: 5, we played 1: 1.
These are two schools that preach puck control and combination hockey, "TASS quoted Larionov as saying.
He noted that in recent years the Russian team has been trying to adopt the best qualities of the Swedish national team, such as volume skating, puck control and creating many chances.
“In the second half of the game, the guys coped with it.
In the first period we looked a little sluggish; in general, the Swedes dominated in the first half of the game.
During the second period, we began to create chances, found opportunities to turn the game around, ”added the specialist.
The Russian national team in shootouts beat Sweden with a score of 2: 1.
Earlier it was reported that Russian hockey players extended their winning streak at the Euro Hockey Tour.