The meeting, which took place at the Olympic Sports Center in Riga, ended with a score of 3: 1 in favor of the Slovakian team.

The winners included Milos Kelemen, Martin Gernat and Marek Dyaloga, who struck an empty net in the penultimate minute of the meeting.

The Russians were scored by Alexander Barabanov.

The Slovak national team won the tournament for the third time in a row and leads Group A with nine points.

The Russians, after two victories at the start of the competition, lost their first match.

Earlier it was reported that the Slovak national team threw the puck into the gates of Russia in the 2021 World Cup match.