The matches of the third round have ended at the ongoing international ice hockey tournament in Ashgabat.

In the afternoon, a match in Group A between the teams Feniks (Uzbekistan) and Bahrain Ice Hockey Club (Bahrain) took place at the large arena of the Winter Sports Complex, TDH writes.

The Uzbeks were determined to play and already in the first half they scored five unanswered goals against the opponent. At the same time, the third goal, which was scored by Abdusamad Nasirov, turned out to be very curious. The striker of the Uzbek club decided to stretch the goalkeeper of the Bahraini team from his zone with a weak wrist shot, as if in training. However, he was not ready to reflect a fairly light puck that flew through all the zones.

In the second period, the Bahrainis somewhat reduced the gap in the score, playing three goals and conceding another one. On the second break, the teams left with the score 6:3 in favor of the Feniks team.

The final 20 minutes passed with the overwhelming advantage of the Uzbek hockey players, who scored seven more unanswered goals against the opponent, setting the final score – 13:3 in their favor.

In the parallel match of Group B, which took place at the small arena of the Winter Sports Complex, the ADIHIC-Kazan team from the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation won the second victory in the tournament, beating Team-Turkiye (Turkey) – 5:1 (3:0, 1:1, 1:0). The winners scored: Aisa Akmyarov (7th minute), Rashat Ismagilov (13th), Ilnur Ganiev (19th), Artur Zaripov (21st) and Adel Avzalov (42nd). The losers have a prestige goal on the account of Altun Kerem (34th).

Earlier, the eight-time champion of Turkmenistan "Galkan" won the third major victory at the tournament, this time over the team "Ice Box Iran Mall" from Iran – 13:1 (6:0, 6:1, 1:0).

And in another parallel match, the Belarusian club Volat won for the second time in a row, inflicting the first defeat on the Aqmola team from Kazakhstan – 6:4 (2:0, 2:1, 2:3). The winners scored: Svyatoslav Zasadsky (12th minute), Vladislav Kavalev (19th), Eduard Gryn (25th), Nikita Trubitsin (39th), Vitaly Marchenko (42nd), Alexey Zasim (59th). And the losers are Sergey Sokol (30th), Vladislav Kurmelevsky (45th and 48th) and Mikhail Tarasov (56th).

Thus, after three rounds in group "A", Galkan holds the lead with 9 points. The second place with 6 points is occupied by Feniks, who has played less than one game so far without defeats. The "Ice Box Iran Mall" has 3 points. And the Oman Nationals (Oman) and Bahrain Ice Hockey Club teams do not have points yet.

In group "B", the leadership with 6 points is shared by "ADIHIC-Kazan", "Volat" and "Aqmola". At the same time, hockey players from Kazakhstan have played more matches. The teams "Dordoi" (Kyrgyzstan) and "Team-Turkiye" have no points yet.

In the fourth round, the matches of which will take place on April 18, will be played: in group "A" – Galkan (Turkmenistan) – Feniks (Uzbekistan), Oman Nationals (Oman) – Ice Box Iran Mall (Iran); and in group "B" – Volat (Belarus) – "ADIHIC-Kazan" (Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation), "Team-Turkiye" (Turkey) – "Dordoi" (Kyrgyzstan).