Turkmen Galkan won the international ice hockey tournament, which was held in Ashgabat with the participation of ten teams from Asia and Europe. The hockey club of the same name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan achieved this success by defeating the Russian team "ADIHIC-Kazan" from the Republic of Tatarstan in the final match today – 4:2 (1:1, 0:1, 3:0).

Both teams passed the group stage of the tournament without defeats, having won the right to challenge the main trophy of the competition in the decisive match.

The final became a real decoration of the tournament with all the unforeseen collisions in sports. 

Both teams started the game at high speeds, creating many dangerous moments at each other's gates. But for a long time it was not possible to open an account because of the excellent play of goalkeepers Rahman Myradov (Galkan) and Airat Valliulin (ADIHIC-Kazan). And yet, at the 9th minute, the spectators, who filled the stands of the 10,000-seat arena to capacity, saw the first puck in the goal. It was thrown by one of our best strikers, Perkhat Atekaev, who turned out to be the most efficient on the heel.

The guests from the world–renowned hockey school in Kazan put a lot of effort into recouping, and 53 seconds before the end of the first period, Adel Avzalov restored the balance - 1:1.

In the second 20 minutes, the Russians took the lead after Nasser Subhi's goal, and on the second break, the opponents left with the score 2:1 in favor of the ADIHIC-Kazan team.

The eight-time champion of Turkmenistan had the last 20 minutes left to turn the tide of the game. And the wards of Andrei Makarov and Meilis Kuliyev coped with this perfectly in the final period. In the 41st minute, Perhat Atekaev ran away from the defenders, went one-on–one with the goalkeeper and leveled the position – 2:2. Two minutes later, Gurbanmyrat Tanniev, falling on his heel, sent the puck into an unprotected corner of the goal and brought Galkan forward - 3:2. And put the winning point on the 51st a minute later, Novruz Baykhanov made a wonderful throw into the "nine".

In the last minutes of the game, in order to get away from defeat, the coaches of the ADIHIC-Kazan team changed the goalkeeper to the sixth fielder. But the Turkmen hockey players withstood the onslaught of the opponent and kept the winning score 4:2.

At the closing ceremony of the competition, the Galkan hockey players were awarded a Cup and gold medals, and the ADIHIC-Kazan (Republic of Tatarstan, Russia) and Volat (Belarus) teams silver and bronze, respectively.

The judges who served the tournament and the best players were also awarded special prizes. They were recognized as: goalkeeper Yaroslav Lagun (Volat), defender Musa Annasaparov (Galkan) and striker Aidar Miftakhov (ADIHIC-Kazan).

The International Ice Hockey tournament was held from April 15 to 20 at two ice arenas of the Winter Sports Complex with the participation of club teams from Bahrain, Belarus, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Oman, Russia, Uzbekistan, Turkey and Turkmenistan.