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SPORT: ICE HOCKEY

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Background: It's for the 7th time that Izvestia Prize International Ice-Hockey Tournament has started in Moscow.

Teams from five countries are taking part in it:Poland, Finland, Sweden, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union.

The first game in the Palace of Sports in Luzhniki was between Finland and Czechoslovakia.

The opening goal at the tournament game in the second minute already.

The Czechoslovak attacker Irzi Kohta assisted by Vladimir Martinets scored this goal.

Karel Ruml, who is making his debut in the Czechoslovak national, scored another goal for his team.

The first period ended 2-0.

During the second period, especially in the first minutes Finns dominated over the whole field but with no result.

Their actions were disrupted by the well-organized Czechoslovak defence, fruitful attacks and faultless actions of their goalkeeper Irzi Holechek, who was re???ed the best goalkeeper of the 1972 World championship.

Before the second period ended Vladimir Vzit and then Vaclav Nedomanski scored twice against the Finnish goalie Anti Leppianen.

In the third period Jozef Horoshevski, Irzi Holik and Rihard Farda mounted the score to 7-0.

Only in the dying second of the match Finland's defender Jorme Kallio succeeded in recovering one point.

The ex-???d champs won 7-1