Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko hit the ice together in a friendly ice hockey match on Wednesday in Saint Petersburg.
Putin was wearing his hockey jersey, sporting number 11, while Lukashenko wore No. 01 jersey. Other players in today’s match were famous ice hockey players, including Pavel Bure, Alexei Kasatonov, Valery Kamensky, Ilya Kovalchuk and Vyacheslav Fetisov.
Putin and Lukashenko played for the ‘White Team’ against the ‘Red Team’ during the match on Wednesday and they both enjoyed later the win of 18-7 over their opponents.
The score in the match was opened on the 3rd minute with a netter from Russian President Putin. President of Belarus Lukashenko scored another goal shortly after. In all, Russian President Putin scored seven goals and his Belarusian opponent Lukashenko netted two more.
Before the start of the match, President Putin presented state awards to famous stars of Soviet and Russian ice hockey.
Alexander Yakushev, Chairman of the Council of Legends of the Night Hockey League, was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree.
The Order of Alexander Nevsky was awarded to Valery Kamensky, Vice President for Development of the Continental Hockey League, and Alexei Kasatonov, member of the Board of the USSR Hockey Legends Club.
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