CSKA beats Avtomobilist for 3rd place in Moscow Mayor's Cup
A pre-season hockey tournament in Moscow, the Mayor of Moscow Cup, concluded with the Moscow CSKA team playing against the Yekaterinburg 'Avtomobilist' team in the match for third place.
Consensus
- The Moscow Mayor's Cup hockey tournament took place in Moscow.
- The third-place game was between CSKA Moscow and Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg.
- CSKA Moscow won the third-place game against Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg with a score of 5:3.
- The final match of the tournament was between Dynamo Moscow and Dynamo Minsk.
- Dynamo Moscow won the final match with a score of 4:1.
- A brawl occurred in the final match, resulting in three players from each team being sent to the penalty box.
- A player from Dynamo Minsk, Nicolas Melosh, suffered an injury during the final and required stretcher assistance.
Points of divergence
- The final match ended in a mass brawl with players from both teams involved, and there were two separate brawls near the end of the game. — m24
- A journalist was allegedly assaulted near the RZD Arena after a Lokomotiv vs. Akron game on August 8, prompting a service investigation by Lokomotiv FC and Match TV. — m24
- The third-place game was played at the Megaspport arena and featured goals from multiple players including Alexander Baibakov, Maxim Sorkin, and Nikolai Kovalenko. — kommersant
Coverage (2 sources)
- CSKA defeated 'Avtomobilist' and took third place at the Moscow Mayor's Cup in hockey — Коммерсантъ
- Final of Moscow Mayor's Cup in hockey ended in mass brawl — Москва 24