Today, at the press conference the organizers of the competition – the head of the Youth and Sports Department of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration Vitaliy Erfan, the president of the Hockey Federation of Transcarpathia Yabryk Vasyl and veteran of the team "Spartak-46" Cherkashyn Igor – told about the international hockey tournament to be held this weekend, February 11-12, at Uzhgorod skating rink "Ice Land".
According to Vasyl Yabryk, the tournament will bring together six teams – 2 from Transcarpathia and 4 from Slovakia. The competition will last two days, it will begin on Saturday at 8 am, the teams will be divided into two groups – "A" and "B". 6 games will be held on Saturday, and the same number – on Sunday. On Sunday, the tournament will start at 8.30, and at 14.45 there will be the final, after which the awarding ceremony will be held.
Vitaliy Erfan said that hockey is now being revived in Transcarpathia.
On the occasion of the anniversary of Transcarpathian hockey, the Department of Youth and Sports of the Regional State Administration jointly with the Federation and Uzhgorod City Council organized a jubilee international tournament.
Vasyl Yabryk added that there are two anniversaries this year: 70th anniversary of Uzhgorod team "Spartak-46", which represented Ukraine at the championship of USSR in 1946, and 100th anniversary of Transcarpathian hockey.
Veteran of the team "Spartak-46" Igor Cherkashyn said that he was extremely pleased that the tournament will bring together players with whom he played in 1970s at the stadium "Avangard".
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