In Saint Petersburg, the Ice Palace hosted the opening match of the pre-season tournament named after Nikolai Puchkov, featuring the Yekaterinburg “Avtomobilist” against Kazan’s “Ak Bars.” Avtomobilist secured a decisive victory with a score of 6-1.

Notably, all six goals for Avtomobilist were scored by different players: **Maxim Denezhkin, Artyom Kashtanov, Alexey Byvaltsov, Stefan Da Costa, Yaroslav Busygin**, and **Curtis Valk**. The only goal for “Ak Bars” came from 19-year-old forward **Timofey Zhulin** during a power play when the score was already 0-6.

With this outcome, “Ak Bars” concluded its participation in the tournament, while “Avtomobilist” will face the tournament hosts, SKA, tomorrow, August 27.