Andrei Vasilevskiy played in the final Match of stars of NHL. And lost

In St. Louis hosted the all Star weekend the National hockey League. He ended with a mini-tournament of stars Match in which the victory was celebrated team in the Pacific division. In the final match she defeated team Atlantic division with a score of 5:4.

As previously reported Вести.Ru in the all-star game, the NHL was part of the forward “new York Rangers” Artemiy Panarin. However, before the Russian was forced to refuse this honor because of illness. Previously had declined Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington capitals, who chose the rest.

it Seemed that this time the star game will cost without representatives of Russia, but at the last moment the goalkeeper “Tempry Bay lightning” Andrey Vasilevsky replaced retired for health reasons of the goalkeeper “Boston Bruins” tuukka Rask the. For Vasilevsky current all-star game was the third in his career.

team Atlantic division, our goalkeeper reached the final. In the semifinal match of his team defeated the national team of the Metropolitan division – 9:5. In their turn, representatives of the Pacific division won the team of the Central division – 10:5. And in the final, which was very hard, the team Wasilewski conceded with a difference in one washer. A mini tournament was held in the format of “three on three”.