Russia 2-0 Finland 
Rosno Cup
Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, Moscow 
Saturday, December 17, 2005

BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:47 –  PEN – Hauhtonen, slashing
07:09 –  PEN – Tuomainen, hooking
11:34 –  PEN – Vlasenkov, interference
16:54 –  PEN – Santala, holding
17:50 –  PEN – Pirnes, elbowing
19:16 –  PEN – Syomin, holding

2nd Period
27:35 –  PEN – Niemi, holding
31:55 –  GOAL – Sushinski (Kharitonov, Malkin)
33:18 –  PEN – Hyvönen, roughing
33:18 –  PEN – Kulyash, holding
36:03 –  PEN – Kuryanov, interference
37:11 –  PEN – Karalahti, holding

3rd Period
44:05 –  PEN – Hyvönen, tripping
46:51 –  PEN – Syomin, unsportsmanlike conduct
55:18 –  PEN – Niemi, high sticking
59:04 –  PEN – Santala, roughing double minor
59:04 –  PEN – Nepryaev, roughing double minor
59:27 –  EN GOAL – Sushinski (Kharitonov, Bykov)

GOALTENDERS
W:  Sokolov (17-17)
L:  Bäckström (40-41)

SHOTS ON GOAL
 14+14+13 = 41
 3+8+6 = 17

ROSTERS
 Goaltenders: Maxim Sokolov, Sergei Zvyagin. Defence: Vitali Atyushov, Dmitri Bykov, Sergei Gusev, Vadim Khomitski, Denis Kulyash, Alexander Titov, Yevgeni Varlamov, Sergei Vyshedkevich. Forwards: Anton But, Alexander Kharitonov, Alexander Korolyuk, Anton Kuryanov, Yevgeni Malkin, Alexei Morozov, Ivan Nepryaev, Alexander Syomin, Maxim Sushinski, Dmitri Vlasenkov, Danis Zaripov, Sergei Zinoviev.
 Goaltenders: Niklas Bäckström, Fredrik Norrena. Defence: Jere Karalahti, Olli Malmivaara, Miikka Männikkö, Tuukka Mäntylä, Antti-Jussi Niemi, Petteri Nummelin, Pasi Puistola, Pekka Saravo. Forwards: Riku Hahl, Janne Hauhtonen, Jukka Hentunen, Hannes Hyvönen, Arttu Luttinen, Ville Peltonen, Esa Pirnes, Tony Salmelainen, Tommi Santala, Marko Tuomainen, Jaakko Uhlbäck, Tomek Valtonen.

RUSSIA	vs.	FINLAND (C)
new champion (previous 04/05/2003)	Last Title	reign ends (since 12/15/2005)
391	All-Time Wins	71
60 wins	Head-To-Head (+ 4 ties)	6 wins
First IHLC Meeting (RUS vs. FIN)  URS 8-3 FIN  – 02/08/1957 – EX – Tampere
Previous IHLC Meeting (RUS vs. FIN)  FIN 3-2 RUS  – 04/06/2003 – EX – Moscow
Last IHLC Game  FIN 3-2 CZE  (SO) – 12/15/2005 – RC – Prague
Next IHLC Game  RUS 3-1 CZE  – 12/18/2005 – RC – Moscow