Continental Cup ice hockey: Viru Sputnik suffer second defeat at home tournament
Estonian champions Viru Sputnik lost 9-2 to Romania's Brasov on Saturday at the Continental Cup first-round tournament in Kohtla-Jarve. A day earlier they had lost by the same score to Hungary's Budapest Jegkorong Akademia.
The first-round tournament of the Continental Cup, a European club ice hockey competition, is under way in Kohtla-Jarve, Estonia. The winner advances to the next stage of the cup. Estonia's reigning champions Viru Sputnik, the hosts, suffered their second straight defeat on Saturday, 17 October.
On Friday, the team from Kohtla-Jarve lost 9-2 to the Hungarian club Budapest Jegkorong Akademia. On Saturday they faced Romania's Brasov and the outcome was identical: 9-2.
Viru Sputnik scored early in the match, but the Romanian players then took control and dominated the rest of the game.
In the other second-round game, Budapest beat Zagreb of Croatia 12-0.
What comes next
On Sunday, 18 October, Viru Sputnik will play Zagreb for third place. Brasov and Budapest will meet to decide the tournament winner, who will move on to the next stage of the Continental Cup.
