On February 23, Beijing time, the 2021-2022 Russian Women's Ice Hockey League (WHL) began the 23rd round of the regular season, and the Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine team, which is supervised by the China International Cultural Communication Center, defeated Neva Dynamo 2-away. In the game, Kribone assisted Miller's first goal, and then Miller assisted captain Mills to score. Goalkeeper Nora Letty made 35 successful saves and kept a clean sheet on her season debut.
After the end of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, some players are still in recuperation, not all returned to the team, the game lineup has 17 players, including Yu Baiwei, Liu Zhixin, Wang Yuqing, Fang Xin, Zhu Rui and other Chinese players, the starting lineup is forwards Notting, Tapani and Cava, defenders are Kribone and Tominin, and the goalkeeper is Finnish legendary goalkeeper Nora Leti.
In the first game, Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine continued to create an offensive attack, and foreign aides Kava, Tapani and Houston all had shots to create threats. With 18 minutes and 23 seconds, Finnish defender Cribbone assisted and Miller scored from mid-range to make it 1-0. In the first set, Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine team fell behind 15-21 in terms of shots.
Entering the second set, the two sides came up to miss one more time and play less, 3 minutes and 6 seconds, Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine team seized the opportunity again, Miller shot was blocked by the opposing goalkeeper, and then Mills followed up the goal on the left side, and the score came to 2. The far-behind Neva Dinamo team stepped up their attacks, and the competition between the two sides was very fierce, with two fouls on each other, but neither was sure to play more or less.
In the third set, the Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine team backline was under pressure, but the players worked very hard and did not give the opponent a chance, and goalkeeper Leti made wonderful saves many times, making the opponent fruitless. In the end, Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine team defeated Neva Dinamo 2-0. Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine trailed 25-35 in the whole game, and the number of foul penalties was more than 16 minutes to 10 minutes.
Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine coach Brian Idalski said after the game that the team performed well, the first game after the restart of the season, the team's operation was not as smooth as before; Letty performed greatly, the forward line scored wonderful goals, Houston, Mills and Miller the group performed well; overall, it was a good step, I hope the performance behind will be better.
According to the schedule, at 18:00 Beijing time on February 24, Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine team will play Neva Dinamo back-to-back on the road.