On the evening of September 24, Beijing time, the 2021-2022 Russian Women's Ice Hockey League WHL began the second round of competition, and the Shenzhen Kunlun Hongxing Vanke Sunshine Team, which was supervised by the China International Cultural Communication Center, sat at the home Medic Stadium and defeated the defending champion Ufa 2-1 in extra time, ushering in the first victory of the new season! In this game, Zhang Xifang scored the first goal of vanke sunshine season, and Fang Xin completed the kill in extra time! Zhou Jiaying made his season debut and made 32 successful saves.
As the two strongest teams in the WHL as a whole, Vanke Sunshine and Ufa have recently played each other more frequently, and in the belated finals last season, Vanke Sunshine fought fiercely with the opponent for three matches, and the result was 1-2 on aggregate, regrettably unable to defend the title. In the opening game of the new season, Vanke Sunshine lost 0-5 at home to Ufa.
During the Olympic season, Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine Team shouldered the mission of reviving Chinese women's ice, abandoning the introduction of high-level foreign aid and creating all conditions for training for local and Chinese players. Against Ufa, Vanke Sunshine started with strikers Lin Qiqi, Fang Xin and Lin Ni, defenders Wang Yuting and Yu Baiwei, and goalkeeper Zhou Jiaying.
In the first set of the game, Vanke Sunshine performed steadily on both ends of the attack and defense, and in the 6th minute, Lin Qiqi and Lin Ni continued to cause kills in front of the opponent's goal, but unfortunately failed to break the goal. In the middle of the game, both sides wasted a strong play opportunity, but the girls of Vanke Sunshine were full of momentum and had a strong desire to win. 15 minutes and 51 seconds, Ufa team star Sosina was kicked behind the back foul was punished for two minutes, Vanke Sunshine played more and less for the third time, the forward players were aggressive, 17 minutes and 05 seconds, No. 51 Zhang Xifang received a wonderful pass from teammate No. 17 Kang Mulan to score, helping the team to take a 1-0 lead, which was vanke Sunshine's first goal of the new season, and it was also the first time that the two young players scored for the team.
Entering the second set, the leading Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine team played not compact enough, facing the aggressive Ufa team, the rhythm was somewhat chaotic, in the 26th and 31st minutes, Chinese players No. 37 Hu Baozhen and No. 22 Xie Zhiya successively fouled into the penalty seat, Vanke Sunshine dodged two waves of less defense. At 33 minutes and 47 seconds, Ufa team Sivilidova was punished for a foul, Vanke Sunshine once again played more and less, but the defense made a missing mistake, and Ufa team equalized by Teyurina in the 34 minutes and 38 seconds short handball. Two sets ended, and the score was 1-1 drawn.
In the third set, Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine started to get more and less, Liu Zhixin fired a long-range cannon, and suddenly shot from a long distance near the blue line, this ball was full of strength, but the Ufa team saved it was also quite beautiful. In the following matches, the two sides came and went, the defense was very tight, and neither scored. The 60-minute routine ended with the two sides drawing 1-1.
In extra time, there were three-on-three for 5 minutes, the opening Zhou Jiaying blocked a threatening shot from the opponent, Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine launched a wave of attack, forming a three-on-one chance, No. 26 Fei Anna assisted, No. 91 Linni shot was blocked, No. 23 Fang's new shot scored, Vanke Sunshine defeated Ufa 2-1 to win the first victory.
Shenzhen Vanke Sunshine head coach Brian Idarski said after the game that after the first game, one day of training is very important for the team, can be improved in defense and system, the team has performed very well, and the defense has been significantly improved; Zhou Jiaying has performed well, made a lot of important saves, and gave the team the opportunity to win; this is the key to victory. The team has to be well organized, defend well, and at the same time seize the opportunity to attack, we have to have a good performance to win the game.
Compared to the game two days ago, Brian Idarski believes that the players were a little nervous in the first game, many players spent their energy on the slide, and in today's game, everyone believed in their teammates, everyone did their job, everyone was playing in teams, everyone was great.
Zhang Xifang, who scored the team's first goal of the season, thanked his teammates, "Kang Mulan's pass behind the goal is definitely a wonderful performance, and I am happy about the performance of our group of players. For the final victory of the game, Zhang Xifang said that it was a team victory and this extra-time victory was very important for the team. It's great to be able to keep going and be able to make progress in every game. ”
Fang Xin, who scored the winning goal, thanked her teammates after the game, she said, "The first game two days ago was very tense, because it was too long to play this fast-paced game, very uncomfortable, yesterday's training, has been communicating with Lin Qiqi, she has been encouraging me, in yesterday's training to solve a lot of problems, let me play more and more relaxed today, the goal scored is also Linney shot very good, a perfect rebound ball." 」 ”