Nikita Liamkin (L) of Kazan Ak Bars vies with Stepan Khripunov of Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist during the 2019 Latvian Railway Cup ice hockey match between Kazan Ak Bars and Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist in Riga, Latvia, Aug. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Edijs Palens)

Artem Galimov (R) of Kazan Ak Bars vies with Nikita Tryamkin of Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist during the 2019 Latvian Railway Cup ice hockey match between Kazan Ak Bars and Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist in Riga, Latvia, Aug. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Edijs Palens)

Kazan Ak Bars' players celebrate a goal during the 2019 Latvian Railway Cup ice hockey match between Kazan Ak Bars and Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist in Riga, Latvia, Aug. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Edijs Palens)

Artem Galimov (L front) of Kazan Ak Bars vies with Yefim Gurkin (R front) of Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist during the 2019 Latvian Railway Cup ice hockey match between Kazan Ak Bars and Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist in Riga, Latvia, Aug. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Edijs Palens)

Mikael Wikstrand (C) and Patrice Cormier (L) of Kazan Ak Bars vies with Nikita Setdikov of Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist during the 2019 Latvian Railway Cup ice hockey match between Kazan Ak Bars and Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist in Riga, Latvia, Aug. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Edijs Palens)

Emil Galimov (L) of Kazan Ak Bars vies with Vjaceslav Litovcenko of Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist during the 2019 Latvian Railway Cup ice hockey match between Kazan Ak Bars and Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist in Riga, Latvia, Aug. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Edijs Palens)

Kazan Ak Bars' goalkeeper Adam Reideborn (L) tries to make a save during the 2019 Latvian Railway Cup ice hockey match between Kazan Ak Bars and Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist in Riga, Latvia, Aug. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Edijs Palens)

Nikita Liamkin (L) of Kazan Ak Bars vies with Alexander Kucerjavenko of Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist during the 2019 Latvian Railway Cup ice hockey match between Kazan Ak Bars and Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist in Riga, Latvia, Aug. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Edijs Palens)

Kazan Ak Bars' goalkeeper Adam Reideborn tries to make a save during the 2019 Latvian Railway Cup ice hockey match between Kazan Ak Bars and Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist in Riga, Latvia, Aug. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Edijs Palens)

Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist's goalkeeper Leonid Fomin (L) misses a goal during the 2019 Latvian Railway Cup ice hockey match between Kazan Ak Bars and Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist in Riga, Latvia, Aug. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Edijs Palens)