On December 22, 2021, Nizhny Tagil will host the sixth "Match of Stars" in the history of the Student Hockey League, which will traditionally include a master show and a confrontation between the teams of the "West" and "East", which included 34 hockey players representing 16 teams from 13 constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
Nizhny Tagil is not randomly chosen as the venue for the "Match of the Stars". The city has a glorious hockey tradition. Since this season, the Sotnikov Ice Sports Palace has been hosting the home matches of the Lumberjack team of the Ural State Forestry University, which is taking part in the SHL championship.
It is noteworthy that the "Match of Stars-2021" is timed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Russian hockey, whose birthday is celebrated on December 22. The national team of the Volga Region University of Sports in Nizhny Tagil will be represented together with the team mentor Sergey Lukin by forwards Askar Kurashov and Dmitry Perevozchikov. They will play for the "West".
