Putin shows off ice hockey skills, scores eight goals (with a little help)

Russian president Vladimir Putin has played in an exhibition ice hockey game and scored one goal after another thanks to assists from retired professional players.

Putin shows off ice hockey skills, scores eight goals (with a little help)

Russian president Vladimir Putin has played in an exhibition ice hockey game and scored one goal after another thanks to assists from retired professional players.

Mr Putin’s team won 18 – 6, with eight of those goals scored by the 62-year-old president, most of them on assists from National Hockey League stars Pavel Bure and Valeri Kamensky.

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