The ice field of the capital’s sport centre «Galkan» hosted a friendly hockey match between the national teams of Turkmenistan and Ashgabat. The match is the first event in the planned cycle of duels within the frames of preparations for VIII Winter Asian Games which will pass in the next year’s February in Sapporo (Japan). The national team of Turkmenistan won a decisive victory12:2 over the players of Ashgabat. In the team of winners, Ahmed Gurbanov, Alexander Vahovsky and Pavel Barkovsky scored two pucks (each) to the gate of opponents.