Toruń put Kyiv Capitals away 4:0 in a club friendly match on Friday, September 5. The hosts had lost 4:2 to the same side just twenty-four hours earlier, so there was a bit of business to settle. By then the visitors had already shown they weren't in the mood for a fight, having taken heavy defeats in their last four fixtures.
There were no goals on ice to report, but the result spoke for itself. Toruń kept a clean sheet after conceding four in the previous encounter, and the 4:0 margin suggests they found a way back into it when it mattered. Kyiv Capitals never really got out of second gear, and that's something of a pattern for them.
The visitors have been on a run of losses that would make any coach nervous. They went down 3:6 at Dundee, lost 5:6 to Fife, and suffered two heavy defeats to Mogo in April. Nothing from those games suggests they were ready to compete here, and to be fair, the scoreline didn't lie.
Toruń's recent form has been up and down. They beat Sokol Kyiv HK 6:0, then lost to Unia Oświęcim and Bytom before picking up two wins in a row against Kyiv Capitals. The relationship between these sides adds an edge, and today they made sure the story ended on their terms.
The match lasted three periods of 20 minutes each, which is standard for this level. The final score was 4:0, and that's all there is to say about the game itself. The hosts took two points from the double-header, and the visitors have more work to do.