MOSCOW, Aug 29 Metallurg Novokuznetsk representing the Major Hockey League ( VHL), defeated Nizhny Novgorod «Torpedo» in shootouts in the pre-season match. The main and extra time of the meeting in Nizhny Novgorod ended with a score of 3:3 (2:3, 1:0, 0:0). Sergey Goncharuk (3rd minute), Alexei Kruchinin (14), Kirill Urakov (31) scored for the hosts, Daniil Erdakov (7), Oleg Lomako (7) and Kirill Shumilov (16) scored goals for the guests. Metallurg turned out to be stronger in the shootout with a score of 3:1. The new KHL season starts on September 1st. «Torpedo» will play the first match on September 3 against last year's Gagarin Cup finalist Metallurg Magnitogorsk.
