Laws of thermodynamics, ballerinas and the best young ice hockey players on one arena. This August for the second time the most ambitious ice hockey teams from all over the world gathered together in Sochi at the Shayba ice arena for the Sirius Ice Hockey World Cup 2019.
The educational center “Sirius” is the co-organiser of the tournament. The motto of the Center “Explore! Create! Win!” became the foundation of the creative concept of the Opening Ceremony by Sport Producers. This theme united science, art, and sports as the pinnacles of human achievement.
Through the use of technological special effects, physics, chemistry, and mathematics were visualized. The second segment featured ballet dancers from Moscow and Krasnoyarsk, as well as a solo performance by 13-year-old drummer Andrey Taranukha. Sport Producers made all 8 team captains the protagonists of the third part of the show. One by one they took the ice holding the flag of their own country and, once they gathered, welcomed the teams that played the opening match - AJHL Canada and Loko, Russia.
The official part marked the start of the tournament: welcome speeches of the Russian President Vladimir Putin and IIHF President Rene Fasel, opening of the tournament proclamation by Dmitry Chernyshenko and presentation of the winner cup by Alexey Morozov. And then, an exciting game, audio-visual and entertainment support of which was provided by Sport Producers. At the end of the tournament Sport Producers held the Award and Closing Ceremonies.