i soucie is huge in russia there's no question about it whether it's the iconic summit series from one nine hundred seventy two or the countless medals at the olympics ice hockey has always been at the heart of russia's sporting excellence and the newly created russian amateur i saw police aims to uphold that tradition russian hockey legends including two time olympic gold when the next level fifty seven took to the ice in an end of season gala match against the select lucky bunch of amateur players that's also visiting day was able to get out i think it will sap exists and of course they were all very sick of the russian federation's new president vladimir putin who might make a surprise appearance later on in true putin fashion he found the time not only to show up but also help his band of amateur players beat the legends team he scored almost as soon as he entered the fray and after setting up a vital last minute equaliser went on to secure his team's victory with a well taken penalty. i would like to say thank you to all of a trans i know how they admire the development of ice hoc

i soucie is huge in russia there's no question about it whether it's the iconic summit series from one thousand nine hundred eighty two or the countless medals at the olympics ice hockey has always been at the heart of russia's sporting excellence and the newly created russian amateur i saw the league aims to uphold that tradition russian hockey legends including two time olympic gold when the next level fifty seven took to the ice in an end of season gala match against the select lucky bunch of amateur players judging by today's attendance it seems that not only the members of the russian fans i suppose league have been looking forward to the first day of witnessing some of russia's greatest i suppose plays together in an ice rink but it's also befitting day was it was that i saw people sat in seats and of course they were all very sick of the russian federation's new president vladimir putin who might make a surprise appearance later on one would have been forgiven for thinking of the country's new president would have too much on his plate having just been sworn in but in true putin

so, somewhere behind me, laura miller, souci barnhart, cindy, christine, where is christy come and cheryljohnson, right behind me. thank you to those five people. [applause] though i shouldn't do this just because there's been so many people that have volunteered so many hours on the campaign headquarters, the real hard core staff over the many months, i saw her somewhere. where did ashley go. ashley is our finance director. john ferguson, was an absolutely vital to us as well. we have j.t., easton, cody, who did leave out as are critical he might think i got everyone. madden who came off early. these folks got us here early. give us a round of applause. [applause] >> web and of course the most important person of all -- [laughter] [cheering] the meurlin was raised less than a mile from where we are right now, and if anyone had ever told that young girl growing up over here on grant street that one day she would be standing here next to a candidate for the united states senate i'm sure she would have never believed it. [laughter] but the truth is this is hard stuff. you know, i have liter