Watch Russian Hockey Players Let Putin Score Repeatedly in Scrimmage

Vladimir Putin joins hockey game, scores six goals (Associated Press)

Russian President Vladimir Putin was given a chance to show off his sporting prowess on Saturday at a festival of ice hockey.

Putin scored 6 goals at the amateur game in the Bolshoi arena in Sochi, helping his team to a 21-4 victory.

He was joined by Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, as well as former professional players and amateurs of the Night Hockey League (NHL)

The NHL was created by Putin in 2011 to enable businessmen and women, governors and ministers who worked during the day, to fulfil their hockey dreams on an evening.