The game day in the men’s super League finished.
HC Chekhovskie Medvedi was stronger than HC Akbuzat with a five-goal difference. HC CSKA took revenge for the defeat in the first round on HC SGAU-Saratov. Goalkeeper Nikita Nikulin reflected 41% of throws (14 out of 34).
In the first match of the game day the leader of the men’s national championship HC Zenit Saint-Petersburg achieved a guest victory over HC Kaustik Volgograd with an advantage of six goals. The goalkeeper of the guests Viktor Kireev reflected 51% of throws (16 out of 31).
18 January
Chekhovskie Medvedi — Akbuzat — 35:30 (17:15) (A.Ermakov — 8, Kornev — 7, Morozov — 6; Frolov — 5)
CSKA — SGAU-Saratov — 30:23 (17:8) (Belevtsov — 11; Goncharenko — 6)
Kaustik — Zenit — 27:33 (12:15) (Palashchenko, Kosenkov — 7 each; Solodovnikov — 7, Vinogradov, Kulak — 6 each)
Tournament standings. 1. Zenit — 26 points (15 matches). 2. Chekhovskie Medvedi — 24 (14). 3. CSKA — 20 (14). 4. Victor — 20 (14). 5. Dinamo-Sungul — 16 (15). 6. Permskie Medvedi — 16 (15). 7. SGAU-Saratov — 13 (15). 8. SKIF — 12 (14). 9. Dinamo Astrakhan — 6 (14). 10. Akbuzat — 5 (15). 11. Kaustik — 2 (15).
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