All matches of the game day in the men’s Cup of Russia finished.
Chekhovskie Medvedi beat Victor not without difficulty. The goalkeeper of the guests Aleksandr Lysenko reflected 47% of throws.
HC CSKA Moscow confidently won the first quarter-final match, the capital club was stronger than the guests from Snezhinsk with a twelve-goal advantage.
HC Zenit proved to be stronger than HC Permskie Medvedi. Dmitriy Torgovanov’s club returns to Saint-Petersburg with a three-goal advantage.
In the last match of the game day HC SKIF played a draw with HC Dinamo Astrakhan.
The return matches will be held on February, 25.
19 February
1/4 finals
First matches
Chekhovskie Medvedi - Victor — 26:23 (12:9) (A.Kotov — 6, K.Kotov — 5; Pasenov — 7)
Permskie Medvedi — Zenit — 36:39 (14:18) (Afonin — 5; Kulak — 8, Khmelkov, Lunya — 6 each, Iltinskiy — 5)
CSKA — Dinamo-Sungul — 37:25 (17:15) (Hiryk — 10, Shishkarev — 6, Fokin — 5; Kovalenko — 6, A.Arkatov — 5)
SKIF — Dinamo — 28:28 (16:14) (Shalabanov — 7, Dashko — 5; Gumarov — 6, Shelestyukov — 5)

Photo: HC Chekhovskie Medvedi press