Hockey players “Brest” dry beat “Lida” in the first home match of the season

Hockey players “Brest” confidently opened the home series of the regular season. With the support of his native stands, the wards of Sergei Stas threw three unrequited goals into the gate of Lida and won with a score of 3: 0, writes sb.by.

Before meeting with the Lidchans, Brest residents held two away matches against Vitebsk. In the first “teeth” achieved victory with the score 4: 3, throwing the decisive puck in overtime. In the second match, the hosts of the site were stronger - 4: 2. Thus, for the first home match of the regular season, HC Brest came out with one victory in the asset.

The start period was in a tense struggle. The teams tried to act reliably and did not rush to reveal themselves, and the goalkeepers coped with all the throws. For the first break, the opponents left at zero on the scoreboard.

The score changed in the 32nd minute. Maxim Melnikov sent the puck into the gates of Lida, but the stands did not have to rejoice immediately - the controversial episode was sent for video viewing. After a short pause, the judges confirmed the capture of the gate. So Melnikov became the author of not only his first puck this season, but also the first goal of Brest at home in the new regular championship.

As the attacker later admitted, the final figures on the scoreboard do not fully convey the nature of the confrontation:

- Good opponent, good game. The match was fairly equal and I wouldn’t say the score fully reflects that. It’s great that we managed to throw and win. Now the team has a great atmosphere, we work in good mode and with a good mood. We'll keep preparing.

In the final period, the hosts finally consolidated the advantage. In the 51st minute, Paramonov scored, and three minutes later the third puck was scored by Stanislav Kuchkin - the best player of the 2025/2026 season, who previously played for the Minsk “Youth”. The final siren recorded a confident dry victory of Brest - 3: 0.

Head coach of HC Brest Sergey Stas admitted that the beginning of the meeting turned out to be difficult for the team, but was pleased with the result and the support of the stands: – Probably, this was the most unsuccessful game in our performance at the start of the season. We started badly, but we finished well. The team is physically ready, good matches were held in the Cup. Today we are happy to win and delight the fans. There were a lot of them, they supported us. Thank you so much, it’s always a pleasure to play in this atmosphere.