Hockey players of Gomel beat Lida and rose to second place in the table of the national championship

In one of the central matches of the 23rd round of the Belarusian hockey championship, Gomel won on the road against Lida - 3: 2. It's reported by sb.by.

The guests were distinguished by Vsevolod Gaydamak (25th minute), Vadim Kravchenko (38) and Evgeny Sapelnikov (49), and the owners of the ice the authors of the gate captures were Matvey Toft (29) and Nikita Remezov (45).

Wards Vladimir Kopaty extended the winning streak to eight meetings and moved in the standings from fourth place to second.

In another match, which ended by this time, Grodno “Neman” won a strong-willed victory over “Vitebsk” – 5: 3.

Today, November 15, there will be matches “Brest” – “Youth” (Minsk), “Shakhtar” (Soligorsk) – “Dynamo” (Molodechno). And tomorrow, November 16, the program of the tournament will continue with meetings of Mogilev – Metallurg (Zhlobin), Aviator (Baranovichi) – Chemist (Novopolotsk), Slavutich (Smolensk) – Lokomotiv (Orsha).

The extraliga tournament table is headed by Metallurg, which has 37 points. Next are Gomel (35), Slavutich (34), Shakhtar (34), Dynamo (31), Brest (29), Neman (27), Lida (26), Aviator (23), Vitebsk (20), Mogilev (16), Lokomotiv (13), Youth (11) and Chemist (9).

In the regular season, all teams will play 52 matches. According to the results of the stage of the six strongest squads qualify for 1/4 finals. Participants who finish in places from seventh to tenth will contest two more playoff vouchers in the qualifying round in series to two wins. The playoffs will begin on March 10 and end no later than April 23. At each stage - quarterfinal, semifinal and final - the fight will be fought up to four victories.

Most often in the championship of Belarus in hockey won the Minsk “Youth”, which has 11 trophies. Also in the three most titled teams of the tournament include Grodno “Neman” (7) and Zhlobin “Metallurg” (5).

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