Hockey players of Grodno “Neman” won a victory over Smolensk “Slavutich” in the game of extraliga

In one of the top matches of Friday, October 23, in the hockey extraliga Grodno “Neman” defeated the Smolensk “Slavutich” – 2: 1 (in overtime). It's reported by sb.by.

Wards Dmitry Kravchenko really wanted to get even with the current vice-champion for the defeat the day before yesterday (2: 4). And they were able to do that.

Slavutich took the lead with the efforts of Artur Egorov (56th minute). However, Igor Kozyachy (58) restored balance on the scoreboard, and Kirill Zhilyuk (61) brought victory to Neman.

Note that the Grodno team won seven of the last eight meetings.

The results of all matches of the tournament, which took place on October 23: Lokomotiv (Orsha) – Brest – 1:6, Dynamo (Molodechno) – Mogilev – 2:4, Slavutich (Smolensk) – Neman (Grodno) – 1:2 (in overtime), Shakhtar (Soligorsk) – Vitebsk – 3:2.

Tomorrow, October 24, the championship will continue with such fights: “Aviator” (Baranovichi) – “Gomel”, “Chemist” (Novopolotsk) – “Metallurg” (Zhlobin), “Youth” (Minsk) – “Lida”.

The extraliga table is headed by Shakhtar, which has 27 points. This is followed by Slavutich (25), Metallurg (23), Brest (22), Dynamo (22), Gomel (19), Vitebsk (17), Aviator (17), Neman (17), Lida (15), Mogilev (10), Lokomotiv (9), Youth (7) and Chemist (4).

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).