Novopolotsk “Chemist” won the first victory in the new season of the hockey championship of Belarus

In one of the four matches on Tuesday, September 29, in the national hockey championship, the Chemist defeated Gomel on his ice - 3: 1. Novopolotsk team won the first victory in the current championship, reports sb.by.

The winners scored Dmitry Kormilov (19th minute), Vyacheslav Aksenov (23) and Artem Koksharov (30), and the losers answered only with a goal of Maxim Kunishnikov (47).

The fully digital picture of the game day in the extra-league looks like this: Brest - Neman (Grodno) - 4: 2, Lokomotiv (Orsha) - Lida - 5: 4 (in bullites), Chemist (Novopolotsk) - Gomel - 3: 1, Dynamo (Molodechno) - Metallurg (Zhlobin) - 3: 0.

Tomorrow, September 30, the following meetings are planned: Mogilev – Vitebsk, Aviator (Baranovichi) – Youth (Minsk), Slavutich (Smolensk) – Shakhtar (Soligorsk).

The tournament table is headed by Shakhtar, with 13 points. Then sequentially follow Metallurg (12), Brest (12), Vitebsk (11), Dynamo (11), Slavutich (10), Gomel (10), Lida (9), Mogilev (8), Lokomotiv (6), Aviator (5), Neman (3), Youth (3) and Chemist (3).

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 on 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).

Photo: hockey.by.