Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo defeated Kazan Ak Bars in the first match of the KHL championship in a new arena
In one of the three matches on Monday, September 14, in the regular championship of the Kontinental Hockey League, the Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo defeated the team at home.
In one of the three matches on Monday, September 14, in the regular championship of the Kontinental Hockey League, Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo defeated Kazan Ak Barsu at home - 3: 2. It's reported by sb.by.
For the “car factory” game was the first in the new “Volga Arena”. And they saluted the long-awaited event with a winning result.
The hosts of the site distinguished themselves Daniel Seroukh (9th minute), Igor Geraskin (14) and Vladimir Tkachev (25). The guests of the capture of the gate on his account recorded Dmitry Katelevsky (2) and Egor Sokolov (46).
Two Belarusians took part in the match. Andrei Belevich (Torpedo) did not score points on the goal plus pass system, and Andrei Stas (Ak Bars) scored a productive transfer.
From the stands, 12,350 spectators watched the match. This is a new attendance record for a Nizhny Novgorod club in the Kontinental Hockey League.
In other meetings of the game day, Dynamo Minsk lost on the road to Togliatti Lada - 2: 4, and Severstal Cherepovets lost at home to Dynamo Moscow - 0: 2.
The Belarusian team will play the next two matches on the ice. It is necessary to fight with Novosibirsk Siberia (September 18) and Avtomobilist (September 20).
According to the results of the regular championship 2025/2026, the “teeth”, we recall, scored 88 points and finished on the second line in the table of the Western Conference immediately after the future champion – Yaroslavl Lokomotiv. At the stage of the 1/8 finals, the Dynamo Minsk team won the series against Moscow teammates with a dry score of 4: 0, but in the quarterfinals, the white and blue lost four times to Kazan Ak Bars. In the overall table of the Kontinental Hockey League, Dynamo Minsk took fifth place for the first time in history.
