Shakhtar has taken sole possession of the lead in the Belarusian Ice Hockey Championship standings

September 8, Minsk / Sergey Vishnevsky - BELTA /. Matches of the third round of the Belarusian Open Ice Hockey Championship took place today. Soligorsk's Shakhtar, having won their third victory in a row, is solely leading the standings, reports a BELTA correspondent. Shakhtar (Soligorsk) - Gomel - 3:2 (Meleshko, 27, power play, Demkov, 45, Andruschenko, 55 – Yakushin, 48, power play, 58, 5-on-3 power play). In this game, two young players from Dinamo Minsk, playing in the KHL, were seconded to Shakhtar – defenseman Dmitry Korobov and forward Pavel Razvadovsky. Moreover, Razvadovsky assisted on the second goal against Gomel. Results of other matches: Keramin (Minsk) - Sokol (Kiev) – 1:3 (Plotnikov, 38 - Malov, 33, power play, Pastukh, 36, Varlamov, 57). Metallurg (Zhlobin) - Vitebsk – 2:1 (Durnov, 28, Durdin, 26, power play - Erashov, 2). Metalurgs (Liepaja) - Yunost (Minsk) – 1:3 (Filimonov, 53 - Romanenko, 35, Materukhin, 48, Denikin, 52, power play). Shinnik (Bobruisk) - Khimik-SKA (Novopolotsk) – 5:2 (Khomko, 2, power play, Mikheyonok, 16, power play, 60, A. Volchek, 39, D. Mikhailov, 44 - Levsha, 14, Prygunov, 26). Dinamo-Juniors (Riga) - Khimvolokno (Mogilev) – 3:4 (Pelsh, 17, power play, Straupe, 38, K. Yass, 52 - Khomyakov, 29, power play, Tsaregorodtsev, 34, 5-on-3 power play, Kostyukhin, 42, Sakharov, 54). Standings: Shakhtar - 9 points (goal difference 12-5), Khimvolokno - 6 (10-7), Neman - 6 (10-7), Yunost - 6 (8-5), Metallurg - 6 (10-8), Sokol - 6 (7-7), Shinnik - 5 (11-9), Keramin - 4 (6-8), Vitebsk - 3 (3-3), Gomel - 3 (6-8), Metalurgs - 2 (6-9), Brest - 1 (4-7), Khimik-SKA - 0 (3-7), Dinamo-Juniors - 0 (6-12). The third round will conclude on September 9 with the match Neman (Grodno) - Brest. -0-