The Sokol hockey players defeated Khimvolokno in the fourth match of the quarterfinal series

March 7, Minsk / Igor Khadasevich – BELTA /. In the quarterfinal series of the Belarusian Open Ice Hockey Championship, Kyiv's Sokol has leveled the score in the competition with Mogilev's Khimvolokno, reports BELTA correspondent. In the fourth match, held in Mogilev, the hosts lost with a score of 2:3 (Khomyakov, 16, Tsaregorodtsev, 29; Pobedonosstev, 4, Oleckiy, 29, Isaenko, 36). Thus, the score in the series became 2:2, and now the winner of a ticket to the semifinals will be determined in the fifth match, which will take place on March 9 in Brovary. The winner of this series will play against Minsk's Yunost in the semifinals, which defeated Vitebsk hockey players three times in a row in the first round of the playoffs. In the other semifinal, Soligorsk's Shakhter and Gomel will play. In the quarterfinals, these teams also won three victories in a row, respectively, over Grodno's Neman and Minsk's Keramin. The semifinal series will begin on March 12 and will also be played until one team wins three games. -0-