Vitebsk hockey players have not won for 15 consecutive matches in the Belarusian Open Championship

November 1, Minsk / Sergey Vishnevsky - BELTA /. One match was held today in the Belarus Open Ice Hockey Extraleague. Vitebsk, having lost at home in a penalty shootout to Liepaja's Metalurgs, extended their unenviable winless streak to 15 consecutive matches, reports BELTA correspondent. Vitebsk - Metalurgs (Liepaja) - 4:5 (SO) (Orlov, 5, PP, P. Volchek, 20, PP, 38, Kudrin, 48, PP - Kalns, 13, Dilevka, 27, Bayaruns, 36, Gubin, 59, Feldmanis, decisive shootout goal). At the 38th minute, Vitebsk failed to convert a penalty shot. And this miss turned out to be fatal, as the hosts could have increased their lead to 5:3. Instead, the Liepaja team, 97 seconds before the siren, restored the balance and moved the game into overtime. In the shootout lottery, the guests converted all three of their attempts, and Vitebsk, who faltered on their first attempt, did not need a third shot. Vitebsk's 15-game winless streak is the longest in the current championship. Standings: 1. Yunost - 59 points (goal difference 106-39) 2. Neman - 50 (87-45) 3. Metallurg - 48 (67-42) 4. Gomel - 40 (64-54) 5. Sokol - 37 (51-48) 6. Shakhter - 33 (77-63) 7. Metalurgs - 28 (51-64) 8. Khimik-SKA - 24 (58-90) 9. Mogilev - 22 (66-84) 10. Brest - 22 (55-83) 11. Vitebsk - 18 (50-82) 12. Shinnik - 15 (41-79). Brest played 21 matches, Vitebsk - 23, other teams - 22 each. Top Scorers: Alexander Borovkov (Yunost) - 32 (12+20) points, Alexander Materukhin (Yunost) - 30 (10+20), Andrey Makrov (Metallurg) - 27 (18+9), Artem Senkevich (Yunost) - 22 (9+13), Oleg Timchenko (Yunost) - 22 (8+14), Alexey Krutikov (Neman) - 20 (11+9), Alexander Medvedev (Neman) - 20 (5+15). The next Extraleague games will take place on November 2: Yunost (Minsk) - Brest, Mogilev - Sokol (Kiev). -0-