HC Vitebsk secured their third consecutive victory in the Belarusian Open Championship

October 14, Minsk /Sergei Vishnevsky - BELTA/. Vitebsk hockey players, who started the Belarusian Open Championship with 12 losses, have now secured their third consecutive victory and climbed to 9th place in the Extraleague standings, a BELTA correspondent reports. Yunior (Minsk) – Vitebsk – 2:3 (0:1, 1:2, 1:0). Goals: 0:1 – V. Zankovets (Yadroets, Yu. Bulgakov, 1.16), 1:1 – Kardashev (Bogatin, Pichukha, 24.17), 1:2 – P.V. Tolstick Jr. (P. Stepanov, A. Korotkevich, 25.40, power play), 1:3 – Golubev (A. Korotkevich, 33.36), 2:3 – Kobus (48.18). Shots: 26-40 (10-15, 18-15, 8-10). Penalties: 10-22. Goaltenders: Malyutin (59.30; 92.5% saves) – Lukyanov (92.3% saves). Yunior missed a penalty shot (32.25). However, Yunior, the debutant of the Extraleague, which had a good start in the national championship, has recently slowed down, suffering its third consecutive defeat with a total goal difference of 3-12. Four more matches of the 15th round of the Extraleague will be held this evening: Brest – Khimik-SKA (Novopolotsk), Mogilev – Gomel, Shakhter (Soligorsk) – Metallurg (Zhlobin), Lida – Metalurgs (Liepaja, Latvia). Standings: 1. Gomel – 38 points (14 matches; goal difference 81-20) 2. Metallurg (Zhlobin) – 37 (13; 60-14) 3. Neman (Grodno) – 26 (15; 60-35) 4. Metalurgs (Liepaja, Latvia) – 24 (13; 37-24) 5. Lida – 23 (13; 40-40) 6. Yunior (Minsk) – 20 (13; 26-35) 7. Shakhter (Soligorsk) – 17 (12; 42-44) 8. Khimik-SKA (Novopolotsk) – 11 (14; 33-57) 9. Vitebsk – 11 (15; 30-75) 10. Brest – 9 (12; 32-57) 11. Mogilev – 6 (14; 21-61). Top Scorers: Andrei Makrov (Neman) – 22 (11+11) points, Mikhail Stefanovich (Gomel) – 20 (7+13), Vyacheslav Andryushchenko (Metallurg) – 18 (9+9), Alexander Zhidkikh (Gomel) – 18 (6+12), Yaroslav Kristek (Neman) – 18 (6+12).-0-