HC Vitebsk suffered their fourth consecutive defeat in the Belarusian Open Championship

October 29, Minsk /Sergey Vishnevsky - BELTA/. Vitebsk hockey players, having lost to Liepaja's Metalurgs away on October 28, suffered their fourth consecutive defeat in the Extraleague of the 21st Belarusian Open Championship, BELTA correspondent reports. Metalurgs (Liepaja, Latvia) - Vitebsk - 4:3 (0:1, 3:1, 1:1). Goals: 0:1 - Busilko (14.31, power play), 0:2 - P. Stepanov (Busilko, 23.45, power play), 1:2 - Ya. Straupe (Zabis, Verenis, 26.50), 2:2 - Sixna (A. Kuzmenkov, Arturs Mickevics, 27.54, power play), 3:2 - Sixna (Arturs Mickevics, A. Kuzmenkov, 29.55, 5-on-3 power play), 4:2 - Skvortsov (Bayaruns, Rihards Birzins, 45.38), 4:3 - Yu. Bulgakov (P.V. Tolstik Jr., V. Zankovets, 56.53, power play). Shots: 51-26 (16-8, 22-10, 13-8). Penalties: 16-16. Goaltenders: Auzins (88.46% saves) - Lukyanov (58.54; 92.15% saves). It is noteworthy that in three out of four matches of their losing streak, the Vitebsk team led the score during the games. And if in Liepaja the guests' advantage reached two goals (2:0), then in the previous match in Novopolotsk against Khimik-SKA, it was even three (3:0), but in the end, that match was also lost - 3:4 (shootout). Even earlier, in the lost game against Mogilev (2:3), Vitebsk led with a score of 1:0. Metalurgs, which participated in the 2nd qualifying round of the Continental Cup, resumed its performance in the Belarusian Open Championship after a two-week break and extended its winning streak to 4 games in a row, which allowed it to move up to 4th place in the standings. And in terms of lost games, the Latvian team is in fourth place. As previously reported, Zhlobin's Metallurg hockey players, having won away against outsider Brest on October 28, returned to first place in the standings: Brest - Metallurg (Zhlobin) - 2:4 (0:1, 2:2, 0:1). Goals: 0:1 – Andryushchenko (Remezov, 3.33), 1:1 – Bilishchuk (Muzhik, Kadlets, 20.17), 2:1 – Rylkov (Zhilinsky, Lameko, 24.25), 2:2 – Durnov (Remezov, 25.36), 2:3 – Kashtanov (Plotnikov, K. Brikun, 26.26), 2:4 – Andryushchenko (Durnov, Remezov, 48.42). Shots: 16-23 (3-11, 8-8, 5-4). Penalties: 10-10. Goaltenders: Anton Mickevics (82.6% saves) - Grishukevich (87.5% saves). The opening segment of the second period, when four goals were scored within 6 minutes and 9 seconds, proved to be goal-rich. Metallurg's defenseman Andrei Spiridonov, who had recently returned to the team from the infirmary, will be out for a month due to a recurrence of an old injury. Brest has suffered its 12th defeat in its last 13 matches. Standings: 1. Metallurg (Zhlobin) – 53 points (20 matches; goal difference 81-25) 2. Gomel - 51 (20; 94-29) 3. Neman (Grodno) - 39 (20; 81-46) 4. Metalurgs (Liepaja, Latvia) - 29 (15; 44-29) 5. Shakhtar (Soligorsk) - 29 (18; 65-56) 6. Lida - 27 (19; 49-61) 7. Junior (Minsk) - 26 (18; 35-47) 8. Khimik-SKA (Novopolotsk) - 22 (19; 49-68) 9. Vitebsk - 15 (20; 46-94) 10. Brest - 11 (19; 49-89) 11. Mogilev - 10 (20; 30-79). Top Scorers: Andrey Makrov (Neman) - 27 (13+14) points, Mikhail Stefanovich (Gomel) - 23 (8+15), Yaroslav Kristek (Neman) - 22 (9+13), Vyacheslav Andryushchenko (Metallurg) - 21 (13+8), Martin Kadlets (Brest) - 20 (12+8), Alexander Zhidkikh (Gomel) - 20 (8+12), Nikita Remezov (Metallurg) - 19 (3+16), Artyom Kisly (Neman) - 18 (11+7), Egor Tsurikov (Gomel) - 18 (9+9), Dmitry Igoshin (Metallurg) - 18 (8+10), Arturs Kuzmenkov (Metalurgs) - 18 (6+12). The next Extraleague matches of the Belarusian Open Championship will take place today: Lida - Neman (Grodno), Shakhtar (Soligorsk) - Mogilev. -0-