HC Vitebsk ended their 20-game winless streak in regulation time in the Belarusian Championship

November 26, Minsk /Sergey Vishnevsky - BELTA/. Vitebsk hockey players, having thrashed Mogilev at home today, have ended a streak of 20 matches in which they could not achieve a victory in regulation time, a BELTA correspondent reports. Vitebsk - Mogilev - 7:2 (Orlyuk, 1, P. Volchek, 5, 46, E. Stepanov, 7, Erashov, 35, Golubev, 59, Voronin, 59 - Malevich, 31, power play, Borozdenko, 57). Vitebsk's previous regulation time victory was achieved two months ago, on September 25. Moreover, the Mogilev team was also defeated then (3:2). However, at that time it was still called Khimvolokno. During its discouraging 20-match streak, Vitebsk managed to achieve one overtime victory, two in shootouts, suffered 11 regulation time losses, lost four times in overtime and twice in shootouts. Thus, the team scored 12 points with a goal difference of 45-73. Shinnik (Bobruisk) - Gomel - 4:8 (Titovets, 14, power play, Shipilo, 24, power play, A. Korotkevich, 31, Prygunov, 56 - Zhidkikh, 9, 58, Markelov, 19, power play, 37, power play, Maslenikov, 21, I. Usenko, 29, Ogorodnikov, 43, Solomonov, 44). Gomel broke its six-game losing streak. Khimik-SKA (Novopolotsk) - Shakhtyor (Soligorsk) - 3:4 (shootout) (Valuy, 9, power play, Gorbokon, 25, Pozdnyakov, 33 - Demkov, 38, Kambovich, 45, power play, Razvadovsky, 59, V. Mikhailov, game-winning shootout goal). Novopolotsk failed to hold onto the victory, leading 3-0 in the middle of the match. Shakhtyor, on the other hand, won its seventh consecutive game. Brest - Yunost (Minsk) - 1:6 (Turkin, 60 - Materukhin, 1, power play, 44, Shafarenko, 7, Klochkov, 22, A. Stepanov, 27, Yanovsky, 32, shorthanded). Standings: 1. Yunost - 78 points (goal difference 143-62) 2. Neman - 68 (107-51) 3. Metallurg - 59 (82-52) 4. Shakhtyor - 52 (101-76) 5. Sokol - 47 (70-70) 6. Gomel - 43 (85-81) 7. Metalurgs - 37 (69-74) 8. Brest - 34 (82-110) 9. Khimik-SKA - 28 (73-118) 10. Vitebsk - 26 (67-98) 11. Mogilev - 25 (83-118) 12. Shinnik - 19 (54-106). Yunost played 30 matches, Gomel, Brest, Shakhtyor, Khimik-SKA, Mogilev, Vitebsk and Shinnik played 29 each, Neman, Metallurg, Sokol played 28 each, Metalurgs played 27. Top Scorers: Alexander Borovkov (Yunost) - 39 (15+24) points, Alexander Materukhin (Yunost) - 36 (13+23), Andrey Makrov (Metallurg) - 34 (23+11), Andrey Stepanov (Yunost) - 31 (17+14), Oleg Shafarenko (Yunost) - 29 (8+21), Alexander Ryadinsky (Yunost) - 28 (7+21), Alexey Baranov (Yunost) - 26 (8+18). The next Extraliga games will take place on November 28: Vitebsk - Shakhtyor (Soligorsk), Khimik-SKA (Novopolotsk) - Mogilev, Metallurg (Zhlobin) - Gomel, Neman (Grodno) - Yunost (Minsk). -0-