HC Chekhovskie medvedi from Moscow region won in a home match with HC Skif Omsk and regained the confidence after two consecutive losses, though the Siberians fiercely resisted in the first half. In the winners the young father Dmitriy Santalov and two club namesakes Kirill and Aleksandr Kotov scored 5 goals each. Dmitry Pavlenko made 46 per cent saves.
3 December
Chekhovskie medvedi - Skif — 46:35 (18:16) (Santalov, K.Kotov, A.Kotov — 5 each; Poltavsky, Yankovsky — 7 each)
Tournament standings. 1. CSKA — 19 points (10 matches). 2. Permskie medvedi — 18 (11). 3. Chekhovskie medvedi — 16 (10). 4. Zenit — 14 (10). 5. Zenit — 14 (10). 5. SKIF — 12 (10). 6. Victor — 11 (10). 7. Dinamo-Sungul — 9 (10). 8. Dinamo — 8 (10). 9. SGAU-Saratov — 7 (10). 10. Akbuzat — 4 (10). 11. Skif — 3 (11). 12. Kaustik — 1 (9).
Photo: HC Chekhovskie medvedi press
