The second match of the 14th tour in the men’s championship of Russia finished in Saint-Petersburg.
HC Zenit was stronger than HC Dinamo Astrakhan after the equal first half. The hosts’ centre back Oleg Lunia scored 15 balls. The club from Saint-Petersburg moved to the second place in the Super League.
In the first match of 2024 clubs Permskie medvedi and Dinamo-Sungul couldn’t identify the winner and played a draw.
12 January
Zenit — Dinamo — 38:30 (16:16) (Lunia — 15, Kiselev, Vinogradov — 4 each; Larin — 8, Gordeev — 5, Shelestyukov, Gumarov — 4 each)
Permskie medvedi — Dinamo-Sungul — 30:30 (13:14) (Ponomarev — 7, Salikov — 6, Svistunov — 5; Dudik — 8)
Tournament standings. 1. CSKA — 25 points (13 matches). 2. Zenit — 22 (14). 3. Permskie medvedi — 21 (14). 4. Chekhovskie medvedi — 20 (13). 5. Victor — 17 (13). 6. Dinamo — 14 (14). 7. SKIF — 13 (13). 8. Dinamo-Sungul — 11 (14). 9. SGAU-Saratov — 7 (13). 10. Akbuzat — 4 (13). 11. Skif — 3 (13). 12. Kaustik — 2 (13).
Photo: HC Zenit press
