The return matches of the semi-final round in the men’s Super League finished.
HC CSKA beat HC Permskie Medvedi in Moscow again. The left wing of the capital team Dmitriy Ionov scored 13 goals and became the top-scorer of the match.
HC Chekhovskie Medvedi won the first half, but ceded with a minimal difference to HC Zenit Saint-Petersburg on its home court, but reached the final on the aggregate. The right back of the hosts Aleksandr Kotov scored 8 goals.
The capital team will play in the Super League final match for the sixth time. It will be the 24th final for HC Chekhovskie Medvedi.
8 May
1/2 finals. The return matches
CSKA — Permskie Medvedi — 35:31 (18:16) (Ionov — 13, Belevtsov — 5; Salikov — 8, Ponomarev, Afonin, Svistunov — 4 each)
The first match — 32:29
Chekhovskie Medvedi — Zenit — 27:28 (15:13) (A.Kotov — 8, K.Kotov, Ermakov — 6 each; Petrov, Lunya — 6 each, Chernov — 4)
The first match — 29:24
Photo: HC CSKA press
