The final match of the 15th round finished in Saint-Petersburg.
HC Zenit confidently beat HC Dinamo Astrakhan. Andrey Klimentyev from Dinamo scored 8 goals.
HC Victor coped with HC CSKA on its home court and reduced the gap with the capital club to one point. Daniil Shishkarev from CSKA became the top-scorer of the meeting with 7 scored goals.
HC SKIF ceded after the first half, but managed to win in a guest match with HC Voronezh9 goals are on the account of Artem Rabushko and Saveliy Shalabanov.
19 December
Zenit — Dinamo — 37:29 (18:15) (Lunya — 6, Astrashapkin, Kulak — 5 each; Klimentyev — 8, Shelestyukov — 5)
Voronezh — SKIF — 28:32 (16:14) (Rabushko — 9; Shalabanov — 9, Chan Suan Vet — 7)
Victor — CSKA — 27:26 (13:12) (Turaev — 6, Mazurov — 5; Shishkarev — 7, Vorobyev, Ivanov — 5 each)
SGAU-Saratov — Chekhovskie Medvedi — 26:36 (14:22) (Silko — 6, Goncharenko — 5; Kornev - 5, A.Ermakov, K.Kotov, Shelmenko — 4 each)
Permskie Medvedi — Kaustik — 43:28 (24:14) (Kamenev — 10, Afonin — 6, Ponomarev — 5; Svetlov — 10, Larin — 6)
Tournament standings (after 15 rounds). 1. Chekhovskie Medvedi — 26 points. 2. Zenit — 26. 3. CSKA — 22. 4. Victor — 21. 5. Permskie Medvedi — 18. 6. Dinamo-Sungul — 15. 7. SGAU-Saratov — 13. 8. SKIF — 13. 9. Voronezh — 11. 10. Dinamo — 8. 11. Akbuzat — 5. 12. Kaustik — 2.
Photo: HC Zenit press