All matches of the game day in the men’s championship of Russia are completed.
HC Zenit confidently coped with HC Dinamo Astrakhan. Evgeny Nikanovich (Zenit) and Aleksandr Tyumentsev (Dinamo) scored 6 goals.
Permskie medvedi ceded 1=with a minimal difference after the first half, but managed to win in away match with Academia Moscow. Aleksandr Arkatov and Dmitriy Svistunov in the winners scored 7 goals.
22 December
Zenit — Dinamo — 37:25 (16:13) (Nikanovich — 6, Vinogradov — 5; Tyumentsev - 6)
Academia — Permskie medvedi — 28:33 (17:16) (Tokarev — 6, Dyatchuk — 5; Svistunov, A.Arkatov — 7 each)
SKIF — Skif — 30:26 (12:14) (Jamali — 7; Sharko, Gramyko — 6 each)
SGAU-Saratov — Kaustik — 38:36 (19:17) (Sergel — 7, Filippov, Ryabov, Ponomarev, Soroka — 5 each; Akramov, Tokmakov, Koltsov — 6 each)
Tournament standings. 1. Permskie medvedi — 24 points (14 matches). 2. Zenit — 23 (13). 3. CSKA — 23 (13). 4. Chekhovskie medvedi — 21 (14). 5. SKIF — 15 (14). 6. Dinamo-Sungul — 15 (14). 7. Victor — 12 (13). 8. Academia — 9 (14). 9. Dinamo — 8 (14). 10. SGAU-Saratov — 8 (14). 11. Kaustik — 4 (14). 12. Skif — 2 (13).

Photo: HC Academia press