The game day in the men’s championship of Russia finished.
HC Academia Moscow hosted HC Dinamo-Sungul. The hosts won the first half with a minimal advantage, but the guests managed to turn the outcome of the meeting in their favor.
In the first match of the game day HC Victor Stavropol beat HC SKIF Krasnodar again. The right wing of HC SKIF Ivan Pasenov became the best goal scorer of the match. This victory allowed Vladislav Karalash’s wards to surpass HC SKIF in the tournament standings.
19 January
Academia — Dinamo-Sungul — 20:25 (12:11) (Tumanov - 5; Dudik — 5)
SKIF — Victor — 30:34 (19:20) (Pasenov — 10, Jamali - 8, Esteki — 5; Maslennikov - 9, Sazonov — 7)
Tournament standings. 1. Zenit — 27 points (15 matches). 2. Permskie medvedi — 26 (15). 3. CSKA — 25 (14). 4. Chekhovskie medvedi — 21 (15). 5. Dinamo-Sungul — 17 (16). 6. Victor — 16 (15). 7. SKIF — 16 (16). 8. Academia — 11 (16). 9. Dinamo — 8 (15). 10. SGAU-Saratov — 8 (15). 11. Kaustik — 5 (15). 12. Skif — 2 (15).

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