Another match of the preliminary stage in the men’s Super League finished in Saint-Petersburg.
HC Zenit didn’t experience difficulties in a home match with HC Kaustik Volgograd. Belarusian centre back Artem Kulak from HC Zenit scored 9 goals and became the best goal scorer of the match.
In the first match of the game day HC CSKA beat HC Victor Stavropol. The pivot of the capital team Vyacheslav Kasatkin scored 10 goals.
26 January
Zenit — Kaustik — 37:28 (Kulak - 9, Lunya — 8, Vinogradov — 5; Tokmakov - 6)
Victor — CSKA — 25:30 (14:15) (Ivanov — 5; Kasatkin — 10)
Tournament standings. 1. Permskie medvedi — 30 points (17 matches). 2. Zenit — 29 (16). 3. CSKA — 29 (16). 4. Chekhovskie medvedi — 25 (17). 5. Dinamo-Sungul — 19 (17). 6. Victor — 16 (16). 7. SKIF — 16 (17). 8. Academia — 11 (16). 9. Dinamo — 8 (17). 10. SGAU-Saratov — 8 (16). 11. Kaustik — 5 (17). 12. Skif — 2 (15).

Photo: HC Zenit press