Another three meetings of the preliminary stage in the men’s national championship finished.
HC Zenit proved to be stronger than HC Victor in a home match. The goalkeeper of the hosts Dmitriy Kuznetsov made 15 saves out of 40 (37% of reliability). It should be noted that the result of the match in Saint-Petersburg counts in SEHA-League.
HC Academia coped with HC Kaustik in Moscow. Daniil Koltsov scored 10 goals.
12 February
Zenit — Victor — 31:26 (12:13) (Khmelkov, Lunya — 5 each; Ivanov — 5)
Academia — Kaustik — 35:32 (14:13) (Slaykov, Potapov — 7 each; Koltsov — 10, Aleksanyan - 7)
Permskie medvedi — Dinamo-Sungul — 27:26 (16:15) (Svistunov — 5; Pavelyev - 5)
Super League. Tournament standings. 1. Permskie medvedi - 32 points (18 matches). 2. Zenit - 31 (17). 3. CSKA — 29 (16). 4. Chekhovskie medvedi — 25 (17). 5. Dinamo-Sungul — 19 (18). 6. Victor — 16 (17). 7. SKIF — 16 (17). 8. Academia — 13 (18). 9. Dinamo — 8 (17). 10. SGAU-Saratov — 8 (17). 11. Kaustik — 5 (18). 12. Skif — 4 (16).
SEHA-League. Tournament standings. 1. Meshkov Brest — 12 points (8 matches). 2. Zenit — 11 (8). 3. SKA Minsk — 9 (8). 4. Chekhovskie medvedi — 9 (7). 5. Victor — 6 (9). 6. Masheka — 3 (10).

Photo: HC Zenit press