MINSK, 23 December (BelTA) – HC Dinamo Minsk defeated HC Dinamo Riga in the shootouts in a KHL home match on 22 December, BelTA has learnt. Minsk interrupted a series of three straight defeats.
Dinamo (Minsk) - Dinamo (Riga) - 3:2 (shootout) (0: 0: 0, 1, 1: 2, 0, 0: 0: 1).
22 December. Minsk-Arena. 14,893 viewers.
Referee: Sergey Semenov (Moskva) Aleksandr Sergeev (Zhukovskiy)
Linesmen: Sergey Misyur (Nizhniy Tagil) Stanislav Raming (Ekaterinburg)
The match MVPs: Kevin Lalande (Dinamo Minsk), Mikelis Redlihs (Dinamo Riga).
HC Dinamo Minsk with 60 points from 35 matches (goal difference 98-83) is currently second among the five teams in Tarasov Division, and third among 11 clubs in West Conference. In the KHL overall standings Dinamo Minsk is the fourth among 23 teams: 15 wins in regular time, 5 wins in shootouts, 3 losses in overtime, 2 losses in shootouts and 10 in regular time.
Dinamo Minsk will continue a series of home matches with a meeting against SKA St. Petersburg (24 December) and Atlant (26 December).