[BLR] Belarus League

[kacz]

G W OTW T OTL L GF GA PTS

Keramin Minsk 21 15 4 0 0 2 74 34 53
Yunost Minsk 20 10 5 0 1 4 61 38 41
HK Vitebsk 22 10 3 0 1 8 53 50 37
Metallurg Zhlobin 22 11 1 0 0 10 61 48 35
Khimvolokno 20 9 1 0 2 8 59 45 31
Dinamo Minsk 21 7 1 0 5 8 45 46 28
Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk 21 7 1 0 5 8 55 63 28
HK Gomel 22 7 2 0 1 12 52 75 26
Neman Grodno 22 6 2 0 3 11 48 71 25
Brest 21 4 0 0 2 15 32 70 14


Standings as of Nov.9.07

[Seachd]

Is Ivan Koltsov still playing in Belarus this year?

[kacz]

He should continue playing for Khimvolokno, once the season starts i'll take a look.

[montreal]

What team does Andrei Kostitsyn brother play for?

[kacz]

I don't have anything confirmed, but I believe he plays for HK Gomel

[WillardJFredricks]

Sorry to ask another player question, but do you know if Alexandre Volchkov will be playing in the league again this year?

[kacz]

Originally Posted by Dawesome10

Sorry to ask another player question, but do you know if Alexandre Volchkov will be playing in the league again this year?

No problem, Aleksandr Volchkov will infact suit up again with Khimvolokno for the upcoming season.

[kacz]

Standings link added, as well as some news/notes

[WillardJFredricks]

Originally Posted by Zherdev

No problem, Aleksandr Volchkov will infact suit up again with Khimvolokno for the upcoming season.

Thanks for the info!

[Jacob]

Any updates on Koltsov's team, Dinamo Minsk? Stat updates?

[bmoak]

Darby Hendrickson just signed a lockout deal to play with HK Riga 2000.

[Douggy]

What's the deal with Vadim Karaga.

I loved watching this guy in the OHL, but I dont think he came back after the U20 Div 1 last year.

Euro hockey says he's playing in Belarus again this year:
http://www.eurohockey.net/players/fr...i?serial=58024

Will he likely suit up for Belarus at the U20's this year?

[kacz]

Final Regular Season Standings:

Team Points
1) Yunost Minsk 113
2) Dinamo Minsk 106
3) Keramin Minsk 106
4) Sokol Kiev 103
5) Khimvolokno 100
6) HK Riga 2000 82
7) HK Gomel 81
8) Neman Grodno 70
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9) Brest 69
10) Liepâjas Metalurgs 52
11) Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk 44
12) HK Vitebsk 23


Final Playoffs Standings:

1/4 финала
(13, 14, 17, 18, 20 марта)
"Yunost" — "Neman" — 3 - 0 (5:2, 6:0, 5:1)
"Sokol" — "Khimvolokno" — 0 - 3 (3:4, 1:2, 1:2)
"Keramin" — "HK Riga 2000" — 1 - 3 (4:3 ОТ, 1:2, 2:3 ОТ, 2:7)
"Dinamo" — "HK Gomel" — 3 - 0 (4:3, 5:0, 3:2 ОТ)

1/2 финала
(23, 24, 27, 28, 30 марта)

"Yunost" - "Khimvolokno" — 3 - 1 (7:1, 1:2, 7:3, 4:2)
"Dinamo" - "HK Riga 2000" — 3 - 0 (7:0, 5:0, 3:1)

3rd Place Match
(1, 4, 7 апреля)
"Khimvolokno" - "HK Riga 2000" - 0-1 (0:1)

Final
(2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13 апреля)
"Yunost" - "Dinamo" - 2-0 (5:2, 5:0)

Yunost Minsk are 2005/06 Belarus Open Champions

Some key players on that team, Konstantin Zakharov, Vladimir Kopat and Artem Chernov.

[Sakaarnis]

Note: Liepajas Metalurgs has withdrwan from Belarus Open League for next season due to financial reasons. They will play in Latvian League and will mostly use their home grown talent born 1990. While it seems like a good cometition for such a young guys and considering LM 90 and especialy 91 crop has all the talent you need i dont think 16 yo kids playing against seniors is the best way to continue their progress.

[Fredrik]

Originally Posted by Sakaarnis

While it seems like a good cometition for such a young guys and considering LM 90 and especialy 91 crop has all the talent you need i dont think 16 yo kids playing against seniors is the best way to continue their progress.

I would like to compare it with the situation in Ukraine where Sokol's youth teams also played senior hockey without achieving good results. I think the Latvians are stronger though but still...

[kacz]

Originally Posted by Fredrik

I would like to compare it with the situation in Ukraine where Sokol's youth teams also played senior hockey without achieving good results. I think the Latvians are stronger though but still...

The situation is that Sokol '89 and '90 can only compete against eachother. I'd like to see how these team's grow next season as this was their first season having split youth teams in the Ukrainian hockey league.

[kacz]

Sokol Kiev Anthem MP3

Nice rock mix,

[kacz]

Belarus Open league starts up again September 5 and Sokol have managed to stay in it.

[xeric716x]

is there a site to buy jerseys from this league?

[kacz]

There is not one specific site where you can purchase jerseys, rather you'd probably find you best bet on searching the team name on a search engine and going from there.

[xeric716x]

Originally Posted by Zherdev

There is not one specific site where you can purchase jerseys, rather you'd probably find you best bet on searching the team name on a search engine and going from there.

thanks

[FissionFire]

Does anyone have a working link for the Dinamo Minsk team? I haven't been able to access their homepage for awhile now.

[kacz]

They have changed their web address to www.hcdinamo.org

www.hockey.by has all the links to updated Belarussian clubs

[infamous20v]

keramin! respekt

[malkinfan]

Which teams will leave to the new kontinental league, and what will happen to the survival to the rest of the league?