The champion suffered a second defeat in a row and risks losing his leadership before the end of the year
In a bright match of the regular season FAVBET-league Dnepr beat in a shootout Falcon – 3:2.
The match, which took place in the Odessa Sports Palace, was interrupted for a long time due to an air raid warning, but was still completed.
The Kiev team took the lead twice, but the Dnepr team of Ilya Krykli and Nikita Sidorenko restored the status quo both times.
The fate of the match was decided in a shootout – the sixth for Sokol in the current championship. Previously, the champion won all five series, and goalkeeper Bogdan Dyachenko did not miss a single goal in them. But that evening it was the same Sidorenko who managed to beat him, and Sergei Stetsyura scored the winning shootout.
The victory did not allow Dnepr to leave fourth place in the standings. Sokol remained in first place, but could lose it tomorrow. The Kyiv Capitals are only a point behind the champions, with three games in hand.
- Hockey. FAVBET league. Regular season
Dnieper — Sokol — 3:2 B (0:1, 1:0, 1:1, 0:0, 1:0)
Washers: 0:1 – Bondarev (Tolstushko, Zherebko), 02:38. 1:1 – Sidorenko (Kryklya, – big), 24:00. 1:2 – Borodai, 46:35. 2:2 – Sidorenko (Kryklya, – big), 48:20. 3:2 – Stetsyura (winning shootout)
Source: Sportarena
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