"Magnitka" could not be demagnetize for 8 matches
The leader of the championship "Metallurg" from Magnitogorsk has defeated "Severstal" from Cherepovets by a score 4:1 in 32nd round of Russian hockey championship, and prevented the nearest competitors from shortening a gap.
The distance from "Avangard", which is on the second line of the fixture list is still fairly comfortable - 13 points. By the way the distance might change in the next round when guys from Magnitogorsk and Omsk meet together.
As for the match in Cherepovets, it was easy for "Magnitka". The team started with two goals by Ravil Gusmanov in the beginning. And though the home team was able to shorten a gap, the period ended by a score 3:1 (Vitaly Atyushev).
"Metallurg" improved its position in the beginning of the second period thanks to Eugeny Varlamov.
So the leader won by a score 4:1 and collected next points.
As a result "Metallurg" won the eighth game in a row and has 72 points after 30 matches.
Other results of this day:
"Avangard" - "Vityaz" 3:1 "Molot" - CSKA 5:3 SKA - "Dynamo" 2:1 "Khimik" - HC MIA 1:0
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