In the closing game of their home series SKA lost 2:4 to Dinamo Minsk. The goaltender of Minsk team Andrey Mezin and SKA forward Sergey Brylin were named the MVPs of the game. Despite the lost game SKA secured themselves the first place in Western Conference in the Regular Championship.

SKA — Dinamo Minsk — 2:4 (0:2, 2:0, 0:2)

0:1 — Andrey Mikhalev (Dmitry Meleshko) — 10:56

0:2 — Denis Kochetkov (Sergey Varlamov, Yaroslav Chupris) — 17:52

1:2 — Sergey Brylin (Joel Kwiatkowski, Sergey Zubov) — 29:14 PP

2:2 — Maxim Sushinsky (Anton But, Aleksey Yashin) — 39:57 PP

2:3 — Geoff Platt (Ville Peltonen, Ossi Vaananen) — 47:49

2:4 — Geoff Platt — 51:27 PK

Goaltenders: Maxim Sokolov (00:00 — 57:13, 57:19 — 57:22, 59:22 — 59:30) — Andrey Mezin

Penalty: 24 — 16

Head Coaches of the teams on the game:

Alexander Andriyevsky, Head Coach of Dinamo Minsk:

- This game meant a lot to us. Lately there were publications in the press that our hockey players are being sold and the team stopped fighting. Therefore we were very seriously determined to prove it was not true. Fully aware we were to play against the strongest team in the League the guys wanted to show they could and wanted to play hockey. I am grateful to them for courage and character – they managed to keep their concentration and win even though we had two goals against in the second period.

Barry Smith, Head Coach of SKA:

- I can not say that we were completely mentally ready for the game the way we were to face Dinamo Moscow. Our defense made mistakes and our guests used every chance we gave them. Unfortunately we could not score on powerplay. I think had we scored the third goal the final result may well have been different.

Dear Citizens of Saint-Petersburg!
SKA Ice Hockey Club heartily congratulates you on the Day of Complete Lifting of the Blockade of Leningrad – one of the most important dates in the history of our country.

January 27 is Leningrad Victory Day. We are proud of the feat accomplished by the citizens of Leningrad: those who are still with us as well as those who defended our city till the last drop of their blood and sacrificed their lives for the sake of its future.

Leningrad – Saint-Petersburg shall ever remain the Hero City.
 

SKA had a 1:0 character win over Dinamo Moscow that was witnessed by a full house. The game-winner was scored by Nils Ekman on assist from Yury Trubachev. SKA goaltender Robert Esche was named the MVP of the game accomplishing his sixth shutout this season making 42 saves.

SKA — Dinamo Moscow — 1:0 (0:0, 1:0, 0:0)
1:0 – Nils Ekman (Yury Trubachev) – 34:33
Goaltenders: Robert Esche – Vitaly Yeremeyev (00:00 — 59:04)
Penalty: 22 — 20
MVPs: Robert Esche – Vitaly Yeremeyev
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In the second home game against Almaz Cherepovets SKA-1946 had a confident 7:4 win. Two points each (1+1) were earned by Nikita Tochitsky and Anton Tikhomirov. Aleksey Kruchinin made two assists while SKA-1946 Captain Yaroslav Gorbachenko made his 40th assist this season.

SKA-1946 — Almaz Cherepovets — 7:4 (2:3, 0:1, 5:0)
0:1 — Maxim Trunev — 01:34 PK
1:1 — Albert Konozov (Nikita Tochitsky) — 04:46
2:1 — Nikita Barinov (Aleksey Kruchinin)— 06:39
2:2 — Maxim Trunev (Dmitry Orlov, Sergey Chvanov) — 08:11
2:3 — Dmitry Orlov (Denis Vydrov, Sergey Chvanov) — 10:07 PP
2:4 — Vitaly Popov (Ignat Zemchenko, Aleksey Zaytsev) — 26:09 PP
3:4 — Daniil Bogdanov (Magomed Gimbatov) — 43:22 PP
4:4 — Yury Skvortsov (Nikita Tochitsky) — 49:09 PP
5:4 — Valentin Shamayev (Anton Tikhomirov, Yaroslav Gorbachenko) — 52:03 PP
6:4 — Magomed Gimbatov (Aleksey Kruchinin) — 52:28
7:4 — Anton Tikhomirov (Valentin Shamayev, Sergey Monakhov) — 59:00 PP
Goaltenders: Yevgeny Ivannikov (00:00 – 10:07), Nikita Starikov (10:07 – 60:00) – Denis Peretyagin
Penalty: 10 — 38
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SKA Ice Hockey Club wishes a very Happy Birthday to the Chairman of the Committee for Sports and Physical Culture of the Administration of Saint-Petersburg Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Chasov!

Dear Vyacheslav Vladimirovich, we sincerely wish you happiness, firm health and energy in your work for the benefit of Saint-Petersburg Sports!
 

We wish a very Happy Birthday to SKA Forward Anton Korolev! Dear Anton, we wish you health, luck and great success!
 

SKA-1946 at home beat Almaz Cherepovets 6:1. The confident win put an end to the unlucky stretch in the Second Stage of the Regular MHL Championship. Sergey Monakhov made two assists while Nikita Tochitsky made three. The game-winner was scored by defenseman Ildar Telyakov who also made an assist.

SKA-1946 — Almaz Cherepovets — 6:1 (1:1,4:0,1:0)
1:0 — Albert Konozov (Yury Skvortsov, Nikita Tochitsky) — 5:01 PP
1:1 — Ignat Zemchenko (Aleksey Zaytsev) — 6:07
2:1 — Ildar Telyakov (Nikita Tochitsky) — 21:35 PP
3:1 — Sergey Monakhov (Yury Skvortsov, Nikita Tochitsky) — 24:25
4:1 — Aleksey Kruchinin — 36:48
5:1 — Anton Tikhomirov (Sergey Mionakhov, Ildar Telyakov) — 39:23
6:1 — Yaroslav Gorbachenko (Sergey Monakhov) — 43:30
Goaltenders: Nikita Starikov – Sergey Schukin
Penalty: 14 – 14

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In the closing game of their away series SKA had a character 6:5 win over Neftekhimik. Sergey Zubov earned 3 points scoring one goal and made two assists. Petr Cajanek achieved the same result. Two points each earned Konstantin Gorovikov (1+1) and Alexander Korolyuk (0+2). SKA Captain Maxim Sushinsky scored his 20th goal this season. The game-winner was scored by Nils Ekman who was back after 6 weeks on assist from Yury Trubachev.

Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk – SKA — 5:6 (1:1, 1:2, 3:3)
1:0 — Igor Polygalov (Renat Mamashev) — 4:13 PP
1:1 — Petr Cajanek (Anton But, Sergey Zubov) — 13:57 PP
1:2 — Aleksey Yashin (Petr Cajanek) — 25:57
2:2 — Andrey Ivanov (Renat Mamashev, Igor Yemeleyev) — 31:46
2:3 — Konstatin Gorovikov (Maxim Rybin, Alexander Korolyuk) — 36:47 PP
3:3 — Alexander Bumagin (Tomas Starosta, Alexander Drozdetsky) — 41:04 PP
3:4 — Sergey Zubov (Konstantin Gorovikov, Alexander Korlyuk) — 42:59
3:5 — Maxim Sushinsky (Petr Cajanek, Sergey Zubov) — 47:14 PP
4:5 — Alexander Drozdetsky (Denis Arkhipov) — 47:49
5:5 — Maxim Pestushko (Sergey Konkov) — 51:07
5:6 — Nils Ekman (Yury Trubachev) — 51:37
Goaltenders: Ivan Kasutin (00:00 — 59:49) – Robert Esche
Penalty: 12 — 12
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In the second home game on the Minor Arena of Yubileyny SC SKA-1946 lost to Mytischenskiye Atlanty 2:5.

SKA-1946 — Mytischenskiye Atlanty — 2:5 (2:1,0:0, 0:4)
0:1 — Dmitry Kagarlitsky (Pavel Tapilsky, Maxim Bogatin) — 02:11
1:1 — Valentin Shamayev (Yaroslav Gorbachenko, Aleksey Kruchinin) — 05:42
2:1 — Yaroslav Gorbachenko (Anton Tikhomirov, Sergey Monakhov) — 10:52 PP
2:2 — Mikhail Malanichev (Maxim Bogatin, Roman ukavishnikov) — 40:51
2:3 — Oleg Yashin (Arseny Kardailsky) — 43:02
2:4 — Dmitry Kagarlitsky (Sergey Smirnov) — 47:36
2:5 — Rustem Akhatov — 59:43 EN
Goaltenders: Yevgeny Ivannikov (00:00 – 57:42; 59:43 – 60:00) – Ilya Andryukhov
Penalty: 8 – 18
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In their second game of away series SKA beat Togliatti Lada 2:1. the score was opened by SKA forward Maxim Rybin scoring his 15th goal this season. In the middle of the second period the host team managed to tie on powerplay and the game-winner for SKA was scored by Igor Misko 5 minutes left before the end of the third period. This victory enabled SKA to cross the 100-points mark this season.

Lada Togliatti – SKA — 1:2 (0:0, 1:1, 0:1)
0:1 — Maxim Rybin (Konstantin Gorovikov) — 21:31
1:1 — Victor Drugov (Alexander Chernikov) — 28:49 PP
1:2 — Igor Misko — 54:43
Goaltenders: Aleksey Anisimov – Maxim Sokolov
Penalty 4 – 4
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In the first game of the Second Stage of Russian Youth Championship SKA-1946 lost 2:3 to Mytischenskiye Atlanty. SKA-1946 scored twice on powerplay. Yury Skvortsov and Albert Konozov earned two points each for a goal and an assist. Dmitry Aleynikov and Nikita Tochitsky both had an assist each.

SKA-1946 — Mytischenskiye Atlanty — 2:3 (0:0, 1:2, 1:1)
1:0 — Yury Skvortsov (Dmitry Aleynikov, Albert Konozov) — 25:14 PP
1:1 — Maxim Bogatin (Dmitry Kagarlitsky) — 34:16
1:2 — Maxim Bogatin (Dmitry Kagarlitsky) — 37:04
2:2 — Albert Konozov (Yury Skvortsov, Nikita Tochitsky) — 47:09 PP
2:3 — Dmitry Kagarlitsky — 55:02 ГМ
Goaltenders: Nikita Starikov – Ilya Andryukhov
Penalty: 14 – 16
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We wish a very Happy Birthday to SKA forward Alexander Korolyuk!

Dear Alexander, we wish you happiness, prosperity and firm health!

In Kazan SKA had a character 2:1 win over Ak Bars in the first game of away series. The score was opened by Anton But. SKA Captain Maxim Sushinsky made two assists and SKA defenseman Sergey Zubov made his 25 assist this season. Konstantin Gorovikov scored his second game-winner this season. Robert Esche made 26 saves on 27 shots.

Ak Bars Kazan – SKA – 1:2 (0:0, 0:1, 1:1)
0:1 — Anton But (Maxim Sushinsky, Sergey Zubov) — 39:18 PP
1:1 — Andrey Pervyshin (Danis Zaripov) — 42:37 PP
1:2 — Konstantin Gorovikov (Maxim Sushinsky) — 45:30
Goaltenders: Petri Vehanen – Robert Esche
Penalty: 8 – 14

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We wish a very Happy Birthday to SKA forward Sergey Brylin! Dear Sergey, we wish you and your family happiness, firm health and good luck in everything you do!

In the closing game of their home series SKA beat CSKA 3:2. The victory was the fourth one in a Red Army Derby for SKA this season. The score was opened by Petr Cajanek, Maxim Sushinsky scored on powerplay while the game-winner was scored by Sergey Brylin. Aleksey Yashin who was named the MVP of the game made two assists.

SKA – CSKA Moscow – 3:2 (2:0, 1:0, 0:2)

1:0 – Petr Cajanek (Aleksey Yashin) – 06:21

2:0 – Maxim Sushinsky (Aleksey Yashin, Ssergey Zubov) – 11:22 PP

3:0 – Sergey Brylin (Sergey Peretyagin, Alexander Korolyuk) – 22:44

3:1 – Nikita Filatov (Georgy Misharin) – 40:54

3:2 – Maxim Goncharov (Denis Parshin, Konstantin Korneyev) – 58:04 PP

Goaltenders: Robert Esche – Konstantin Barulin

Penalty: 12 – 8

MVPs: Aleksey Yashin (SKA) – Konstantin Korneyev (CSKA)

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Head Coaches of both teams on the game:

Sergey Nemchinov, Head Coach of CSKA:
- Speaking of the game as a whole there were two different teams on ice. In the first two periods we let our opponets control the game but in the third period we started to play, to skate and created many chances – unfortunately we ran out of time.

Barry Smith, Head Coach of SKA:
- It was a kind of game the public enjoys. We had a very strong first period and in the second period we were in control of the game. In the third period after the first goal against the game changed a lot: CSKA came back in the game in the third period. We had a chance to score the fourth goal on powerplay, but it did not happen. In the third period we won mostly thanks to Robert Esche. It was a great lesson for our team: we should keep our foot on accelerator for all the three periods or the other team can punish us for any weakness. Especially since CSKA is a very good team and the game was interesting to watch till the very end.

1. 16 – 17 January SKA-1946 – Mytischenskiye Atlanty
2. 21 – 22 January Chaika — SKA-1946
3. 25 – 26 January SKA-1946 – Almaz
4. 29 – 30 January MHC Spartak — SKA-1946
5. 2 – 3 February SKA-1946 — Krylya Sovetov
6. 9 – 10 February MHC Dinamo – SKA-1946
7. 14 – 15 February SKA-1946 — CSKA-Krasnaya Armiya
8. 19 – 20 February Sherif — SKA-1946
9. 25 – 26 February SKA-1946 — Russkiye Vityazi
10. 2 – 3 March SKA-1946 — Feniks
11. 7 – 8 March Loko — SKA-1946

SKA-1946 beat Voskresensk Feniks 8:1 in the closing game of the First Stage of the Youth Championship of Russia finishing second in the West Division. Anton Tikhomirov did a hat-trick while valentine Shamayev? Sergey Monakhov and Alexander Gavrilov earned 2 points each (1 goal + 1 assist) SKA-1946 Captain Yaroslav Gorbachenko earned 4 points scoring a goal and making 4 assists.

Feniks Moscow Oblast – SKA-1946 – 1:8 (1:2, 0:2, 0:4)
1:0 – Valery Popov (Ilya karlin, Vladimir Zavarzin) — 00:24
1:1 – Dmitry Chistyakov (Alexander Gavrilov, Daniil Bogdanov) — 01:29
1:2 – Alexander Gavrilov — 06:05
1:3 – Sergey Monakhov (Dmitry Aleynikov, Valentin Shamayev) — 23:20
1:4 – Anton Tikhomirov (Yaroslav Gorbachenko) — 29:26 PK
1:5 – Valentin Shamayev (Yaroslav Gorbachenko, Sergey Monakhov) — 43:52 PP
1:6 – Anton Tikhomirov (Yaroslav Gorbachenko) — 45:46
1:7 – Anton Tikhomirov (Sergey Monakhov) — 48:15
1:8 – Yaroslav Gorbachenko — 50:50
Goaltenders: Alexander Bitkin (46:53 — 60:00 Yevgeny Kochetov) – Nikita Starikov
Penalty: 8 – 10

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We wish a very Happy Birthday to the Team Manager of SKA Yury Georgiyevich Makarov!

Dear Yury Georgiyevich, we wish you luck, health and happiness!

SKA-1946 lost 4:3 to Feniks Voskresensk on shootouts. The first goal in the game was scored by Nikita Tochitsky and the second goal was scored by Anton Tikhomirov on assist from SKA-1946 Captain Yaroslav Gorbachenko. Sergey Monakhov earned 2 points by scoring a powerplay goal in the third period and making an assist. SKA-1946 defenseman Valentin Shamayev earned his 20th point this season by making an assist.

Feniks Voskresensk – SKA-1946 – 4:3 PS (0:1, 2:0, 1:2, 0:0, 1:0)
0:1 – Nikita Tochicky (Sergey Monakhov) – 18:04
1:1 – Ilya Karlin – 20:17
2:1 – Ilya Karlin (Vladimir Zavarzin) – 32:26
2:2 – Anton Tikhomirov (Yaroslav Gorbachenko) – 49:01 PK
2:3 – Sergey Monakhov (Valentin Shamayev) – 50:33 PP
3:3 – Alexander Karpov (Genady Svirepo) – 54:45
4:3 – Maxim Kvitchenko – 65:00 PS
Goaltenders: Alexander Bitkin – Yevgeny Ivannikov
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Penalty: 14 – 8

In the third game of their home series SKA had a character 3:1 win over Yaroslavl Lokomotiv. The first goal was scored by the visiting team but Sergey Zubov tied the score before the first interval. The second game-winning goal was scored by Aleksey Yashin on assist from Petr Cajanek. The final score was established by Maxim Rybin. Robert Esche made 23 saves on 24 shots.

SKA – Lokomotiv Yaroslavl – 3:1 (1:1, 2:0, 0:0)
0:1 – Zbynek Irgl (Josef Vasicek, Richard Zednik) – 08:45
1:1 – Sergey Zubov (Yury Trubachev, Sergey Brylin) – 18:47
2:1 – Aleksey Yashin (Petr Cajanek) – 25:44
3:1 – Maxim Rybin (Konstantin Gorovikov) – 32:46
Goaltenders: Robert Esche – Georgy Gelashvili
Penalty: 10 – 10
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MVPs of the game: Aleksey Yashin (SKA) – Konstantin Rudenko (Lokomotiv)

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Head Coaches of both teams on the game:
Kari Heikkila, Head Coach of Lokomotiv:
— We were well-prepared for the game and we played according to our game plan for the first 30 minutes. Then we started making mistakes: had a turnover on the blue line, had gaps in our defense and our offence lost its edge. In the first period we had many chances to score more than 1 goal but, unfortunately, we could not execute. It will take us a lot of work to recover and go on playing.

Barry Smith, Head Coach of SKA:
— Lokomotiv is a very good team. But we played very well tonight: the defense, the forwards and the goalie. The same goes for the first period. This was our best game this season.

A question to Barry Smith: “During the game there were constant rotations in the third and the fourth blocks – what was the reason for that?”
— Maxim Rybin missed last game but he played tonight so Trubachev was moved to the fourth block.

In the second away game SKA-1946 lost the second game to Russkiye Vityazi 1:2. the only goal for SKA-1946 was scored by Anton Tikhomirov.

Russkiye Vityazi Chekhov – SKA-1946 – 2:1 (1:1, 1:0, 0:0)

0:1 – 10:44 Anton Tikhomirov (Sergey Monakhov, Yaroslav Gorbachenko)

1:1 – 14:14 Maxim Kartoshkin (Alexander Vasilyev, Ivan Larin)

2:1 – 39:00 Alexander Pavlinov (Maxim Kartoshkin)

Goaltenders: Aleksey Berestnev – Yevgeny Ivannikov

In the first game of the New Year SKA-1946 lost to Russkiye Vityazi. The second game shall be played tomorrow at 13:00

Russkiye Vityazi – SKA-1946 – 4:0 (1:0, 2:0, 1:0)

1:0 – Stanislav Levin (Maxim Chelyshev) – 18:03 PP

2:0 – Petr Kopytsov (Stanislav Levin, Nikita Bogomolov) – 29:12

3:0 – Stanislav Levin (Petr Kopytsov, Nikita Bogomolov) – 31:51

4:0 – Yaroslav Tulyakov (Petr Kopytsov, Stanislav Levin) – 54:39

Goaltenders: Aleksey Berestnev – Nikita Starikov

In the second game of home series SKA had a confident 3:0 win over the leader of Tarasov Division HC MVD. Robert Esche with his fifth shutout this season was named the MVP for SKA.

SKA – HC MVD Moscow Oblast – 3:0 (1:0, 2:0, 0:0)
1:0 – Petr Cajanek (Maxim Sushinsky) – 13:12
2:0 – Aleksey Yashin (Maxim Sushinsky, Petr Cajanek) – 20:31
3:0 – Yury Trubachev (Anton But) – 27:41
Goaltenders: Robert Esche – Michael Garnett
Penalty: 6 – 4

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The Head Coaches of both teams on the game:
Oleg Znarok, the Head Coach of HC MVD:
- My congratulations to SKA on well-deserved victory. Tonight we played a strong opponent. However we could have done better and a breakaway goal in the first period could have raised our spirit. We have done fairly well in the third period but what can I say – my congratulations to SKA.

Barry Smith, the Head Coach of SKA:
- After having lost to Spartak tonight’s game wasn’t easy for us. Our team was playing with a lot of energy and all our leaders did their best. I am also very pleased with our young line: Kucheryavenko, Misko and Korolev.
Robert Esche had a great shutout game. We are prepared to play Locomotive. When we see full house like tonight and at the last game we feel great support from our fans and we specially thank them for that.

In the opening game of the home series in Ledovy Ice Palace SKA lost 2:3 in overtime to Spartak.

SKA – Spartak Moscow – 2:3 OT (1:0, 1:2, 0:0, 0:1)
1:0 – Maxim Rybin (Konstantin Gorovikov) – 0:42
1:1 – Stefan Ruzicka (Jaroslav Obsut) – 29:22
2:1 – Petr Cajanek (Aleksey Yashin, Sergey Zubov) – 32:34 PP
2:2 – Branko Radivojevic (Ivan Baranka, Jaroslav Obsut) – 38:47 PP
2:3 – Eduard Levandovsky (Yaroslav Obsut) – 62:48
Goaltenders: Maxim Sokolov – Dmitry Kochnev
Penalty: 62 – 12

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