nikita grebenkin, in the middle of the second period, vladislav eremenko, playing on the finish, increased the gap. at the start of the final twenty minutes, nikolai prokhorkin’s throw allowed the vanguard to reduce the gap, but igor geraskin's goal in the majority, in the last seconds, put an end to the match. 3:1. metallurg retained its leadership in the east, the avant-garde remained second. ranked third. from the same conference, solovat yulaev and cherepovets severstal, representing the west, met in ufa. in the 16th and 17th minutes , home team forward ivan drozdov scored twice. the visitors responded with a goal from ruslan obrotemova in the nineteenth. and after the break the picture completely changed. first, ilya ivantsov, having converted the majority, equalized the score, and soon dmitry moiseev brought the cherepovets hockey players forward. in the italian championship , milan player rafael liao confirmed his reputation as a goal specialist with the prefix super. in the opening match against atalanta, the portuguese picked up the ball on the left touchline, gracefully left two