Baikal Energy ended an eight year winless streak against Kirov Rodina with a confident 7 4 home win. Though the visitors scored first and cut the lead to one late, Irkutsk held on and rose to 10th place.
In a home match, the blue-and-whites confidently defeated Rodina 7-4.It should be noted that the Irkutsk hockey players had not beaten the Kirov side for 8 years. However, the start of the game did not bode well. Already in the 7th minute, the visitors opened the scoring. But the Irkutsk team managed to quickly turn the tide of the match. Yakovlev, Murzin, Koshelev, and Veselov scored. 4-2 after the first half. At the start of the second, Tashkinov extended the lead. However, the turning point still came. In the 70th minute, the visitors cut the deficit to a minimum, 5-4. And they were close to leveling the score. But after 15 minutes of tense battle, Dubovik and Yakovlev put exclamation marks next to Baikal-Energiya’s winning score — 7-4. The Irkutsk team moved up one place in the standings. Our team is in 10th place. And with a favorable outcome, there is a chance to make it into the top 6 strongest teams. To do this, only victories in the two remaining home matches are needed. The next one will take place tomorrow at Rekord Stadium at 7:00 p.m. The opponent, Dynamo-Kazan, is currently in the top three. The previous away meeting ended in a 0-2 defeat for Baikal-Energiya. Let us remind you that tomorrow’s match will be the penultimate one for the Irkutsk team this season.