In the final match of the Russian bandy championship, Baikal-Energiya beat Nizhny Novgorod's Start 4.2 at Rekord Stadium. Irkutsk led 3.0 at halftime and held off a second half comeback.
At the Record Stadium, the Russian bandy championship match between Baikal-Energia and Nizhny Novgorod’s Start came to an end.In the final match of the Russian Championship, Irkutsk fans saw two different halves. In the first, Baikal-Energia attacked almost constantly, and only poor finishing prevented the score from being more lopsided. In the second half of the match, however, the visitors no longer allowed the Irkutsk side to feel like complete masters of the situation.
The final game of the Russian bandy championship went to the blue-and-whites. Already in the fourth minute of the first half, Evgeny Yerakhtin’s side scored a goal. From a pass by Andrey Veselov, Maksim Koshelev scored against Start. The teams went into the break with the score at 3:0 in favor of the Irkutsk side. In the second half, the Siberians scored one more goal, while the visitors responded with two goals. The final score was 4:2, a confident victory for Baikal-Energia.