The “Bisons” fell into a deep winter hibernation: HC “Brest” suffered its seventh defeat in a row in the Belarusian championship

2024-01-09 10:40:00

Both meetings followed the same scenario. The hosts quickly scored, the Brest team hastily came back and immediately conceded again. And then the miners simply finished off the “wounded” “bisons”.

Thus, Brest could not interrupt the black series of defeats that began in 2023 in the new year. But let’s take into account that the Brest hockey players played with the best team in the championship at the moment, which has already won 10 matches in a row. At the same time, the guys from the banks of the Bug created a lot of chances at the goal of a formidable opponent, but, as always, execution suffers: a goal in a game against Shakhtar is not serious. Finally, blunders in defense still exist and the hosts skillfully took advantage of them.

Well, don’t forget that the “Bisons” recently signed the scandalous 29-year-old Magnitogorsk hockey legend Yaroslav Kosov, 3-time winner of the Gagarin Cup – the most prestigious club trophy in Russia and neighboring countries – twice as part of Metallurg and once as part of Kazan ” Ak Bars, which is gradually gaining shape and has already scored a goal against the Pitmen.

And yet, the “bison” are still in hibernation and are rapidly losing the small layer of fat they gained in the fall. After 39 rounds, the team has already dropped to 9th place with 33 points, and the opponents are getting closer and closer to the “rookery”. To get into the playoffs, you need to be in the top ten, but if the suspended animation continues, the Brest squad may be deleted from the coveted list.

It will be possible to correct the situation in the next matches – on January 12 at 19.00 and on January 14 at 14.00 in their arena the “Zubrov” will meet with “Khimik” from Novopolotsk, which is in seventh place. The only alarming fact is that the Novopolotsk team won all 4 of the last head-to-head meetings. But do all bad things ever come to an end? We are cheering for ours!

Sergey REKUTS

Photo by HC “Brest”