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1 | team hasn’t moved | Forest Green | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 12 | WWon 2 – 1 against Sutton United on August 7th 2021.WWon 3 – 1 against Walsall on August 14th 2021.WWon 2 – 1 against Rochdale on August 17th 2021.WWon 6 – 3 against Crawley Town on August 21st 2021.LLost 0 – 2 against Port Vale on August 28th 2021. |
2 | team hasn’t moved | Harrogate | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 | WWon 3 – 2 against Rochdale on August 7th 2021.WWon 2 – 1 against Barrow on August 21st 2021.WWon 2 – 0 against Leyton Orient on August 24th 2021.DDrew 1 – 1 against Exeter City on August 28th 2021. |
3 | team hasn’t moved | Bradford | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 10 | DDrew 0 – 0 against Exeter City on August 7th 2021.WWon 2 – 1 against Oldham Athletic on August 14th 2021.WWon 4 – 1 against Stevenage on August 17th 2021.WWon 3 – 2 against Mansfield Town on August 21st 2021.LLost 0 – 2 against Leyton Orient on August 28th 2021. |
4 | team hasn’t moved | Swindon | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | WWon 3 – 1 against Scunthorpe United on August 7th 2021.LLost 1 – 2 against Carlisle United on August 14th 2021.DDrew 0 – 0 against Tranmere Rovers on August 17th 2021.WWon 1 – 0 against Salford City on August 21st 2021.WWon 1 – 0 against Mansfield Town on August 28th 2021. |
5 | team hasn’t moved | Hartlepool | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 9 | WWon 1 – 0 against Crawley Town on August 7th 2021.LLost 2 – 3 against Barrow on August 14th 2021.WWon 2 – 0 against Walsall on August 21st 2021.WWon 2 – 1 against Carlisle United on August 28th 2021. |
6 | team hasn’t moved | Leyton Orient | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | DDrew 1 – 1 against Salford City on August 7th 2021.WWon 3 – 0 against Exeter City on August 14th 2021.DDrew 1 – 1 against Carlisle United on August 21st 2021.LLost 0 – 2 against Harrogate Town on August 24th 2021.WWon 2 – 0 against Bradford City on August 28th 2021. |
7 | team hasn’t moved | Mansfield | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | WWon 2 – 1 against Bristol Rovers on August 7th 2021.WWon 2 – 1 against Newport County on August 14th 2021.DDrew 1 – 1 against Colchester United on August 17th 2021.LLost 2 – 3 against Bradford City on August 21st 2021.LLost 0 – 1 against Swindon Town on August 28th 2021. |
8 | team hasn’t moved | Northampton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | WWon 1 – 0 against Port Vale on August 7th 2021.WWon 1 – 0 against Colchester United on August 14th 2021.LLost 1 – 3 against Rochdale on August 21st 2021.DDrew 0 – 0 against Crawley Town on August 28th 2021. |
9 | team hasn’t moved | Stevenage | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 7 | WWon 1 – 0 against Barrow on August 7th 2021.WWon 2 – 0 against Bristol Rovers on August 14th 2021.LLost 1 – 4 against Bradford City on August 17th 2021.DDrew 1 – 1 against Port Vale on August 21st 2021.LLost 0 – 1 against Walsall on August 28th 2021. |
10 | team hasn’t moved | Port Vale | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | LLost 0 – 1 against Northampton Town on August 7th 2021.DDrew 0 – 0 against Tranmere Rovers on August 14th 2021.DDrew 0 – 0 against Carlisle United on August 17th 2021.DDrew 1 – 1 against Stevenage on August 21st 2021.WWon 2 – 0 against Forest Green Rovers on August 28th 2021. |
11 | team hasn’t moved | Exeter | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | DDrew 0 – 0 against Bradford City on August 7th 2021.LLost 0 – 3 against Leyton Orient on August 14th 2021.DDrew 0 – 0 against Barrow on August 17th 2021.WWon 4 – 1 against Bristol Rovers on August 21st 2021.DDrew 1 – 1 against Harrogate Town on August 28th 2021. |
12 | team hasn’t moved | Carlisle | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | DDrew 0 – 0 against Colchester United on August 7th 2021.WWon 2 – 1 against Swindon Town on August 14th 2021.DDrew 0 – 0 against Port Vale on August 17th 2021.DDrew 1 – 1 against Leyton Orient on August 21st 2021.LLost 1 – 2 against Hartlepool United on August 28th 2021. |
13 | team hasn’t moved | Colchester | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | DDrew 0 – 0 against Carlisle United on August 7th 2021.LLost 0 – 1 against Northampton Town on August 14th 2021.DDrew 1 – 1 against Mansfield Town on August 17th 2021.WWon 2 – 1 against Oldham Athletic on August 21st 2021.DDrew 1 – 1 against Rochdale on August 27th 2021. |
14 | team hasn’t moved | Scunthorpe | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 6 | LLost 1 – 3 against Swindon Town on August 7th 2021.DDrew 0 – 0 against Rochdale on August 14th 2021.DDrew 1 – 1 against Walsall on August 17th 2021.DDrew 1 – 1 against Sutton United on August 21st 2021.WWon 1 – 0 against Tranmere Rovers on August 28th 2021. |
15 | team hasn’t moved | Newport | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 | WWon 1 – 0 against Oldham Athletic on August 7th 2021.LLost 1 – 2 against Mansfield Town on August 14th 2021.WWon 1 – 0 against Tranmere Rovers on August 21st 2021.LLost 0 – 3 against Salford City on August 28th 2021. |
16 | team hasn’t moved | Salford | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | DDrew 1 – 1 against Leyton Orient on August 7th 2021.DDrew 0 – 0 against Sutton United on August 14th 2021.LLost 1 – 2 against Crawley Town on August 17th 2021.LLost 0 – 1 against Swindon Town on August 21st 2021.WWon 3 – 0 against Newport County on August 28th 2021. |
17 | team hasn’t moved | Rochdale | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | LLost 2 – 3 against Harrogate Town on August 7th 2021.DDrew 0 – 0 against Scunthorpe United on August 14th 2021.LLost 1 – 2 against Forest Green Rovers on August 17th 2021.WWon 3 – 1 against Northampton Town on August 21st 2021.DDrew 1 – 1 against Colchester United on August 27th 2021. |
18 | team hasn’t moved | Barrow | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 5 | LLost 0 – 1 against Stevenage on August 7th 2021.WWon 3 – 2 against Hartlepool United on August 14th 2021.DDrew 0 – 0 against Exeter City on August 17th 2021.LLost 1 – 2 against Harrogate Town on August 21st 2021.DDrew 1 – 1 against Bristol Rovers on August 28th 2021. |
19 | team hasn’t moved | Tranmere | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 | WWon 1 – 0 against Walsall on August 7th 2021.DDrew 0 – 0 against Port Vale on August 14th 2021.DDrew 0 – 0 against Swindon Town on August 17th 2021.LLost 0 – 1 against Newport County on August 21st 2021.LLost 0 – 1 against Scunthorpe United on August 28th 2021. |
20 | team hasn’t moved | Crawley | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 4 | LLost 0 – 1 against Hartlepool United on August 7th 2021.WWon 2 – 1 against Salford City on August 17th 2021.LLost 3 – 6 against Forest Green Rovers on August 21st 2021.DDrew 0 – 0 against Northampton Town on August 28th 2021. |
21 | team hasn’t moved | Walsall | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 4 | LLost 0 – 1 against Tranmere Rovers on August 7th 2021.LLost 1 – 3 against Forest Green Rovers on August 14th 2021.DDrew 1 – 1 against Scunthorpe United on August 17th 2021.LLost 0 – 2 against Hartlepool United on August 21st 2021.WWon 1 – 0 against Stevenage on August 28th 2021. |
22 | team hasn’t moved | Bristol Rovers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 4 | LLost 1 – 2 against Mansfield Town on August 7th 2021.LLost 0 – 2 against Stevenage on August 14th 2021.WWon 1 – 0 against Oldham Athletic on August 17th 2021.LLost 1 – 4 against Exeter City on August 21st 2021.DDrew 1 – 1 against Barrow on August 28th 2021. |
23 | team hasn’t moved | Oldham | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 3 | LLost 0 – 1 against Newport County on August 7th 2021.LLost 1 – 2 against Bradford City on August 14th 2021.LLost 0 – 1 against Bristol Rovers on August 17th 2021.LLost 1 – 2 against Colchester United on August 21st 2021.WWon 2 – 1 against Sutton United on August 28th 2021. |
24 | team hasn’t moved | Sutton United | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 | LLost 1 – 2 against Forest Green Rovers on August 7th 2021.DDrew 0 – 0 against Salford City on August 14th 2021.DDrew 1 – 1 against Scunthorpe United on August 21st 2021.LLost 1 – 2 against Oldham Athletic on August 28th 2021. |
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21 August
- 23:30
- Schalke defeated by Jan, Werder also does not win
15 August
- 18:20
- Paderborn defeated Werder Bremen
13 August
- 21:45
- Hamburg Derby for St. Pauli, Schalke loses points again
01 Aug
- 22:06
- Therodde brings Schalke first away win since November
31 July
- 23:34
- Werder Bremen with the first victory in the Second Bundesliga since the 80s
27 July
- 12:14
- Bavarian leaders returned to the team after Euro 2020
24 July
- 23:39
- Werder Bremen start in the Second Bundesliga with a draw
23 July
- 23:29
- Hamburg snatched victory from Schalke in the last five minutes
11 July
- 10:56
- Dayo Upamecano: The first days in Bavaria were just superb
07 July
- 11:58
- Oliver Kahn set up Bayern Munich to win the Champions League
26 June
- 18:56
- Bayern sent their striker to the second Bundesliga
27 May
- 13:00
- Zarya’s goalkeeper will play in the Second Bundesliga
May 23
- 18:53
- Bochum and Greuther Furth qualify for the Bundesliga, Holstein will face Cologne
May 18
- 15:45
- Debt on the rise: Schalke issues new bonds
16 May
- 20:03
- Hamburg is again left without the Bundesliga, Bochum and Holstein give Groter a chance
13 May
- 20:33
- Holstein took a direct ticket to the Bundesliga from Hamburg
May 10
- 23:33
- Holstein steps away from the Bundesliga, Hamburg wakes up
09 May
- 18:07
- Bochum is very close to the Bundesliga
04 May
- 21:31
- Holstein pushes Hamburg out of the playoff zone
April 29
- 21:36
- Hamburg one step further from the Bundesliga
22 April
- 23:28
- Hamburg makes another mistake
- 17:24
- Bundesliga will be quarantined at the end of the season
09 April
- 22:02
- Darmstadt became a stumbling block for Hamburg
06 April
- 21:42
- Holstein survived the crown poorly and farther from the Bundesliga
04 April
- 20:41
- Hamburg missed a three-goal lead
22 Mar
- 23:36
- Bochum crushes Fortune and takes the lead in the Second Bundesliga
21 March
- 16:47
- Furth escapes in the derby with Nuremberg, but remains third
20 March
- 17:05
- Hamburg temporarily regains leadership
12 March
- 21:38
- Hamburg interrupted a losing streak with a victory over the leader
08 March
- 23:31
- Hamburg and Holstein share points to delight Bochum
06 March
- 16:12
- Bochum wins Fürth and breaks away
01 March
- 23:28
- St. Pauli shocks Hamburg in the 105th city derby
February 27
- 18:46
- Bayern Munich did not regret Cologne: Leva and Gnabry with doubles
- 16:02
- Two leaders in the Second Bundesliga
26 February
- 15:56
- Bavaria has good news on Müller and Gnabry
22 Feb
- 23:25
- Greuther defeats Holstein and establishes quadruple power in the Second Bundesliga
21 February
- 16:50
- Hamburg has a black streak again: a chance for Holstein and Greuther
19 February
- 21:56
- Bochum missed jump to first place
14 Feb
- 17:48
- Bochum establishes triple power in the Second Bundesliga
13 February
- 21:13
- Hamburg did not realize the majority with Greuther, but still the first
12 February
- 22:08
- Holstein becomes the leader of the Second Bundesliga
06 February
- 16:04
- In the Second Bundesliga all 2: 1, Bochum approaches Hamburg
05 February
- 21:48
- Hamburg missed a two-goal lead in Aue
30 Jan
- 20:12
- Hamburg and Holstein again on the winning wave
January 29
- 21:36
- Greuther props up the leaders, Fortune loses to the last Wurzburger
January 26
- 23:33
- Fortuna and Hamburg share points, Greuther returns to the top three
January 24
- 22:13
- Bochum lags behind Hamburg, Holstein interrupts failures
23 Jan
- 18:12
- Hamburg broke Braunschweig and won the first round of the Second Bundesliga
22 Jan
- 21:45
- Fortune effectively defended a place in the promotion playoffs
January 16
- 20:41
- Tesche takes Bochum to first place in the Second Bundesliga
09 January
- 16:25
- Leon Goretzka: So giving up the game is very unpleasant
- 16:16
- The leaders of the Second Bundesliga could not win
08 January
- 21:38
- Fürth loses to Karlsruhe and misses first place
03 January
- 20:14
- Holstein cedes leadership to Hamburg
28 December
- 16:56
- Bavaria returns to training
21 Dec
- 23:26
- Therodde and Ulreich retain Hamburg second place
20 December
- 17:29
- Holstein became the Christmas Champion of the Second Bundesliga
December 16
- 21:49
- Bartels returned the leadership to Holstein
December 15
- 21:31
- Greuther crashed, Hamburg is still the leader
12 December
- 21:18
- Hamburg interrupted the losing streak, but Holstein retained the lead
11 December
- 21:50
- Fürth and Bochum take the lead after defeats
05 December
- 23:34
- Hamburg loses again, and Greuther also loses
04 December
- 21:59
- Holstein seizes the lead after defeating Bochum, Fortune is exonerated for the defeat
November 30
- 23:31
- Bochum defeated ten from Fortune and pushed Hamburg
November 29
22 November
- 20:02
- Hamburg suffers first defeat of the season
01 November
- 19:52
- Bochum led the pursuers of Hamburg, Hanover helped Groiter
24 October
- 20:33
- Hamburg breaks the record and breaks away
- 11:00
- Hansi Flick explains why Bayern will have a hard time in the match against Frankfurt
23 October
- 17:24
- Epicenter leads, Metal loses first points
October 21
- 22:07
- Hamburg starts the second Bundesliga season on record
17 October
- 23:07
- Hamburg in the minority with the debut of the ex-goalkeeper of Bavaria continued the starting winning streak
08 October
- 18:56
- Douglas Costa arrived in Munich to start work with Bavaria
28 September
- 23:30
- Hamburg still won, conceding three goals in four minutes
26 September
- 22:25
- Historic goal brings Arminia first Bundesliga victory in 11 years
21 September
- 23:30
- Bochum lost, and St. Pauli found in the crazy ending
September 20
- 16:33
- Second Bundesliga Round 1: Rookies start with losses
19 September
- 18:15
- Second Bundesliga Round 1: Keita-Ruel scores a hat-trick
18 September
- 21:32
- Terrode makes his debut in Hamburg with victorious double
15 September
- 19:57
- Pizarro: Being in a “Bavarian” family is something special
- 16:57
- Lothar Matthäus convinces Alaba to stay in Munich
12 September
- 23:47
- In the German Cup Saturday without sensations
07 September
- 17:59
- Beckenbauer: Hansi Flick breathes life into Bavaria again
03 September
04 Aug
- 19:53
- In Germany, spectators can appear at stadiums from the beginning of the season
11 July
- 23:32
- Drama and joy: Nuremberg stayed in the Second Bundesliga thanks to an away goal in the 96th minute
June 29
- 23:20
- Nuremberg fired coach before transitional matches
- 12:10
- Mario Gomez retired
June 28
- 22:33
- Hamburg went wild and Heidenheim will play Werder Bremen for a place in the Bundesliga
June 21
- 18:50
- Heidenheim rushes to the Bundesliga and helps Stuttgart get there
June 18
- 23:24
- Arminia won the Second Bundesliga, Dynamo almost eliminated
June 17
- 21:50
- Stuttgart returns to second place with defeat
June 16
- 22:10
- Hamburg with its draw brings Arminia to the Bundesliga
June 14
- 20:28
- Stuttgart loses in Karlsruhe Derby and leaves Hamburg in second place
13 June
- 16:00
- Heidenheim smashes Jan, guests win three times
June 12
- 21:26
- Hamburg defeated Dynamo Dresden and approached Arminia
09 June
- 21:45
- Dynamo Dresden scored a point with Greuther Furth
08 June
- 23:25
- Holstein escaped with Hamburg in the last seconds
07 June
- 17:13
- The leaders of the second Bundesliga stumbled unanimously
06 June
- 19:04
- Arminia loses with Nuremberg, Dynamo finds with Veen
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The Ice Hockey World Championship in the First Division is the second tier world ice hockey tournament held annually by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The championship in the first division takes place separately in Group A and Group B.
In 2020 and 2021, the World Championships in the First Division were canceled by due to the coronavirus pandemic. The venue and the composition of the participants remained the same.
In group A, the teams that took 1st and 2nd places are promoted to the top division of the World Cup, and the team that took the last place is moved down to group B.The tournament is to be held in Slovenia from May 2 to May 8, 2022, on the ice of the Arena Tivoli in Ljubljana.
In Group B, the first-placed team is promoted to Group A, and the last-placed team is relegated to the Second Division. The tournament is to be held in Poland from April 25 to May 1, 2022, on the ice of the Spodek Arena in Katowice.
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In 2019, the national teams of Austria and France moved from the Top Division to the First, the national teams of Kazakhstan and Belarus moved up from Group A to the Top Division, and the national team of Lithuania dropped to Group B.In turn, the Romanian national team moved up from Group B to Group A, the Netherlands national team moved to the Second Division, and moved up to the First Serbian national team.
* Schedule will be published later.
• Until the schedule is published, we can recall that on the first logo of the Pittsburgh Penguins club of the National Hockey League, the hockey player Penguin was wearing a scarf, which was removed after a year of the team’s existence.
• The 26th World Ice Hockey Championship, held in Czechoslovakia in 1959, was timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of ice hockey in the country and the tournament matches were held in eight cities at once.The Czechs then remained only third, gold went to the Canadians, and silver to the USSR national team.
• The international tournament known as the Junior World Cup was named in 2007 after the renowned Czech hockey player Ivan Glinka, who was one of the first Czechoslovak players to compete in the NHL, and in 2002 was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame.
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90,000 PFL tournament table: formation rules, factors
PFL tournament table best of all demonstrates the state of affairs in Russian football today.The second division consists of 5 zones.
The tournament table is the most objective criterion for the distribution of teams’ forces.
Rules for the formation of the standings
Games are played between teams in a standard 2 rounds. The first-place clubs go to the FNL. As well as the 2 teams that took the last places. They are eliminated from the competition, and the championship is held without their participation during the next season. Only the voluntary withdrawal of one of the teams from the number of participants, the exclusion of players due to violations of the accepted rules, or a positive doping test can violate this order.
The places of the eliminated clubs are taken by those teams who took the first 2 places in the tournament where amateur teams participate. Additionally, the list of participants may include clubs selected by direct voting of the PFL Council and the Executive Committee (Bureau of the Executive Committee) of the RFU.
The reason for voting is the request of the regional football federation in which the Club is located. When the matches are held at the stadium, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are present, who keep order and do not allow outrages on the part of the fans.
Factors determining places in the table
Every team dreams of reaching the Major League. But the distribution of places in the table is in accordance with the rules. The following indicators are evaluated:
- The number of victories in all matches. Those teams who have the most of them are in the lead.
- Results of matches played between the teams themselves. The total number of points, the number of victories are calculated, the difference between the goals scored and the goals conceded is determined.The number of goals scored both in home and in a foreign field is calculated.
But the distribution of places in the table affects the number of victories in all matches.
Those clubs that have shown the best results in terms of:
- the difference between goals scored and conceded in all the matches held;
- the number of goals scored during all games;
- the number of away goals scored during all matches;
- to be drawn by lot, except when a champion is determined.
PFL standings
The standings show the 16 teams participating in the competition. Many fans believe that this arrangement has completely destroyed the Second League. In their opinion, 6 teams remained in the East zone, 9 – from the Ural-Volga region, 13 – from the Center and West, and 16 – in the South. Such an alignment is not able to improve the quality of football, because young talents have nowhere to go because they have nowhere to improve their skills.
Today, watching matches is not as interesting as it was a few years ago.We can only hope that the leagues will please us with a professional game.
West
In the West zone there is a rivalry between 14 teams, the intensity of passions is great. Only a part of the matches have been played, so it’s too early to talk about a clear leader. It is planned that the tournament will resume after the quarantine at the end of June. To date, 8 matches have taken place, among which only 1 match ended in a draw, in all the rest the winners were revealed. Not one pair of teams was able to open an account in the time allotted for the match.
The leaderboard has a huge impact on football betting.
Center
There are 14 teams competing in this area. 8 matches have been played since the beginning of the tournament. 1 game ended in a draw. In the rest, a winner has been identified. It is not yet possible to judge who will take the first lines. A long break in the championship will most likely have an impact on the state of the teams. How much they managed to maintain their fighting spirit will become clear only after the championship resumes.
There are 14 teams participating in the Center zone.
South
This zone includes 16 teams. Their passing of the games was smooth. There is no clear leader. There was no devastating score in any of the matches.
South Zone includes 16 teams.
What are the results
It is difficult to say how the places in the standings will be distributed this season. This time, the league has matched teams equal in skill level and overall chemistry. It will be quite difficult for RFPL participants to score points and will have to make every effort. Most likely the schedule of matches will be tight, becausebecause you will have to make up for the lost time due to quarantine.
This cannot but affect the morale of the teams. Only the best of the best who can show beautiful football will be able to qualify for the Super League. So far, everyone has a chance to get to Olympus. Only clubs whose advantage and skill will be proven on the field will get into the Premier Division. The final round is expected to be the most intense. Test matches could not identify a clear leader.
Schedule of games
The schedule of games is likely to undergo changes.While there is no exact schedule of matches, it is not known exactly when the championship will resume. There is evidence that this significant event will take place on the 20th of June. The game calendar is coming soon. It is expected that the matches can be watched online. The day when the winner will be revealed will come soon. Weak football teams will return to the third division.
HC Avangard | News | The end of army hegemony and the failure of Spartak? What to expect from the West in the new season of the KHL
It seems that this conference will finally have real intrigue.
Two days later, with a match for the Opening Cup between CSKA and Avangard, the next season of the KHL will start. We are discussing what to expect from the new tournament in our traditional preview. We start with the Western Conference.
There should be no obvious outsiders in the West
In recent years, we have become accustomed to the fact that in this conference there are teams that already in the middle of autumn firmly lie at the bottom of the standings and are already out of the season by inertia. Several previous years, such a role was played by the Riga “Dynamo”, a little earlier the company of the Latvians was made up of teammates from Minsk, and a year ago, “Sochi” quickly dropped out of the competition.
The hope is now that no one will come off the playoffs too soon. Rizhan was headed by a systematic and intelligent specialist Sergey Zubov, who already had experience of successful work with starless and low-budget clubs. Plus, the Latvians have an interesting selection, during which Dynamo was joined by interesting legionnaires.
Minskers lost their main stars from last season, but retained the Woodcroft coach and tried to find new foreigners who will drag. Rybar, Bengtsson, Tedenby, Kempe are a very good reinforcement, so there are no prerequisites for the failure of the “bison” yet.
The position of HC Sochi is most doubtful now. Southerner leaders say the right thing about the club’s strategy and goals, but preseason results are at odds with their words. However, summer hockey is a poor basis for analysis, moreover, the “leopards” missed many players of the base for various reasons. And since the club has experienced hockey players in every line (which only goalkeeper Hellberg is worth), so you definitely shouldn’t bury Sochi in advance. Southerners will scratch.
The return of Torpedo will sharpen the fight for the playoffs
At the same time, I have a feeling that the Nizhny Novgorodians themselves should enter the Cup eight with confidence.This is a bright and interesting team with a working attacking style and a good foundation: changes on Torpedo’s coaching bridge have not happened for a very long time. I think that it will be even easier for David Nemirovsky to bring Nizhny Novgorod to the playoffs than in the East, and not only to withdraw, but also to compete for 5-6th places.
The arrival of Torpedo is a headache for other teams. It will be a little easier to fight for the continuation of the season for Dynamo Minsk and Severstal, where the former head coaches and the old concept of the game remain.We know what to expect from these clubs, what kind of hockey they will play (by the way, both Razin and Woodcroft, as well as Nemirovsky are adherents of the attacking style) and how they can achieve the desired result.
I expect much bigger problems for Vityaz and Spartak. Both clubs were handed over to newbie coaches, and no matter how great the purely hockey experience of Yuri Babenko and Boris Mironov is, they will definitely have a hard time at the beginning of the regular season, and it is quite possible to lose the season in the September-October marathon. Both teams were not very successful in the summer games, let’s see how they start the regular season, but I don’t expect Vityaz or Spartak in the playoffs, and the red-and-white, in my opinion, could fail altogether …
The most exciting fight awaits us in the top 5
For once, we can safely call the main intrigue of the West the struggle for places at the top of the table. For example, SKA, for example, had a permanent place in the top 2 last season only due to the weakness of Bobrov’s division and Jokerit’s non-hockey tricks, but from the new championship we will have a through distribution of places, and the first position in its division has ceased to be a pass in the top 2 conferences. SKA now does not look like a team that can win constantly, there is a system and a working team, but there are no bright leaders and a coach with a winning mentality (with all due respect to Valery Bragin) to talk about the dominance of Petersburgers even in the regular season.
CSKA had a revolution in the summer. Igor Nikitin was removed from the club, later Dmitry Yushkevich, who was in charge of defense, as well as a physical training specialist Dmitry Pirozhkov, left the coaching staff. But the army machine rested precisely on philosophy and strict discipline from Nikitin, crazy physics and impenetrable defense. It turns out that CSKA has lost all the basics (and on its own initiative), and in the new season it will be a completely different team. Which? Only the season will give the answer.The level of the squad, of course, will allow the army team to remain among the leaders, but Sergei Fedorov has no experience of independent work on the bench at all, and this will certainly affect the result of the red and blue already in the regular season.
Perhaps the restructuring in both SKA and CSKA would not have greatly affected the positions of the clubs, but now there are teams in the West of the KHL that can throw off the army team from the top. First of all, this is Lokomotiv. An ambitious, demanding, experienced coach, already ripe for a breakthrough, the most powerful squad by the standards of the modern KHL, a chic replenishment of young cadres from the system – Yaroslavl residents are rightfully called the main favorites of the season.And, to be honest, it’s time for Lokomotiv to win. However, I don’t dare to bet on the fact that the Gagarin Cup will be won by railroad workers, but on the eve of the regular season, they seem to me the most stable, balanced and problem-free team in the conference.
And there is also Dynamo Moscow. There, in my opinion, selection was under-worked and many risky bets were made. For example, the goalkeeper tandem Eremenko – Bocharov, who missed the second season in three years Voinov, “crystal” O’Dell, a veteran of Klinkhammer.Controversial transfer work, and all this against the background of the loss of Yashkina, the rejection of Kagarlitsky and the next intra-club perturbations. There are problems, but the bottom line is that if Dynamo goes right, then this team will definitely claim victory in the western regular season. The factor of Alexei Kudashov is also important: a thoughtful, competent specialist who puts on even boring hockey, but one that can bring results. However, if many things go wrong with Dynamo, the fans of the blue and white will remember the times of Vladimir Krikunov many times with a kind word.
And also in the West there is “Jokerit” – the main mystery of the conference. The Finns carried out another pinpoint selection, rejuvenated the team, and on paper now they look like a very strong European team that should not be afraid of Russian favorites. The main thing is that the “jesters”, like last year, do not exchange hockey for politics and be self-willed about decisions related to the coronavirus. If the Finnish club thinks only about the game, then it has every chance of producing a powerful regular season.
Lukin’s forecast for the regular season in the Western Conference
Lokomotiv
Jokerit
SKA
Dynamo Moscow
CSKA
Torpedo
Severstal
Dynamo Minsk
Vityaz
Dynamo Riga
HC Sochi
Spartak
Lev Lukin
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