2021–22 Belarusian Extraliga season

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2021–22 Extraliga
LeagueExtraliga
SportIce hockey
Duration31 August 2021 – 25 April 2022
Number of teams12
Regular season
Best recordYunost Minsk
  Runners-upMetallurg Zhlobin
Playoffs
Finals
ChampionsMetallurg Zhlobin (2nd title)
  Runners-upYunost Minsk

The 2021–22 Belarusian Extraliga season was the 30th season of the Belarusian Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Belarus. Twelve teams participated in the league.

Regular season

First round

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Yunost Minsk 44 26 5 7 6 119 75 +44 69 Advance to Second Round Group A
2 Metallurg Zhlobin 44 19 10 6 9 140 101 +39 64
3 HK Gomel 44 23 5 6 10 134 96 +38 62
4 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 44 21 8 3 12 123 87 +36 61
5 HK Vitebsk 44 17 8 8 11 107 100 +7 58
6 Neman Grodno 44 18 4 5 17 119 94 +25 49
7 Dinamo-Molodechno 44 19 3 4 18 104 116 −12 48 Advance to Second Round Group B
8 Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk 44 12 8 6 18 82 89 −7 46
9 HK Lokomotiv Orsha 44 14 5 7 18 92 91 +1 45
10 HK Brest 44 10 4 7 23 75 121 −46 35
11 HK Mogilev 44 9 5 5 25 54 107 −53 33
12 HK Lida 44 7 4 5 28 77 149 −72 27
Source: hockey.by
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

Second round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Yunost Minsk 54 31 9 7 7 156 99 +57 87 Advance to play-offs
2 Metallurg Zhlobin 54 25 12 7 10 174 120 +54 81
3 HK Gomel 54 25 7 7 15 152 126 +26 71
4 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 54 23 9 5 17 142 117 +25 69
5 HK Vitebsk 54 21 8 10 15 134 124 +10 68
6 Neman Grodno 54 20 4 8 22 137 120 +17 56
Source: hockey.by
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dinamo-Molodechno 54 24 5 6 19 133 138 −5 64 Advance to qualification round
2 Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk 54 16 12 6 20 107 103 +4 62
3 HK Lokomotiv Orsha 54 20 6 8 20 116 106 +10 60
4 HK Brest 54 12 6 9 27 98 147 −49 45
5 HK Mogilev 54 12 5 8 29 70 130 −60 42
6 HK Lida 54 7 5 7 35 103 192 −89 31
Source: hockey.by
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 20 February 2022.

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Russia Alexei Mikhnov Metallurg Zhlobin 51 27 26 53 +25 37
Russia Aleksandr Timiryov Metallurg Zhlobin 51 29 22 51 +19 14
Russia Stanislav Kuchkin HK Gomel 46 23 28 51 +23 48
Russia Alexei Mastryukov Metallurg Zhlobin 49 18 16 44 +23 14
Russia Denis Kuzmin HK Vitebsk 50 14 27 41 +30 42
Russia Pavel Kopytin Dinamo-Molodechno 45 15 25 40 -3 49
Belarus Nikita Remezov Neman Grodno 38 14 26 40 +9 12
Russia Andrei Feklistov Shakhtyor Soligorsk 52 18 21 39 +6 25
Russia Evgeniy Grigorenko HK Gomel 45 19 19 38 +21 8
Belarus Pavel Razvadovski HK Gomel 51 19 18 37 +17 45

Leading goaltenders

The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of matches played on 7 October 2021.

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO Sv% GAA
Russia Aleksandr Samoylov Metallurg Zhlobin 13 794:00 11 2 24 2 1.81 94
Russia Sergey Bronnikov HK Brest 11 589:00 4 7 21 0 2.14 94
Belarus Nikita Mytnik Yunost Minsk 13 783:00 5 8 35 0 2.68 90
Russia Artur Malkov HK Mogilev 12 679:00 3 9 20 2 1.77 93
Belarus Mikhail Karnaukhov Dinamo-Molodechno 11 621:00 6 5 22 4 2.13 92
Belarus Konstantin Kozlovsky HK Lida 12 568:00 5 7 29 2 3.06 90
Belarus Aleksey Merzlov HK Lokomotiv Orsha 7 426:00 3 4 13 1 1.83 94
Belarus Stepan Goryachevskikh Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk 8 484:00 4 4 8 3 0.99 96
Belarus Rostislav Zinovenko Yunost Minsk 10 606:00 7 3 13 2 1.29 94
Belarus Maxim Malyutin Neman Grodno 9 482:00 3 6 17 1 2.12 92

Playoffs

Bracket

Qualification round (best-of-3) Quarter-finals (best-of-7) Semi-finals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)
1 Yunost Minsk 4
7 Dinamo-Molodechno 2 8 Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk 2
10 HK Brest 0 1 Yunost Minsk 4
6 Neman Grodno 2
2 Metallurg Zhlobin 4 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
7 Dinamo-Molodechno 0
1 Yunost Minsk 3
2 Metallurg Zhlobin 4
3 HK Gomel 1
8 Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk 2 6 Neman Grodno 4
9 HK Lokomotiv Orsha 1 2 Metallurg Zhlobin 4
4 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3
4 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 4
5 HK Vitebsk 0


Qualification round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

13 April 2022
19:25 (UTC+3)		Yunost Minsk2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)
score in the series: 1–0		Metallurg ZhlobinChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 1,555
Game reference
Leonid FominGoaliesAleksandr SamoylovReferees:
Maxim Sidorenko
Pavel Osmolovskiy
Linesmen:
Pavel Badyl
Dmitriy Golyak
Palchik (Vinogradov) - 05:021–0
Andryushchenko (Drozd) - 22:052–0
2–129:41 - Maslennikov (Suvorov, Pinchuk)
0 minPenalties6 min
38Shots28
15 April 2022
19:25 (UTC+3)		Yunost Minsk4–3 OT
(1–0, 2–2, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)
score in the series: 2–0		Metallurg ZhlobinChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 3,300
Game reference
Leonid FominGoaliesAleksandr SamoylovReferees:
Viktor Plyats
Andrei Shrubok
Linesmen:
Artyom Labzov
Nikita Polyakov
Pavlovich (Antonov) (PP1) - 08:291–0
1–122:25 - Pinchuk
Demchenko (Gaynetdinov, Antonov) (PP1) - 30:332–1
2–237:29 - Kislyy (Mastryukov, Voronov) (PP1)
Brikun (Pavlovich, Antonov) (PP1) - 39:023–2
3–345:32 - Kislyy (Gabrus, Mastryukov)
Palchik - 81:514–3
39 minPenalties37 min
51Shots39
17 April 2022
18:00 (UTC+3)		Metallurg Zhlobin6–5
(1–0, 3–1, 2–4)
score in the series: 1–2		Yunost MinskIce Palace Metalurg, Zhlobin
Attendance: 2,000
Game reference
Aleksandr SamoylovGoaliesLeonid Fomin
Rostislav Zinovenko		Referees:
Vladimir Nalivayko
Pyotr Amosov
Linesmen:
Roman Akulov
Dmitriy Pashik
Voytekhov (Pinchuk, Kuznetsov) (PP1) - 09:231–0
Pinchuk (Kuznetsov, Gabrus) - 20:532–0
2–127:14 - Raisov (Pavlenko, Kitarov)
Volchenkov (Voytekhov) - 27:593–1
A. Gavrus (Timirev, Mastryukov) - 38:494–1
4–241:24 - Pavlovich (Gaynetdinov) (PP1)
Kislyy (Volchenkov) (PP1) - 45:585–2
A. Gavrus (Mastryukov, Kupchikhin) - 48:256–2
6–349:32 - Shchechin (Pavlenko)
6–455:32 - Pavlovich (Demchenko, Andryshchenko) (PP1)
6–559:22 - Raisov (Andryshchenko, Kashkar)
37 minPenalties14 min
31Shots36
19 April 2022
18:55 (UTC+3)		Metallurg Zhlobin4–3
(1–1, 2–0, 1–2)
score in the series: 2–2		Yunost MinskIce Palace Metalurg, Zhlobin
Attendance: 2,000
Game reference
Aleksandr SamoylovGoaliesLeonid FominReferees:
Yevgeniy Goncharov
Maxim Sidorenko
Linesmen:
Dmitriy Golyak
Roman Chizhevskiy
Mastryukov - 00:301–0
1–102:16 - Antonov (Brikun) (PP1)
Kuznetsov (Suvorov, Volchenkov) (PP1) - 23:432–1
Kislyy (Mastryukov, Timirev) (PP1) - 27:093–1
3–245:51 - Kitarov
Solomonov (Kuznetsov) - 58:254–2
4–358:50 - Raisov (Gaynetdinov)
4 minPenalties10 min
37Shots38
21 April 2022
18:55 (UTC+3)		Yunost Minsk3–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)
score in the series: 3–2		Metallurg ZhlobinChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 3,800
Game reference
Leonid Fomin
Rostislav Zinovenko		GoaliesAleksandr SamoylovReferees:
Vasiliy Koleda
Viktor Plyats
Linesmen:
Nikita Polyakov
Kirill Shenko
0–108:36 - Pinchuk (Mokrushev)
Vozovik - 22:051–1
1–242:47 - A. Gavrus
Vinogradov (Gaynetdinov, Kitarov) - 57:012–2
Pavlenko (Raisov) (PP1) - 73:273–2
39 minPenalties6 min
31Shots36
23 April 2022
16:55 (UTC+3)		Metallurg Zhlobin3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1)
score in the series: 3–3		Yunost MinskIce Palace Metalurg, Zhlobin
Attendance: 2,200
Game reference
Aleksandr SamoylovGoaliesLeonid FominReferees:
Pavel Osmolovskiy
Viktor Plyats
Linesmen:
Artyom Labzov
Dmitriy Pashik
0–105:26 - Demchenko (Pavlovich) (PP1)
Pinchuk (Mokrushev, Samoylov) (PP1) - 12:591–1
Suvorov (Pinchuk, Volchenkov) (PP1) - 39:492–1
2–242:26 - Rovba (Vinogradov, Pavlovich)
Suvorov - 49:053–2
11 minPenalties10 min
34Shots21
25 April 2022
18:55 (UTC+3)		Yunost Minsk0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)
score in the series: 3–4		Metallurg ZhlobinMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 15,086
Game reference
Leonid FominGoaliesAleksandr SamoylovReferees:
Maxim Sidorenko
Viktor Plyats
Linesmen:
Roman Akulov
Dmitriy Golyak
0–106:17 - Kuznetsov (Volchenkov)
0–226:20 - Kuznetsov (Pinchuk, Volchenkov)
0–358:36 - Solomonov (Mastryukov, Volchenkov) (PP1)
35 minPenalties8 min
31Shots37

Final rankings

Metallurg Zhlobin
Yunost Minsk
Shakhtyor Soligorsk
4 Neman Grodno
5 HK Gomel
6 HK Vitebsk
7 Dinamo-Molodechno
8 Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk
9 HK Lokomotiv Orsha
10 HK Brest
11 HK Mogilev
12 HK Lida

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Экстралига-2021/22. Расписание матчей и результаты" [Extraliga 2021/22. Match schedule and results]. Belarus Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  2. ^ "Бомбардиры" . Belarus Ice Hockey Federation (in Russian). Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Лучшие вратари" [Best goalkeepers]. Belarus Ice Hockey Federation (in Russian). Retrieved 7 October 2021.

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