2021–22 Belarusian Extraliga season

2021–22 Extraliga
2021–22 Extraliga
League	Extraliga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	31 August 2021 – 25 April 2022
Number of teams	12
Regular season
Best record	Yunost Minsk
Runners-up	Metallurg Zhlobin
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Metallurg Zhlobin (2nd title)
Runners-up	Yunost Minsk
Belarusian Extraliga seasons
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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

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

Dinamo-Molodechno – HK Brest 2–0
2022-02-27	Dinamo-Molodechno	HK Brest	1-0
2022-03-01	HK Brest	Dinamo-Molodechno	1-2
Dinamo-Molodechno won the series 2–0

Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk – HK Lokomotiv Orsha 2–1
2022-02-28	Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk	HK Lokomotiv Orsha	3-1
2022-03-02	HK Lokomotiv Orsha	Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk	3-2 OT
2022-03-04	HK Lokomotiv Orsha	Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk	0-2
Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk won the series 2–1

Quarterfinals

Yunost Minsk – Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk 4-2
2022-03-09	Yunost Minsk	Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk	2-0
2022-03-11	Yunost Minsk	Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk	0-2
2022-03-13	Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk	Yunost Minsk	1-2
2022-03-15	Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk	Yunost Minsk	3-4
2022-03-17	Yunost Minsk	Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk	1-4
2022-03-19	Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk	Yunost Minsk	1-4
Yunost Minsk won the series 4–2

HK Gomel – Neman Grodno 4-1
2022-03-10	HK Gomel	Neman Grodno	2-3
2022-03-12	HK Gomel	Neman Grodno	2-1
2022-03-14	Neman Grodno	HK Gomel	2-0
2022-03-16	Neman Grodno	HK Gomel	2-1
2022-03-18	HK Gomel	Neman Grodno	2-3
Neman Grodno won the series 4–1

Metallurg Zhlobin – Dinamo-Molodechno 4-0
2022-03-10	Metallurg Zhlobin	Dinamo-Molodechno	5-2
2022-03-12	Metallurg Zhlobin	Dinamo-Molodechno	3-1
2022-03-14	Dinamo-Molodechno	Metallurg Zhlobin	1-6
2022-03-16	Dinamo-Molodechno	Metallurg Zhlobin	1-2
Metallurg Zhlobin won the series 4–0

Shakhtyor Soligorsk – HK Vitebsk 4-0
2022-03-09	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	HK Vitebsk	3-1 OT
2022-03-11	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	HK Vitebsk	4-0
2022-03-13	HK Vitebsk	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	4-5
2022-03-15	HK Vitebsk	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	0-3
Shakhtyor Soligorsk won the series 4–0

Semifinals

Yunost Minsk – Neman Grodno 4-2
2022-03-26	Yunost Minsk	Neman Grodno	4-1
2022-03-28	Yunost Minsk	Neman Grodno	2-0
2022-03-30	Neman Grodno	Yunost Minsk	2-1 OT2
2022-04-01	Neman Grodno	Yunost Minsk	0-4
2022-04-03	Yunost Minsk	Neman Grodno	3-4 OT2
2022-04-05	Neman Grodno	Yunost Minsk	2-3
Yunost Minsk won the series 4–2

Metallurg Zhlobin – Shakhtyor Soligorsk 4-3
2022-03-27	Metallurg Zhlobin	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	7-4
2022-03-29	Metallurg Zhlobin	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2-3 OT
2022-03-31	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Metallurg Zhlobin	4-2
2022-04-02	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Metallurg Zhlobin	1-3
2022-04-04	Metallurg Zhlobin	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	4-0
2022-04-06	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Metallurg Zhlobin	3-2
2022-04-08	Metallurg Zhlobin	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	5-0
Metallurg Zhlobin won the series 4–3

Finals

13 April 2022
19:25 (UTC+3)

Yunost Minsk

2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)
score in the series: 1–0

Metallurg Zhlobin

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 1,555

Game reference

Leonid Fomin

Goalies

Aleksandr Samoylov

Referees:
Maxim Sidorenko
Pavel Osmolovskiy
Linesmen:
Pavel Badyl
Dmitriy Golyak

Palchik (Vinogradov) - 05:02	1–0
Andryushchenko (Drozd) - 22:05	2–0
	2–1	29:41 - Maslennikov (Suvorov, Pinchuk)

0 min

Penalties

6 min

38

Shots

28

15 April 2022
19:25 (UTC+3)

Yunost Minsk

4–3 OT
(1–0, 2–2, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)
score in the series: 2–0

Metallurg Zhlobin

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 3,300

Game reference

Leonid Fomin

Goalies

Aleksandr Samoylov

Referees:
Viktor Plyats
Andrei Shrubok
Linesmen:
Artyom Labzov
Nikita Polyakov

Pavlovich (Antonov) (PP1) - 08:29	1–0
	1–1	22:25 - Pinchuk
Demchenko (Gaynetdinov, Antonov) (PP1) - 30:33	2–1
	2–2	37:29 - Kislyy (Mastryukov, Voronov) (PP1)
Brikun (Pavlovich, Antonov) (PP1) - 39:02	3–2
	3–3	45:32 - Kislyy (Gabrus, Mastryukov)
Palchik - 81:51	4–3

39 min

Penalties

37 min

51

Shots

39

17 April 2022
18:00 (UTC+3)

Metallurg Zhlobin

6–5
(1–0, 3–1, 2–4)
score in the series: 1–2

Yunost Minsk

Ice Palace Metalurg, Zhlobin
Attendance: 2,000

Game reference

Aleksandr Samoylov

Goalies

Leonid Fomin
Rostislav Zinovenko

Referees:
Vladimir Nalivayko
Pyotr Amosov
Linesmen:
Roman Akulov
Dmitriy Pashik

Voytekhov (Pinchuk, Kuznetsov) (PP1) - 09:23	1–0
Pinchuk (Kuznetsov, Gabrus) - 20:53	2–0
	2–1	27:14 - Raisov (Pavlenko, Kitarov)
Volchenkov (Voytekhov) - 27:59	3–1
A. Gavrus (Timirev, Mastryukov) - 38:49	4–1
	4–2	41:24 - Pavlovich (Gaynetdinov) (PP1)
Kislyy (Volchenkov) (PP1) - 45:58	5–2
A. Gavrus (Mastryukov, Kupchikhin) - 48:25	6–2
	6–3	49:32 - Shchechin (Pavlenko)
	6–4	55:32 - Pavlovich (Demchenko, Andryshchenko) (PP1)
	6–5	59:22 - Raisov (Andryshchenko, Kashkar)

37 min

Penalties

14 min

31

Shots

36

19 April 2022
18:55 (UTC+3)

Metallurg Zhlobin

4–3
(1–1, 2–0, 1–2)
score in the series: 2–2

Yunost Minsk

Ice Palace Metalurg, Zhlobin
Attendance: 2,000

Game reference

Aleksandr Samoylov

Goalies

Leonid Fomin

Referees:
Yevgeniy Goncharov
Maxim Sidorenko
Linesmen:
Dmitriy Golyak
Roman Chizhevskiy

Mastryukov - 00:30	1–0
	1–1	02:16 - Antonov (Brikun) (PP1)
Kuznetsov (Suvorov, Volchenkov) (PP1) - 23:43	2–1
Kislyy (Mastryukov, Timirev) (PP1) - 27:09	3–1
	3–2	45:51 - Kitarov
Solomonov (Kuznetsov) - 58:25	4–2
	4–3	58:50 - Raisov (Gaynetdinov)

4 min

Penalties

10 min

37

Shots

38

21 April 2022
18:55 (UTC+3)

Yunost Minsk

3–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)
score in the series: 3–2

Metallurg Zhlobin

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 3,800

Game reference

Leonid Fomin
Rostislav Zinovenko

Goalies

Aleksandr Samoylov

Referees:
Vasiliy Koleda
Viktor Plyats
Linesmen:
Nikita Polyakov
Kirill Shenko

	0–1	08:36 - Pinchuk (Mokrushev)
Vozovik - 22:05	1–1
	1–2	42:47 - A. Gavrus
Vinogradov (Gaynetdinov, Kitarov) - 57:01	2–2
Pavlenko (Raisov) (PP1) - 73:27	3–2

39 min

Penalties

6 min

31

Shots

36

23 April 2022
16:55 (UTC+3)

Metallurg Zhlobin

3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1)
score in the series: 3–3

Yunost Minsk

Ice Palace Metalurg, Zhlobin
Attendance: 2,200

Game reference

Aleksandr Samoylov

Goalies

Leonid Fomin

Referees:
Pavel Osmolovskiy
Viktor Plyats
Linesmen:
Artyom Labzov
Dmitriy Pashik

	0–1	05:26 - Demchenko (Pavlovich) (PP1)
Pinchuk (Mokrushev, Samoylov) (PP1) - 12:59	1–1
Suvorov (Pinchuk, Volchenkov) (PP1) - 39:49	2–1
	2–2	42:26 - Rovba (Vinogradov, Pavlovich)
Suvorov - 49:05	3–2

11 min

Penalties

10 min

34

Shots

21

25 April 2022
18:55 (UTC+3)

Yunost Minsk

0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)
score in the series: 3–4

Metallurg Zhlobin

Minsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 15,086

Game reference

Leonid Fomin

Goalies

Aleksandr Samoylov

Referees:
Maxim Sidorenko
Viktor Plyats
Linesmen:
Roman Akulov
Dmitriy Golyak

	0–1	06:17 - Kuznetsov (Volchenkov)
	0–2	26:20 - Kuznetsov (Pinchuk, Volchenkov)
	0–3	58:36 - Solomonov (Mastryukov, Volchenkov) (PP1)

35 min

Penalties

8 min

31

Shots

37

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

^ ^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.
^ "Бомбардиры" [Scorers]. Belarus Ice Hockey Federation (in Russian). Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ "Лучшие вратари" [Best goalkeepers]. Belarus Ice Hockey Federation (in Russian). Retrieved 7 October 2021.

External links

[Экстралига-2021/22-1] "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" [Scorers]. 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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