HC Neman Grodno wins President's Cup

8 апреля 2018

HC Neman Grodno has won the President's Cup. In the final series, Sergey Pushkov's team faced HC Yunost Minsk. It took the club 6 games to claim the title. Chizhovka Arena hosted the decisive match that ended in Neman’s victory 3:2. The overall score in the series is 4:2.

HC Neman wins the Cup for the second consecutive year and for the 7th time in its history. Now, Sergey Pushkov's team has as many trophies as HC Yunost Minsk does.

President Alexander Lukashenko congratulated the team on their victory.

Apart from the title, the Grodno club won the right to play in the Champions Hockey League next season. For the first time in history, two clubs from Belarus will perform at the prestigious European tournament. They are HC Neman Grodno as the winner of the championship and HC Yunost Minsk as the current holder of the Continental Cup.