The puck drops on an MHL regular season match between representatives of the "Golden" division of the Eastern Conference. Fans of Russian ice hockey have the match-up of "Avto" and Kazan's "Irbis" to look forward to.
The youth squad of "Avtomobilist" has participated in 32 official matches of the MHL regular season 2023-2024. "Avto" has played 32 matches and earned 31 points, placing them in the 8th spot on the "Golden" division table, only ahead of "Siberian Snipers" by additional indicators. Last season, "Avto" played in the "Silver" division and punched their ticket to the "Gold" division through playoff success.
This maiden season inside the "Golden" division will not be marked as successful for "Avto". Currently, the red-blacks, along with "Siberian Snipers", are the prime contenders for automatic relegation to the "Silver" tier.
The Kazan club has played 31 official matches in the MHL regular season 2023-2024. In 31 matches, "Irbis" has collected 38 points, which lets them occupy the 5th rank within the "Golden" division table of the Eastern Conference. The current season for "Irbis" is faring significantly better than the previous one, back when the Kazan club fell out the top-5 and managed to stay in the "Golden" division due to favourable circumstances.
"Irbis" currently sit in 5th place and have good chances for automatic qualification into the Kharlamov Cup playoffs. The youth squad of "Ak-Bars" leads "Steel Foxes" from the 6th place by 3 points. In recent regular season matches, "Irbis" clinched victory over "Chaika" twice.
"Irbis" and "Avto" have crossed sticks in 37 official matches. "Irbis" has notched up 19 victories, and "Avto" skaters stamped their authority in 18 confrontations.
The individual total of "Irbis" will be over 3 goals scored.
"Irbis" will claim victory within regular time. The Kazan club has gained excellent momentum in recent matches, consecutively defeating even "Chaika" from Nizhny Novgorod who are placed mid-table, while their opposition are facing different challenges and are losing to "Silver" teams.
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