HC Dinamo Minsk embarks on a six-game road trip

Dinamo Minsk has embarked on a six-game road trip of the 2014/15 KHL regular season. The lineup lacks six key players (including one goalie) who have been sidelined due to injuries, BelTA has learned.

On 4 November the team left Belarus for the Far East of Russia. Dinamo Minsk will play two games there before a four-game trip around Europe.

Dinamo Minsk roster on the road will include 22 players.

The Bisons will play Amur Khabarovsk on 5 November, Admiral Vladivostok on 7 November, Jokerit Helsinki on 12 November, Dinamo Riga on 14 November, SKA Saint Petersburg on 17 November and Medvescak Zagreb on 19 November. As for the Far East teams Dinamo Minsk will pay them a return visit after facing them at Minsk Arena in late October. 

With 43 points after 23 games Dinamo Minsk is currently 5th in the Western Conference, going ahead of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod with the same number of points. 

The West chart is led by SKA with a total of 67 points. The team from Saint Petersburg is followed by CSKA Moscow – 57 points, Jokerit Hensilki – 54, Dynamo Moscow – 45. The top three in the East include Metallurg Magnitogorsk – 53 points, Avangard Omsk – 52, Ak Bars Kazan – 49.