Yevhen Alipov’s team sent 45 pucks into the opponents’ goal after the results of two matches, returning to the first place of the championship.
Match 1. Prydniprovsk (Dnipro) – Kyiv Capitals (Кyiv) – 1:24 (0:6, 0:4, 1:14)
Pucks: 0:1 – Holitsyna (Kopylova, power play), 01:12; 0:2 – Yuliia Dobrovolska (Elen Alipova, Elizabeth Alipova), 02:45; 0:3 – Elizabeth Alipova, 04:56; 0:4 – Elizabeth Alipova (Dobrovolska), 05:14; 0:5 – Ibrahimova (Holitsyna, Kosich), 16:19; 0:6 – Dobrovolska, 18:24; 0:11 – Dobrovolska (Elizabeth Alipova, Kapralova, double majority), 43:17; 0:12 – Dobrovolska (Elen Alipova, Kopylova, power play), 43:54; 0:13 – Holitsyna, 44:07; 0:14 – Elen Alipova (Elizabeth Alipova, Kopylova), 45:27; 0:15 – Golitsyn (Ibrahimova), 47:34; 0:16 – Kosich, 50:28; 0:17 – Kosich (Holitsyna, Ibrahimova), 51:37; 0:18 – Elizabeth Alipova (Elen Alipova, Dobrovolska), 51:51; 1:19 – Tymchenko (Rozhenko), 52:18; 1:20 – Ibrahimova (Kosich, Holitsyna), 53:07; 1:21 – Kapralova (Dobrovolska), 54:00; 1:22 – Holitsyna (Kapralova), 54:52; 1:23 – Holitsyna (Kosich), 56:40; 1:24 – Kosich, 56:50
*due to the lack of a part of the match video and data on the FHU website, the statistics are incomplete.
Match 2. Prydniprovsk (Dnipro) – Kyiv Capitals (Кyiv) – 0:21 (0:8, 0:5, 0:8)
Pucks: 0:1 – Dobrovolska (Elizabeth Alipova), 00:41; 0:2 – Elizabeth Alipova (Kopylova, Elen Alipova, minority), 03:13; 0:3 – Holitsyna (Kopylova), 03:50; 0:4 – Holitsyna (Ibrahimova), 10:23; 0:5 – Elen Alipova (Elizabeth Alipova, Dobrovolska), 11:44; 0:6 – Elizabeth Alipova (Elen Alipova), 14:05; 0:7 – Elizabeth Alipova (Elen Alipova, Dobrovolska), 16:14; 0:8 – Holitsyna (Kosich), 19:25; 0:9 – Ibrahimova (Kosich, Holitsyna), 25:32; 0:10 – Holitsyna (Kopylova), 27:47; 0:11 – Kosich (Holitsyna, Ibrahimova), 31:07; 0:12 – Kapralova, 31:54; 0:13 – Holitsyna (Kosich), 36:09; 0:14 – Elizabeth Alipova (Harbuza), 44:50; 0:15 – Kosich (Holitsyna), 45:27; 0:16 – Elen Alipova (Dobrovolska), 47:00; 0:17 – Holitsyna (Kosich), 47:17; 0:18 – Holitsyna (Ibrahimova), 47:37; 0:19 – Kosich (Holitsyna, Ovchinnikova), 56:40; 0:20 – Elizabeth Alipova (Elen Alipova, Dobrovolska), 55:05; 0:21 – Elizabeth Alipova (Dobrovolska), 57:03
Kyiv Capitals: Iryna Zaichenko, Mariana Hamarnyk; Svitlana Kapralova – Valeriia Kopylova, Yuliia Dobrovolska – Elen Alipova (c) – Elizabeth Alipova; Valeriia Harbuza – Valeriia Ovchinnikova, Olesia Ibrahimova – Anna Holitsyna – Nadiia Kosich; Melaniia Fedorenko – Kateryna Andrushchenko
Head coach: Yevhen Alipov
Capitals emerged as clear favorites when they visited Dnipro, considering their impressive performance in the previous two championship matches, including a commanding 0:40 victory at home. Despite this, Dnipro’s hockey players managed to find the back of the net once, adding some resistance against the dominant Kyiv team.
The relentless attacking efforts from Yevhen Alipov’s teams led to an astonishing 45 goals. The third period of the first encounter proved to be the most fruitful for the visiting team, as they netted an impressive 14 goals. It is worth mentioning that these consecutive victories propelled the Kyiv team back to the top of the leaderboard, with a total of 148 goals scored thus far.
As the championship nears its conclusion, there are crucial matches yet to be played. Prydniprovsk and Kraken Sisters will battle it out for the bronze medal in a face-to-face showdown, while Capitals and Panthers will compete for the first place. The first matches between the teams from Kyiv and Kharkiv are scheduled for February 24-25th.
