1937-38 Soviet bandy season

This was the 1937-38 season in Soviet bandy:

Leningrad Championship

The Leningrad Championship was played for the 16th consecutive season. The clubs were divided into eight groups of play.

Group 1

Played from January 6 to March 1.

	Club
1.	Dynamo Leningrad
2.	Krasnaya Zarya
3.	Spartak Leningrad
4.	Kirovsky Leningrad
5.	Leningrad VO
6.	C-D im. Stalin
7.	Kauchuk
8.	Lokomotiv
9.	Baltic C-D im. Ordzhonikidze

• Dynamo Leningrad roster: M. Simonov; A. Alov, N. Dementiev, P. Dementiev, A. Kuzmin, G. Markov, O. Oshenkov, A. Sorokin, Fedorov I, Fedorov II, Vic. Fedorov.

Moscow Championship

The Moscow Championship was contested for the 16th time in 1938. 68 teams were divided into 10 groups of play. Group 1 was played from December 16 to March 3. In the second round it was planned to hold a Canadian hockey competition, but it did not take place. Burevestnik Moscow won the women's championship

Group 1

• Dynamo - Spartak 1:0
• Spartak - Dynamo 2:1
• Dynamo - Bolshevo 3:0
• Dynamo - Bolshevo 3:1
• Dynamo - Lokomotiv 4:2
• Dynamo - Lokomotiv 1:0
• Dynamo - Burevestnik 3:1
• Dynamo - Burevestnik 8:4
• CDKA - Dynamo 2:0
• Dynamo - CDKA 1:0
• Spartak - Bolshevo 3:1
• Bolshevo - Spartak 3:2
• Spartak - Lokomotiv 1:1
• Spartak - Lokomotiv 3:0
• Spartak - Burevestnik 3:1
• Spartak - Burevestnik 2:1
• Spartak - CDKA 3:2
• Spartak - CDKA 4:0 (?)
• Bolshevo - Lokomotiv
• Bolshevo - Lokomotiv 4:1
• Bolshevo - Burevestnik 3:0
• Burevestnik - Bolshevo 2:1
• CDKA - Burevestnik 5:0
• Burevestnik - CDKA 3:1
• Lokomotiv - Burevestnik 2:0
• Lokomotiv - Burevestnik 3:2
• Lokomotiv - CDKA 0:0
• Lokomotiv - CDKA
• Burevestnik - CDKA 3:1
• Burevestnik - CDKA

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Dynamo Moscow	10	8	0	2	25	12	208
2.	Spartak Moscow	10	7	1	2	23	11	200
3.	Dynamo Bolshevo	10	4	1	5	17	22	152
4.	Lokomotiv Moscow	10	3	3	4	14	18	152
5.	Burevestnik Moscow	10	3	0	7	15	26	128
6.	CDKA Moscow	10	2	1	7	13	18	120

A rather unusual points system was used - 24 points for a victory, 16 points for a draw, and 8 points for a loss.

• Dynamo Moscow roster: S. Alimbekov; M. Bolshakov, V. Bryankin, E. Eliseev, M. Eliseev, S. Ilyin, P. Korotkov, L. Korcheobokov, N. Medvedev, N. Postavnin, P. Savostyanov, A. Chernyshev, M. Yakushin (captain and game coach).

Spartak finished first in the club standings with 1041 points. Dynamo Bolshevo finished last in the club standings and was relegated.

Group 2

Torpedo Moscow won the second group.

Soviet Cup

Men's tournament

The second edition of the Soviet Cup was played from January 14 to March 1, with 111 teams participating. The top five teams from Moscow, according to the results of the 1937 city championship, qualified for the 1/8 Finals. In Leningrad, a single-elimination tournament involving the best six teams from the city was held, from which Dynamo, Spartak, and Krasnaya Zarya qualified for the 1/8 Finals.

Zonal round

Zone 1

• GOLIFK Leningrad - Sailor Arkhangelsk 5:0 - semifinal
• Baltic C-D im. Ordzhonikidze Leningrad - Spartak Arkhangelsk 1:0 - semifinal
• GOLIFK Leningrad - Baltic C-D im. Ordzhonikidze 3:1 - final

Zone 2

• Dynamo Voronezh - Dynamo Smolensk 2:1 - semifinal
• Red Flag Kalinin - Dynamo Minsk 1:0 - semifinal
• Dynamo Voronezh - Red Flag Kalinin 4:0 - final

Zone 3

• Dynamo Saratov - Azot Stalingrad 4:0 - semifinal
• Traktor Stalingrad - Metallurg Stalingrad 4:1 - semifinal
• Dynamo Saratov - Traktor Stalingrad 5:4 OT - final

Zone 4

• Dynamo Sverdlovsk - Spartak Kuibyshev 4:2 - semifinal
• Builder Sverdlovsk - Dynamo Kungur 4:3 - semifinal
• Dynamo Sverdlovsk - Builder Sverdlovsk 4:2 OT - final

Zone 5

• Torpedo Moscow - CDKA Moscow 4:2 - semifinal
• Burevestnik Moscow - Dynamo Kazan 6:2 - semifinal
• Torpedo Moscow - Burevestnik Moscow 2:1 - final

Zone 6

• Selmash Kharkiv - Dynamo Kharkiv 1:0 - semifinal
• Lokomotiv Kiev - Spartak Kharkiv 3:1 - semifinal
• Selmash Kharkiv - Lokomotiv Kiev 5:0 - final

Zone 7

• Dynamo Krasnoyarsk - Surf Vladivostok 5:2 - semifinal
• Dynamo Novosibirsk - Dynamo Omsk 3:2 - semifinal
• Dynamo Krasnoyarsk - Dynamo Novosibirsk 4:2 - final

Zone 8

• Krasnaya Roza Moscow - Metallurg Moscow 3:2 - semifinal
• Sniper Moscow - Krylya Sovetov Moscow 2:2, 3:2 - semifinal
• Krasnaya Roza Moscow - Sniper Moscow 2:0 - final

Elimination round

1/8 Finals

• Dynamo Bolshevo - Dynamo Saratov 8:0
• Spartak Moscow - Spartak Leningrad 2:0
• Dynamo Leningrad - Selmash Kharkiv 1:0
• Lokomotiv Moscow - Torpedo Moscow 2:1, Torpedo protested and match was replayed (1:0)
• Krasnaya Roza Moscow - Dynamo Voronezh 2:1 OT
• Dynamo Moscow - Dynamo Sverdlovsk 7:2
• Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad - Dynamo Krasnoyarsk 4:0
• GOLIFK Leningrad - CDKA Moscow 0:0, 4:2

Quarterfinals

• Dynamo Bolshevo - Spartak Moscow 1:0
• Lokomotiv Moscow - Dynamo Leningrad 1:0
• Dynamo Moscow - Krasnaya Roza Moscow 3:1
• Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad - GOLIFK Leningrad 4:2

Semifinals

• Lokomotiv Moscow - Dynamo Bolshevo 1:0 OT
• Dynamo Moscow - Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad 1:0

Final

• Dynamo Moscow - Lokomotiv Moscow 5:0 (2:0, 3:0)

Women's tournament

The women's Soviet Cup took place from January 24 to February 17. 44 teams competed in the tournament.

Zonal round

Zone 1

• Dynamo Leningrad - Red Konditep Leningrad 5:0 - 1st round
• Bolshevik Leningrad - Torpedo Yaroslavl 4:0 - quarterfinal
• Vanguard Leningrad - Dynamo Ivanovo 2:0 - quarterfinal
• Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad - GOLIFK Leningrad 1:0 - quarterfinal
• Dynamo Leningrad - Sailor Arkhangelsk 4:0 - quarterfinal
• Vanguard Leningrad - Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad 0:0 (annulled), 1:0 - semifinal
• Dynamo Leningrad - Bolshevik Leningrad 2:0 - semifinal
• Dynamo Leningrad - Vanguard Leningrad 0:0, 0:1 (annulled as Vanguard had 12 players), 2:0 - final

Zone 2

• Dzerzhinets Kalinin - Infizkult Minsk 2:0 - 1st round
• Dzerzhinets Kalinin - Red Flag Kalinin 0:0, 1:0 - semifinal
• Dynamo Smolensk - Spartak Chelyabinsk 1:0 - semifinal
• Dzerzhinets Kalinin - Dynamo Smolensk 4:2 - final

Zone 3

• Zenith Kharkiv - Dynamo Kiev (Dynamo failed to appear) - 1st round
• Barricades Stalingrad - Dynamo Stalingrad 2:0 - semifinal
• Zenith Kharkiv - Traktor Stalingrad 3:1 - semifinal
• Zenith Kharkiv - Barricades Stalingrad 1:0 - final

Zone 4

• Dynamo Kuibyshev - Lokomotiv Kuibyshev (Lokomotiv failed to appear) - quarterfinal
• Dynamo Sverdlovsk - Vanguard Sverdlovsk 9:0 - quarterfinal
• Spartak Orenburg - Spartak Chelyabinsk 0:0, 1:0 - quarterfinal
• Dynamo Sverdlovsk - Spartak Orenburg 2:0 - semifinal
• Lokomotiv Sverdlovsk - Dynamo Kuibyshev 1:0 - semifinal
• Dynamo Sverdlovsk - Lokomotiv Sverdlovsk 4:1 - final

Zone 5

• Energy Moscow - Pishevik Moscow 2:0 - quarterfinal
• Lokomotiv Moscow - Krasnaya Roza Moscow 1:0 - quarterfinal
• Burevestnik Moscow - Science Kazan (Kazan failed to appear) - semifinal
• Lokomotiv Moscow - Energy Moscow 5:0 - semifinal
• Burevestnik Moscow - Lokomotiv Moscow 1:0 - final

Zone 6

• Medic Moscow - Motor Moscow 2:0 - 1st round
• Medic Moscow - Stalinist Moscow 1:0 - semifinal
• Spartak Moscow - Zenith Izhevsk 14:0 - semifinal
• Spartak Moscow - Medic Moscow 1:0 - final

Zone 7

• Dynamo Moscow - Start Moscow 2:0 - semifinal
• CDKA Moscow - Krylya Sovetov Moscow 1:0 - semifinal
• Dynamo Moscow - CDKA Moscow 0:0, 2:0 - final

Zone 8

• GTSOLIFK Moscow - Metallurg Moscow 1:1, 1:0 - semifinal
• Torpedo Moscow - Proletarian Victory Moscow 2:0 - semifinal
• Torpedo Moscow - GTSOLIFK Moscow 0:0, 1:0 - final

Final round

Quarterfinals

• Burevestnik Moscow - Dzerzhinets Kalinin 8:0
• Dynamo Moscow - Zenith Kharkiv 2:0
• Torpedo Moscow - Dynamo Sverdlovsk 3:0
• Spartak Moscow - Dynamo Leningrad 1:1, 2:2, 1:0 (OT)

Semifinals

• Burevestnik Moscow - Dynamo Moscow 1:0
• Spartak Moscow - Torpedo Moscow 1:0

Final

• Brevestnik Moscow - Spartak Moscow 2:0 (1:0, 1:0)

Red Army Championship

First round

The first round was played from February 3-10 and featured four regional groups of four teams apiece. The groups were Leningrad, Smolensk, Novosibirsk, and Khabarovsk.

Final round

The final round was held in Moscow from February 27 to March 2, with the four group winners participating.

• Moscow VO - Leningrad VO 4:0
• Moscow VO - Ural VO 5:0
• Moscow VO - OKDVA 5:0
• Leningrad VO - Ural VO 2:1

Other results unknown.

Other games

• 3/6: Moscow - Leningrad 2:1 (1:0, 1:1) @ Moscow - 30,000 spectators attended
• 3/6: Moscow - Leningrad 3:0 (0:0, 3:0) - Women's match @ Moscow

References

• Хоккей с мячом. Энциклопедия (Hockey with a ball. Encyclopedia) 2009
• HSM Dynamo - 1937-38

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