1951 Metropolitan Championship
The 1951 Metropolitan Championship was the second edition of the competition under this name. It was not completed.
The season opened on January 7, 1951 on the icy field of the Yunak Stadium in the presence of many skating enthusiasts with an exhibition match between two combination teams of the capital – "A" and "B". The B team won the game – 5:3 (0:3, 2:0, 3:0).[1]
On February 4, the skating season opened in Ruse, and there was a demonstration hockey game played by teams from Sofia.[2]
Metropolitan Championship
On Thursday, January 11, the capital championship started. Before the first match, Chairman of the republican ice hockey section, Asen Pavlov, made a welcoming speech, after which Stroitel beat the young Dynamo team by the huge score of 16:1. In the second game between the Spartak and Akademik youth teams, the former won with a score of 5:3.
Due to warm weather the championship was interrupted.[3]
- Men's teams
- 1/11: Stroitel Sofia - Dynamo Sofia 16:1 (10:0, 2:1, 4:0)[4]
- 1/12: Akademik Sofia — Spartak Sofia 17:0 (7:0, 5:0, 5:0)[5]
- 1/13: Cherveno zname Sofia — Narodna Armiya Sofia 6:1 (4:0, 0:1, 2:0)[5]
- Youth teams
- 1/11: Spartak Sofia - Akademik Sofia 5:3 (2:2, 1:1, 2:0)[4]
- 1/12: Narodna Armiya Sofia — Dynamo Sofia 7:1 (1:1, 4:0, 2:0)[5] - some sources had 8:1 (1:1, 1:0, 6:0)
- 1/13: Stroitel Sofia — Torpedo Sofia 3:1 (2:0, 0:1, 1:0)[5]
The final standings of the Metropolitan Championship were said to be as follows on the hokey.dir.bg website. They do not match the information reported in the contemporary press.
Images
An image from the January 7 game in Sofia.
Stroitel and Torpedo Sofia juniors in action on January 13.
