1928-29 Soviet bandy season

This was the 1928-29 season in Soviet bandy:

Leningrad Championship

The Leningrad Championship was played for the seventh consecutive season. 39 teams were divided into five groups of play.

Group 1

The competition was played from December 26 to March 11. Stadium was renamed CDFK Leningrad.

• Red Putilovets - Pishchevkus 4:2
• Pishchevkus - Red Putilovets 1:1
• Pishchevkus - CDFK 1:0
• Pishchevkus - CDFK 2:1
• Pishchevkus - Dynamo 2:0
• Pishchevkus - Dynamo 5:4
• Pishchevkus - Zheldor 6:1
• Zheldor - Pishchevkus 2:1
• Pishchevkus - Tekstilschiki 1:0
• Pishchevkus - Tekstilschiki 3:0
• Red Putilovets - CDFK 0:0
• Red Putilovets - CDFK 1:1
• Dynamo - Red Putilovets 2:1
• Red Putilovets - Dynamo 2:2
• Red Putilovets - Zheldor 4:2
• Red Putilovets - Zheldor
• Red Putilovets - Tekstilschiki 8:0
• Red Putilovets - Tekstilschiki 1:0
• CDFK - Dynamo 2:2
• CDFK - Dynamo 2:2
• CDFK - Zheldor 3:2
• CDFK - Zheldor 2:0
• CDFK - Tekstilschiki 1:0
• CDFK - Tekstilschiki 1:0
• Dynamo - Zheldor 4:3
• Dynamo - Zheldor 1:0
• Dynamo - Tekstilschiki 1:1
• Dynamo - Tekstilschiki 3:0
• Zheldor - Tekstilschiki 3:0
• Zheldor - Tekstilschiki 1:1

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Pishchevkus	10	7	1	2	24	13	15
2.	Red Putilovets	10	5	4	1	20	10	14
3.	CDFK Leningrad	10	4	4	2	13	10	12
4.	Dynamo Leningrad	10	4	4	2	21	18	12
5.	Zheldor	10	2	1	7	14	22	5
6.	Textilschiki	10	0	2	8	2	23	2

• Pishchevkus roster: N. Lakkonen; M. Butusov, A. Guskov, Derot, K. Egorov, M. Kolotushkin, G. Kuznetsov, Larionov,Magnushevsky, Renson, Chistyakov.

Promotion/Relegation

The winner of Group 2, LOSSPS, and Textilschiki finished tied with four points apiece (one game was a 3-0 win for LOSSPS). According to the regulations, LOSSPS qualified for Group 1 as they were the team from the lower division.

Moscow Championship

The Moscow Championship was contested for the seventh time in 1929. 39 teams were divided into six groups of play. The first group competition was staged from December 23 to March 18. A women's championship was also held and was won by Trekhgorka.

Group 1

OPV became CDKA Moscow this season.

• RCIMA - Pishevik 3:0
• Dynamo - RCIMA 1:0
• CHPC - RCIMA 5:2
• RCIMA - CDKA 3:2
• RCIMA - Trekhgorka 2:1
• RCIMA - KOR 3:0
• Pishevik - Dynamo 2:0
• CHPC - Pishevik 5:0
• Pishevik - CDKA 2:0
• Pishevik - Trekhgorka 2:0
• Pishevik - KOR 4:1
• Dynamo - CHPC 0:0
• CDKA - Dynamo 4:2
• Dynamo - Trekhgorka 3:0
• Dynamo - KOR 2:0
• CDKA - CHPC 6:0
• Trekhgorka - CHPC 3:2
• CHPC - KOR 3:1
• CDKA - Trekhgorka 2:2
• CDKA - KOR 3:0
• Trekhgorka - KOR 2:1

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	RCIMA	6	4	0	2	13	9	112
2.	Pishevik	6	4	0	2	10	9	112
3.	CDKA Moscow	6	3	1	2	17	9	104
4.	Central House of Physical Culture	6	3	1	2	15	12	104
5.	Dynamo Moscow	6	3	1	2	8	6	104
6.	Trekhgorka	6	2	1	5	8	12	88
7.	KOR	6	0	0	6	3	17	0

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

Tiebreaker Final

• RCIMA - Pishevik 2:1 OT

• RCIMA roster: Vl. Blinkov; N. Bugrov, Emelyanov, A. Igumnov, V. Ilyin, Kaluzhinsky, S. Karpov, I. Koguchev, D. Maksimov, Serebryakov, V. Siluanov, I. Skameikin, N. Khmelev.

Group 2

Red Ray won the championship.

All-Union Celebration of Metalworkers

The teams vied for the Prize of the Central Committee of the Union.

First round

• Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod 11:1
• Kharkov - Samara 5:0
• Tula - Urals 7:0

Semifinals

• Moscow - Kharkov 2:1 OT
• Leningrad - Tula 6:0

5th Place Qualifier

• Samara - Urals 4:2

5th Place

• Nizhny Novgorod - Samara 5:1

3rd Place

• Kharkov - Tula 4:0

Final

• Moscow - Leningrad 1:0 (0:0, 1:0)

• Moscow roster: V. Granatkin; N. Khmelev, N. Bugrov; Serebryakov, N. Ilyin, Kaluzhinsky; V. Blinkov, I. Koguchev, I. Karpov, Emelyanov, I. Skameikin.
• Leningrad roster: M. Evdokimov; I. Mikhailov, N. Filippov, P. Kazarinov, V. Kovsh, P. Lobyr, P. Mikhailov, Kozun, A. Feoktistov, L. Egorov, N. Usov.

Other games

• 1/22: Leningrad - Moscow 0:0 @ Leningrad - 10,000 spectators attended
• 2/17: Leningrad - Moscow 2:1 (1:1, 1:0) @ Moscow - 10,000 spectators attended
• 3/10: Moscow - Leningrad 3:2 (1:0, 2:2) @ Leningrad - women's match

References

• Хоккей с мячом. Энциклопедия (Hockey with a ball. Encyclopedia) 2009
• HSM Dynamo - 1928-29

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