1927-28 Soviet bandy season

This was the 1927-28 season in Soviet bandy:

Leningrad Championship

The Leningrad Championship was played for the sixth consecutive season. 36 teams were divided into six groups of six teams apiece. Instead of district teams, as had been used for several years, departmental clubs were assembled.

Group 1

The competition was played from December 18 to March 11.

The teams were re-branded as follows:

• Moscow-Narva RSK - Tekstilschiki
• Petrograd RSK - Pishchevkus
• Uritskoye - Zheldor
• Vasileostrovsky RSK - Stadium

• Pishchevkus - Stadium 2:1
• Stadium - Pishchevkus 3:2
• Pishchevkus - Dynamo 1:1
• Pishchevkus - Dynamo 3:0
• Pishchevkus - Red Putilovets 3:2
• Pishchevkus - Red Putilovets 4:1
• Pishchevkus - Tekstilschiki 1:0
• Pishchevkus - Tekstilschiki 5:3
• Pishchevkus - Zheldor 7:2
• Pishchevkus - Zheldor 2:1
• Dynamo - Stadium 4:2
• Stadium - Dynamo 2:2
• Stadium - Red Putilovets 2:0
• Stadium - Red Putilovets 2:1
• Stadium - Tekstilschiki 8:1
• Stadium - Tekstilschiki 4:1
• Stadium - Zheldor 4:2
• Stadium - Zheldor
• Dynamo - Red Putilovets 2:2
• Red Putilovets - Dynamo 1:0
• Dynamo - Tekstilschiki 6:3
• Dynamo - Tekstilschiki 4:1
• Dynamo - Zheldor 2:0
• Dynamo - Zheldor 2:1
• Red Putilovets - Tekstilschiki 4:2
• Tekstilschiki - Red Putilovets 2:1
• Red Putilovets - Zheldor 0:0
• Red Putilovets - Zheldor 2:0
• Tekstilschiki - Zheldor 3:2
• Tekstilschiki - Zheldor

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Pishchevkus	10	8	1	1	30	14	17
2.	Stadium	10	7	1	2	28	15	15
3.	Dynamo Leningrad	10	5	3	2	23	16	13
4.	Red Putilovets	10	3	2	5	14	19	8
5.	Tekstilschiki	10	3	0	7	16	35	6
6.	Zheldor	10	0	1	9	10	22	1

• Pishchevkus: N. Lakkonen; M. Butusov, P. Butusov, A. Guskov, P. Yezhov, K. Egorov, M. Kolotushkin, Konstantinov, G. Kuznetsov, V. Lakkonen, Renson.

In the Club Competition standings, the first place position was taken by Stadium.

Promotion/Relegation

A club named Lenin and Zheldor finished tied with four points apiece. According to the regulations, Zheldor retained their position in the first group as they had been apart of it during the season.

Moscow Championship

The Moscow Championship was contested for the sixth time in 1928. 31 teams were divided into five groups of play. The first group competition was staged from December 19 to March 4. A women's championship was also held and was won by Trekhgorka.

Group 1

• Pishevik - OPV 2:0
• Pishevik - OPV 2:0
• Pishevik - Dynamo 2:2
• Pishevik - Dynamo 1:1
• Pishevik - RCIM 4:1
• Pishevik - RCIM 6:0
• Pishevik - CHPC 3:2
• Pishevik - CHPC 3:2
• Pishevik - Trekhgorka 1:0
• Pishevik - Trekhgorka 3:0
• OPV - Dynamo 6:3
• Dynamo - OPV 2:1
• OPV - RCIM 3:2
• OPV - RCIM 2:2
• OPV - CHPC 4:0
• CHPC - OPV 1:0
• OPV - Trekhgorka 4:0
• OPV - Trekhgorka 3:0
• RCIM - Dynamo 2:0
• RCIM - Dynamo 1:0
• Dynamo - CHPC 2:0
• Dynamo - CHPC 2:2
• Dynamo - Trekhgorka 4:2
• Dynamo - Trekhgorka 5:1
• RCIM - Trekhgorka 2:2
• RCIM - Trekhgorka 5:3
• CHPC - Trekhgorka 3:2
• Trekhgorka - CHPC 3:2

Not all results are known.

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Pishevik	10	8	2	0	26	9	224
2.	OPV (Vsenvoenveda)	10	5	1	4	20	15	168
3.	Dynamo Moscow	10	4	3	3	21	18	168
4.	RCIM (Metalworkers)	10	4	3	3	20	18	168
5.	Central House of Physical Culture	10	2	2	6	13	22	128
6.	Trekhgorka	10	1	1	8	11	30	104

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

• Pishevik roster: I. Egorov; G. Artemyev, V. Dobrynin, P. Isakov, K. Kvashnin, S. Krivonosoe, Al. Starostin, Andes. Starostin, N. Starostin, Tikhonov, and others.

In the Club Championship, which was contested by five teams, Dynamo Moscow finished first and OPV came in last and was required to play in the promotion/relegation series.

Promotion/Relegation

• OPV - KOR 7:0, L:W, W:L

RSFSR Championship

First Category

The first category of the RSFSR Championship was played in Moscow on February 5. Only two teams participated, Leningrad and Moscow.

Final

• Leningrad - Moscow 1:0 (1:0, 0:0)

Leningrad won the match, but Moscow protested the outcome as the referee declared full time four minutes early. The organizers recognized the error of the official, but the result of the game was approved, as the MGSFC (Moscow) "proceeding from sports reasons, withdrew their protest". Leningrad earned the right to participate in the USSR Championship, while Moscow was to meet the winner of the second category of the RSFSR Championship.

• Leningrad roster: G. Filippov; K. Egorov, A. Polezhaev, P. Filippov, V. Vonog, P. Batyrev, V. Ivanov, B. Shpigel, M. Butusov, M. Kolotushkin, I. Gorelkin.
• Moscow roster: V. Granatkin; N. Khmelev, N. Ignatov, Andes. Starostin, K. Kvashnin, V. Strepikheev, N. Starostin, P. Savostyanov, E. Strepikheev, V. Mikhailov, L. Brandt.

Second Category

The second category was played in Moscow from February 2-6.

First round

• Samara - Saratov 4:1
• Arkhangelsk - Urals 6:0
• Tver - Smolensk 6:2

Semifinals

• Arkhangelsk - Samara 3:0
• Tver - Tula

5th Place Qualifier

• Urals - Saratov 6:2

5th Place

• Urals - Smolensk 3:1

3rd Place

• Tula - Samara 2:1

Final

• Arkhangelsk - Tver 3:2 (2:2, 1:0)

First-Second Category Match

The winner of the second category, Arkhangelsk, met the runners-up of the first category, Moscow, on March 8.

• Moscow - Arkhangelsk 2:0 (0:0, 2:0)

USSR Championship

The USSR Championship was played for the first time in 1928. Leningrad (representing the RSFSR) advanced directly to the finals. Ukraine-Belarus was set as the semifinal match, but the latter team withdrew, leaving Leningrad and Ukraine to play in the final in Moscow on February 6.

• Leningrad - Ukraine 5:0 (3:0, 2:0)

• Ukraine roster: Chervatenko; Silkin, Goncharov, L. Ordin, P. Mishchenko, N. Kapustin, Koptev, Bobrikov, A. Shpakovsky, Emelyanov, Shelektin.

Inter-City Student Competition

This competition was played in Moscow on February 26 and 28.

Semifinal

• Moscow - Omsk 11:1

Final

• Leningrad - Moscow 3:0

Other games

• 1/15: Moscow - Leningrad 4:3 (3:2, 1:1) @ Leningrad - 4,000 spectators attended
• 2/6: Leningrad Provincial Council of Trade Unions (LGSPS) - Moscow Provincial Council of Trade Unions (MGSPS) 6:3 (4:2, 2:1) @ Leningrad

References

• Хоккей с мячом. Энциклопедия (Hockey with a ball. Encyclopedia) 2009
• HSM Dynamo - 1927-28

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