Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko attended HC Dinamo Minsk’s training session

For the first time in the club's history, the hockey players of HC Dinamo Minsk made it to the second round of the KHL playoffs. CSKA Moscow were their competitors in the first round. HC Dinamo Minsk won all three games in Minsk and one in Moscow. Taking into account two defeats at the rival arena, our hockey players won the series with the score 4:2. The President also assessed the play of the Belarusians. Aleksandr Lukashenko came to the training session of HC Dinamo Minsk to support the team. The hockey players talked to the President right on the ice. The Head of State thanked the Zubrs who gave Belarusians a real sports holiday. Hockey players of HC Dinamo Minsk appearance in the 1/4 finals of the Gagarin Cup is a historic event. The President said he was following the Zubr' recent successful performance. Aleksandr Lukashenko said that he had also discussed hockey matters with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. HC Dinamo Minsk will face HC Traktor Chelyabinsk in the quarterfinal of KHL. The first two games will be played away in Chelyabinsk on 12 and 14 April. Aleksandr Lukashenko shared his expectations from the upcoming match with the athletes. After talking to the hockey players, the president had an impromptu matchup against HC Dinamo Minsk goalkeeper Vasily Demchenko, and scored a number of goals. After the warm-up he watched the players' practice and shared some advice with the players.