USSR Ice Hockey Championship 1954/1955

In the offseason, a major reorganization of the championship was carried out. The first group became known as class “A” and was expanded to 10 teams. For the first time, the All-Union Championship was held in the form of a two-round tournament. The worst class “A” team dropped out to class “B”.

The second group was renamed Class B and expanded to 12 teams. The composition of class “B” participants was formed on a new principle. First, draws were held for the championships and cups of Moscow, Leningrad and the Union republics, the best teams of these tournaments for certain quotas were among the participants of class “B”. At the first stage, 12 teams were divided into two subgroups. During the one-round tournament, in each group, three best teams were identified, which at the second stage fought for places from the first to sixth, and the three worst, playing the places from seventh to twelfth. The second stage was also held as a one-round tournament.

According to the results of the last championship, the first group should have left Khabarovsk ODO and Tallinn DOF. However, in the offseason, it was decided to transform the formula of the championship, the result of which was the renaming of the first group to class “A” and an increase in the number of participants to 10 teams. In this regard, the Far Eastern and Estonian clubs were invited to keep their seats in the top division. As a result, the Khabarovsk army team were left in class “A”, and the Tallinn club refused to participate in all-Union championships. Arkhangelsk “Vodnik” and the Petrozavodsk team of ODO replenished class “A”, who took first and second places in the second group, respectively, and Nizhny Tagil “Metallurg”, which finished fourth in it - after the Dynamo Almaty.

The composition of the class “B” participants has undergone radical changes: according to the new Regulation on competitions, not one of the teams of the second group, with the exception of those transferred to class “A”, received the right to participate in the all-Union championship. The “B” class participants included teams that achieved success in the competitions of Moscow, Leningrad and the Union republics in the winter of 1955, including: the five best teams of the RSFSR championship, the two best teams of the Moscow championship (among those not represented in class “A”, Champion of Leningrad, cup holders of the Kazakh , Karelian-Finnish , Latvian and Ukrainian SSRs . The number of participants was increased from 8 to 12.

Dynamo beat Torpedo in the best ratio of goals scored and goals conceded. The Metallurg team (Nizhny Tagil) dropped out to class B.

Most of the games took place in Moscow. Matches marked in blue in the table were held in Arkhangelsk . Games highlighted in red were held in Ivanovo . Meeting ODO (Khabarovsk) - “Metallurg”, marked in green , was held in Kaliningrad, Moscow Region ^[2] .

Lineups and scorers in the 7th championship

1. CSK MO ( Moscow ) (15 players): Evgeny Klimanov , Anatoly Melnikov - Vladimir Bykov, Mikhail Gaschenkov (2), Victor Chigirin (2), Anatoly Vasiliev (2), Boris Rundin (2), Veniamin Bystrov (3), Gennady Vodyanov (3), Vladimir Elizarov (14), Yuri Zakharov (5), Igor Malakhov (1), Vladimir Menshikov (5), Anatoly Filatov (6), Lev Shunin (14).
2. ODO ( Sverdlovsk ) (17 players): Lenin Arefiev , Alexander Maskinsky - Vladimir Glushkov, Anatoly Golubev (2), Ivan Frolov , Stanislav Eisbrunner , Nikolai Durakov (2), Feoktist Koptelov (1), Alvian Kuznetsov (4), Nikolai Nazarov , Valentin Atamanychev (11), Ivan Baldin (3), Pavel Gubin (9), Vladimir Karavdin (11), Mikhail Osintsev (2), German Tarasevich (4), Alexey Torgovkin (2). Anatoly Vasiliev ( CSK MO ) and Igor Zaitsev (ODO, Petrozavodsk ) scored 1 goal each.
3. ODO ( Khabarovsk ) (17 players): Georgy Volkov, Vasily Lateyko - Nikolay Varzin , Anatoly Panin , Georgy Susarev, Vasily Katanaev, Alexander Piskunov (1), Alexander Toropov (1), Valery Bolotin (2), Anatoly Vyazankin (14) , Alexander Konstantinov (4), Mikhail Medvedev (8), Nikolai Popov (8), Victor Smirnov (2), Gennady Tuchkov (1), George Khrulkov (3), Sergey Edukaryants . Vladimir Smirnov ( Petrel ) scored 1 goal into his own net.
4. Dynamo ( Moscow ) (19 players): Alexey Matchin (13; −21), Sergey Andreev (9; −13) - Sergey Vorobyov (13; 1), Igor Korkin (13; 0), Ivan Morgunov (11; 0), Boris Tarychev (9; 0), Nikolai Artyomov (8; 0), Alexander Luppov (4; 0), Ivan Davydov (18; 2), Vladimir Tulyakov (16; 10), Vladimir Filippov (14; 4) , Dmitry Morozov (11; 0), Alexander Sukhanov (2; 0), Dmitry Shapovalov (18; 10), Vasily Trofimov (18; 12), Vladimir Savdunin (12; 1), Yuri Kiselev (12; 4), George Petrov (9; 6), Nikolai Postavnin (9; 2).
5. Torpedo ( Krasnoyarsk ) (16 players): Nikolay Bytskevich, Yuri Orlov - Anatoly Bochkarev (1), Ivan Dvornikov, Kiva Dralyuk, Vladimir Kireyev, Anatoly Korotchenko (4), Konstantin Kryukov, Vladimir Kuzmin, Boris Lesnyak, Peter Logashov ( 8), Veniamin Lukanin (1), Anatoly Martynov (8), Nikolai Martynov (13), Vladislav Sedyakin, Vladimir Shaes (1).
6. ODO ( Petrozavodsk ) (14 players): Voronin, A. Kudryashov - Nikolai Bortsov (8), Victor Gorbunov (7), Evgeny Gorbunov (5), Yuri Gorbunov, V. Grigoryev, Vladimir Ivanov (5), A. Edomsky, Epishin, Kalganov, Vladimir Karmushev (12), Lev Lebedev, Nikolai Shogin (3).
7. Vodnik ( Arkhangelsk ) (17 players): Nosin Belobrzhek, Alexey Dvorov - Valerian Botsmanov (6), Fedor Vaensky, Albert Vologzhannikov (10), Anatoly Zalesov, Anatoly Zhukov (2), Dmitry Kurochkin (4), Boris Morozov (4) 3), Vladimir Potapov, Anisim Pushkin (6), Vladimir Ryabov, Anatoly Solkov (5), Anatoly Skvortsov , Valentin Stashevsky, Lev Filchagin (1), Nikolai Yadovin.
8. Petrel ( Moscow ) (15 players): Turkov, Alexander Fomkin - Nikolai Balashov (1), Vladimir Golovanov (4), Alexander Zaitsev (1), V. Komarov, Mikhail Mukhortov (4), Evgeny Papugin (7), Boris Petrov , Alexander Polevoy (6), Bulat Satdykov (13), Vladimir Smirnov (1), Andrey Turkin , Boris Turkin (2), Mikhail Turkin .
9. Energy ( Leningrad ) (16 players): Mikhail Zanozin, Nikolai Fink - Boris Abrosimov (1), Vladimir Bogdanov, Boris Vaivod (1), Nikolai Vikhansky (3), Egorov, Korneev, Anatoly Kulev (5), Vitaly Lishtvan (1), A. Malkov, L. Martynov (3), Anatoly Salakin, Yuri Savin (2), Yuri Uvarov, Eugene Fleisher (3).
10. Metallurg ( Nizhny Tagil ) (14 players): V. Molochkov - A. Korotkov (10), Yuri Korotkov, Vladimir Markov (3), R. Meyer, A. Petrenev, Mortars, Semeykin, V. Tolkachev (1) , V. Cheremnykh (1), Shavrin, Victor Shekhovtsov , Alexander Shtundel (3), Vladimir Yumashev (6).

The top scorers - Anatoly Vyazankin ( ODO ( Khabarovsk )), Lev Shunin , Vladimir Elizarov (both - CDSA) - 14 goals each.

Competitions in class "B" took place in Kazan from February 20 to March 8, 1955. 12 teams took part in these competitions: 5 teams that took 5 first places in the RSFSR championship ( Shakhtar ( Kemerovo ), Urozhay ( Perovo ), Dynamo ( Ulyanovsk ), Wings of the Soviets ( Kazan ) and Vanguard "( Nizhny Tagil ), the two best teams in Moscow (from those not represented in Class A), Krylia Sovetov-III and Shakhtar, Leningrad champion Energia -2 , Kazakh Cup winners - Iskra ( Alma- Ata ), Karelian-Finnish - ODO-2 ( Petrozavodsk ), Latvia - ODO ( Riga ) and the Ukrainian SSR - UP ( Vinnitsa .) were divided on the preliminary stage of the command and two groups of 6 teams each. The final part of the hit of the three best teams will compete for places 1 to 6. The rest of the team played the place from 7 to 12.

Preliminaries

Final Competitions

Kemerovo Shakhtar won the right to play in the next Class A championship.

Shakhtar ( Kemerovo ) (14 players): Viktor Shablovsky - Anatoly Zhuravlev, Konstantin Zhuravlev, Fedor Zaitsev, Peter Pavlov, Mikhail Pleshkevich, Vladimir Ryabinsky, Ivan Ryabovalov, Mikhail Savoskin, Alexei Sidorov, Dmitry Teplukhin, Peter Vanyukov, Yuri Grigory Ignatov. Trainer - L.A. Kornilov.

Competitions were held in two stages. At the first stage, from December 12, 1954 to February 16, 1955, zone tournaments were held. 55 teams took part in them. Teams were divided into 8 zones. Zone tournaments were held in one round with travels.

• Far Eastern zone. Winner ODO ( Chita ).
• Siberian zone. Winner Shakhtar ( Kemerovo ).
• Ural zone. Winner "Vanguard" ( Nizhny Tagil ).
• Lower Volga zone. Winner Dynamo ( Ulyanovsk ).
• Upper Volga zone. Winner of “Wings of the Soviets” ( Kazan ).
• Northern zone. Winner "Chemist" ( Yaroslavl ).
• Central zone. Winner Dynamo ( Kursk ).
• Moscow region. Winner "Harvest" ( Perovo ).

Final tournament of the 4th championship of the RSFSR

Второй этап соревнований состоялся с 6 по 16 февраля 1955 года в Казани.

1. «Шахтёр» ( Кемерово ) (15 игроков): Виктор Шабловский — Анатолий Журавлёв, Константин Журавлёв, Юрий Загорский, В. Иванов, Григорий Игнатов, Владимир Канин, Пётр Павлов, Михаил Плешкевич, Геннадий Пичугин, Владимир Рябинский, Иван Рябовалов, Михаил Савоськин, Алексей Сидоров, Дмитрий Теплухин.
2. «Урожай» ( Перово ) (15 игроков): В. Григорьев, А. Медведев — Владимир Голиков, Виктор Ерёмичев, Е. Клюйков, В. Назаров, М. Ротин, Константин Рюмин, В. Саввин, В. Титов, А. Хрусталёв, Николай Худолеев, А. Чухнин, Яков Шеин, Леонид Шлейн.
3. «Динамо» ( Ульяновск ) (15 игроков): Георгий Волков — Пётр Булдаковский, Михаил Волков, Александр Гаруля, Николай Гунин, Е. Казанкин, Л. Камчарев, Василий Куров, Николай Культин, Георгий Лосев, Г. Петров, В. Самарин, Василий Семячкин, И. Тэн, Сергей Эдукарьянц .

Команды, занявшие 1 — 5 места, завоевали право участвовать в чемпионате СССР 1955 года в классе «Б».

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