Bars secured a 4:3 win against Chelmet in the Supreme Hockey League on 4 October 2026. The result flips the script on confidence, since the visitors had not tasted victory all season. Both sides sit winless at the bottom, but the away side now carries momentum while the hosts look deeper into trouble. And here's the thing — neither team has a point to their name, yet the gap between them grows wider by the day.
Chelmet came into this fixture with mixed recent form: a 4:2 win over Almetyevsk followed by a 4:5 defeat to CSK VVS. Bars, meanwhile, had lost four of their last five, including heavy 4:0 setbacks against Orsk and Perm. The match did not follow either pattern. By then the visitors had already shown they could score, and they did so again in the final minutes to steal three points on the road.
The scoreline tells you something about the game — a four-goal haul against a side conceding at will suggests Chelmet's defence had nothing to do all evening. Bars needed the points badly after their poor run, and they took them when it mattered. To be fair, neither side looked comfortable for long stretches, but the away team found a way through when it counted.
Our prediction had backed the hosts at 62 per cent confidence. It did not come off. Chelmet's record of three wins from nine games should have suggested stability, but the match went the other way. Bars rescued themselves from the bottom with a result that changes nothing in the table — both sides still sit on zero points — yet shifts something in the room.
Chelmet drop further behind with this loss, while Bars climb a place into 24th. The goal difference remains a concern for both, but the away side now has a result to build on. The season is still young, and these points matter more than anyone admits.
