Ala-Too Dordoi crowned Kyrgyzstan champion

By beating 8-2 in final game #3 Khan Tengri Bishkek, Ala-Too Dordoi from the city of Naryn becomes 2012-13 Kyrgyzstan League champion. It's the first time since the creation of the domestic league in 2009 that a teaqm outside the capital Bishkek wins the title.

Kyrgyzstan League is organized in three round played in different period of the year in Bishkek, where works the only regular rink of the country: in the first one, played in December, Arstan Bishkek won with a perfect record, including a 5-2 victory against Ala-Too. The team from Naryn won the second round, played in January, took the revenge in decisive game, beating Arstan 2-1.

After the two rounds, the four best teams of the comprehensive standing - title holder Arstan Bishkek, Ala-Too-Dordoi Naryn, Khan Tengri Bishkek and Zhumgal-Shorton Chaek - advanced to playoffs, played from 27 February to March 04 with semifinals at best-of-two. In a dramatic series Khan Tengri knocked off Arstan, winning 2-1 game #3 of the series, while Ala-Too needs just two games to eliminate Zhumgal-Shorton Chaek, defeated 13-6 and 21-5. In this last game, Ala-Too top scorer Ramil Gaisin scored a record of 17 goals.

While Arstan took the bronze in three games against Zhumgal, the final seen Khan Tengri crushing 10-0 Ala-Too in game #1, but team from Naryn took the revenge winning 9-4 game #2 and complete the series beating 8-2 the champion in decisive game #3 with 4 goals by Gaisin and 3 by Yuri Zhuravlev

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