1924-25 Soviet bandy season

This was the 1924-25 season in Soviet bandy:
==Leningrad Championship==
The Leningrad Championship was played for the third consecutive season. 14 teams were divided into A and B groups. Following a resolution of the Leningrad Physical Education Board from March 10, 1924, all private organizations, including sports clubs, were dissolved.
Lolbeck became Union Communal, while Sport was renamed LTSKS. However, on the eve of the championship, the clubs were placed into the district offices of the Spartak organization. 
;Group A
The competition was played from January 11 to March 18. 
The teams were re-branded as follows:
*Lolbeck - Central District A
*Sport - Petrogradsky District
*Petrovsky - Vasileostrovsky District
*Narva Sport-Club - Moscow-Narva District
*Unitas - Vyborg District
*Central District A - Petrogradsky District 2:2
*Central District A - Petrogradsky District 4:0
*Central District A - Red Putilovets 3:1
*Central District A - Red Putilovets 3:1
*Central District A - Vasileostrovsky District 17:0
*Central District A - Vasileostrovsky District 9:1
*Central District A - Moscow-Narva District 6:2
*Central District A - Moscow-Narva District 2:0
*Central District A - Vyborg District 3:0
*Central District A - Vyborg District 4:2
*Petrogradsky District - Red Putilovets 2:2
*Petrogradsky District - Red Putilovets 5:2
*Petrogradsky District - Vasileostrovsky District 7:1
*Petrogradsky District - Vasileostrovsky District 5:0
*Petrogradsky District - Moscow-Narva District 3:0
*Petrogradsky District - Moscow-Narva District 3:1
*Petrogradsky District - Vyborg District 9:1
*Petrogradsky District - Vyborg District 4:0
*Red Putilovets - Vasileostrovsky District 2:0
*Red Putilovets - Vasileostrovsky District 3:1
*Moscow-Narva District - Red Putilovets 2:0
*Red Putilovets - Moscow-Narva District 3:1
*Red Putilovets - Vyborg District 5:0
*Red Putilovets - Vyborg District 6:2
*Vasileostrovsky District - Moscow-Narva District 4:3
*Vasileostrovsky District - Moscow-Narva District 3:2
*Vasileostrovsky District - Vyborg District 5:2
*Vasileostrovsky District - Vyborg District 5:1
*Moscow-Narva District - Vyborg District 2:1
*Moscow-Narva District - Vyborg District 2:0
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L 	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Central District A 	10	9	1	0 	53	9 	19
2.	Petrogradsky District 	10	7	2	1 	40	13	16
3.	Red Putilovets 	10	5	1	4 	25	19	11
4.	Vasileostrovsky District	10	4	0	6 	20	51	8
5.	Moscow-Narva District 	10	3	0	7 	15	25	6
6.	Vyborg District 	10	0	0	10	9 	45	0
Central District A roster: V. Lagunov, G. Filippov; F. Breev, M. Butusov, G. Bush, Vinogradov, Heine, A. Durniakin,
B. Karneev, V. Kuskov, D. Lagunov, A. Polezhaev, P. Filippov, S. Filippov, B. Shpigel, A. Yakovlev.
;Group B
Eight teams participated in the competition, which was won by Central District B (formerly Merkur).
;Promotion/Relegation
*3/18: Vyborg District - Central District B 3:2
==Moscow Championship==
The Moscow Championship was contested for the third time in 1925. It was divided into first and second groups.
;Group 1
*Central House of Physical Culture - Saharniki 1:1
*Central House of Physical Culture - Profintern 2:0
*Central House of Physical Culture - OPV 6:0
*Central House of Physical Culture - OPV 5:0
*Central House of Physical Culture - Krasnaya Presnya 2:1
*Central House of Physical Culture - Red Ray 5:2
*Central House of Physical Culture - Red Ray 1:1
*Saharniki - Profintern 3:1
*Saharniki - Profintern 3:3
*OPV - Saharniki 4:2
*Saharniki - OPV 1:1
*Saharniki - Krasnaya Presnya 3:2
*Saharniki - Red Ray 6:0
*OPV - Profintern 2:0
*Profintern - OPV 1:0
*Profintern - Krasnaya Presnya 1:1
*Profintern - Krasnaya Presnya 4:0
*OPV - Krasnaya Presnya 4:2
*Red Ray - Krasnaya Presnya 3:2
The full slate of games could not be completed due to thaw. On March 1, after not suffering a single defeat, the Central House of Physical Culture was awarded the championship. 
 	Club
1.	Central House of Physical Culture
2.	Saharniki
3.	Profintern
4.	OPV
5.	Krasnaya Presnya
6.	Red Ray
*Central House of Physical Culture roster: V. Ovsyannikov; M. Bolshakov, P. Vinogradov, V. Gentz, M. Goldin, B. Zarzhetsky, K. Zarzhetsky, B. Lazerson, K. Malakhov, Tamantsev, N. Khmelev, B. Chentsov.
;Group 2
 	Club 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Dynamo Moscow 	8 	6	2	0	52	10	5,4
2.	KIM 	8 	5	2	1	23	15	4,2
3.	Builders 	8 	2	3	3	16	19	2,3
4.	Red Khamovniki	8 	2	1	5	17	26	2,3
5.	Goznak 	8 	1	0	7	7 	45	2,0
A sophisticated system of scoring was applied taking into account other winter sports disciplines, as well as the results of the second club team.
==Other games==
*3/8: Leningrad - Moscow 3:1 (1:0, 2:1) @ Leningrad - 6,000 spectators attended
==References==
*Хоккей с мячом. Энциклопедия (Hockey with a ball. Encyclopedia) 2009
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