Head Coach “Torpedo” Igor Larionov said that during the match against “Salavat Yulayev” the Nizhny Novgorod team sought to score quick goals so that the opponent changed goalkeepers and became nervous.
On Wednesday, “Torpedo” defeated “Salavat Yulaev” in the home match of the Fonbet KHL Championship (5:1).
“The opponent tried to save the game, but the brilliant play of our goalkeeper Ivan Kulbakov did not allow the Ufa team to get closer to us,” the correspondent quoted Larionov as saying. – The guys are out. And when at the end of the match the whole arena got up, it was something extraordinary.
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– Of course, we analyzed the game of the Ufa goalkeeper, looking for his weaknesses. But it happens that there are a lot of moments, but it is impossible to realize them. Today we found the keys to the door. And when we lead 3-0, the opponent makes adjustments, changes goalkeeper. It was important to immediately sow uncertainty and chaos in the opposing camp. While their great keeper Yezhov doesn’t take the courage.
Torpedo sits second in the KHL Western Conference standings with 80 points and secured a playoff berth.
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