Former Head Coach Russian national teams Belarus and Kazakhstan in hockey Vladimir Krikunov in a conversation with suggested that Moscow “Dynamo” could reverse the course of the series with “Torpedo” in the first round of the KHL playoffs solely because of the patience and discipline of the game.
Torpedo leads the series 3-2, having won the last two games against the Muscovites in overtime. In the last game, Dynamo suffered 36 penalty minutes.
– Dynamo shouldn’t be hooligans. We have to endure. Fights do not add victories. Well, they pushed you, or something… You have to keep playing. Kovalenko, on the other hand, showed the Dynamo team correctly – look at the scoreboard, what are you fighting for? It is better to be patient and win than to fight, let off steam and lose.
– Indeed, Dynamo looks like a more systematic team than Torpedo. But no system will work without strict game discipline.
– That’s right. Plus, Torpedo is such a team – just let them run free. It’s not that difficult to play against the Nizhny Novgorod team, but if you knock them out, then you’re done. In order to keep torpedo players, you have to constantly work with them, take down and keep each player in their area. And Dynamo players are losing opponents. And then just give freedom to the torpedo boats – they will score a goal in an instant,” Krikunov told .
On Sunday, March 12, Dynamo will meet Torpedo in Moscow in the sixth game of the series, starting at 4:50 p.m. (Moscow time). The match will be broadcast live on the KHL television channel, as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.
Source : MatchTV
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