Three-time ice hockey world champion Alexei Tereshchenko told that “Torpedo” physical turned out to be better prepared for the first round of the Gagarin Cup than Moscow “Dynamo”.
On Sunday, Dynamo Moscow lost the sixth game of the Gagarin Cup first round series against Torpedo (1:2 OT) and were knocked out of the playoffs, the series score was 2–4.
– Dynamo players were not physically enough for this series. Already in the third period it was clear that the players were tired, they were losing to their opponents on the move. It was clear that “Torpedo” dominates. When extra time started, Nizhny Novgorod immediately locked Dynamo in the area. There, even before Jan’s goal, there was another very dangerous scoring chance. And remember the overtime at the previous meeting – it was also 14: 2 on throws in favor of “Torpedo”. Well, where is he? Dynamo was not physically enough for this series. Thus, the “white-blue” acted in an organized manner. What was asked of them was done. But they weren’t strong enough.
– Dynamo’s three consecutive defeats in overtime are also linked to “physics”?
– Dynamo players for the third periods are no longer enough. But the “Torpedo” was ready very decently. They’re all at 60 minutes, and in overtime they played the hockey they want to see,” Tereshchenko told .
In the West, SKA, Lokomotiv and Torpedo qualified for the playoffs. The last participant in the conference semi-finals will be determined on March 14 in the match between CSKA and Severstal.
Watch live broadcasts of KHL playoff matches on the federal channel and thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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