Torpedo Head Coach Igor Larionov after his team’s defeat by SKA, he expressed the opinion that the KHL was not so much inferior to the NHL in terms of level.
Torpedo lost to SKA (4:5) in the second game of the second round playoff series. The score in the series up to four wins is 2-0 in favor of SKA. The next two matches will take place in Nizhny Novgorod on March 20 and 22 respectively.
– I want to congratulate the opponent for the victory. Interesting game. I have no doubt the fans loved him. Our guys – with a good game, just a bit of luck and time to win the game. But we do not give up, we go to the goal and we will wait for the opponent in Nizhny Novgorod.
So we have to create even more chances. The score on the scoreboard is 4:5. But from this game you can take a lot of positive. The guys did not fall into an individual game, but continued to play the pass.
It is difficult to assess the match that has just ended. We talked during the break about the psychology of the match. The good thing about the playoffs is that they are unpredictable. You can’t play for fear of making a mistake. I hope we will play creative fast hockey but with fewer mistakes.
This is my first experience in the KHL playoffs. I’m glad we’re getting some press and fan attention with our game. After a trip to Detroit, I said our hockey wasn’t that bad. Evaluating the last games, I will say that there is not such a big gap between the KHL and the NHL. There is another abyss that I cannot talk about, but which you can read between the lines, ”reports the correspondent of in the words of Larionov.
Watch live broadcasts of the KHL playoff matches on the federal channel , thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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