Former Goalkeeper and Coach S.K.A. Sergei Cherkas expressed the opinion that the St. Petersburg club is superior to its next opponent in the Western Conference finals CSKA .
SKA and CSKA start their Gagarin Cup semi-final series in St. Petersburg on April 2.
– SKA against CSKA is, of course, a historical confrontation in our league. But all the past matches no longer matter, only the present counts. In the Western Finals, they will play for first and second place based on regular season results – everything makes sense here. Yes, this year many teams presented surprises, the same “Admiral” or “Severstal”. We can already safely say that the season is special and unusual, that many past models do not work. I look forward to a new stage in the development of the army derby – a dashing, offensive and systemic SKA against a more uniform CSKA. The Muscovites have behind them two series of seven matches, they could well run out of steam.
SKA is playing very well in front of their fans, the team feels that St. Petersburg is rooting for them wholeheartedly. The opponent is not important here, the viewer goes to SKA. In the spring, our city literally lives for hockey – thousands of people come to fan zones and open training sessions, many go to away games. Such crazy energy can only help players perform at their best on the 200% ice. It seems to me that the Petersburgers have more purely game-playing strengths, they can just beat CSKA, and they certainly won’t lose in a power struggle, “Championship” quotes Cherkas as saying.
Live broadcasts of the KHL championship playoff matches are broadcast on the federal channel and thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.
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