Traktor defender Sergei Telegin said that in the new season the Chelyabinsk team will fight for the Gagarin Cup.
“Tractor” beat Kazakh “Barys” (2-1) on Friday in the match of the pre-season tournament in Kazan.
– Barys was the favorite before the match and you didn’t have seven experienced players. Surprised by the result?
No, not surprised at all. Our guys are really cool. It was a good start. Also, before the game, we talked, helped, encouraged. After all, there is only one system, both in Chelmet and here. What the coaching staff told them, they tried to achieve. Maybe they didn’t play fairly evenly, somewhere there was a wedding, moves, but the young people had a lot of desire. We helped them and they added speed to us. It was a good move, despite the start of the game, considering the night before. Well done guys, just beautiful, plus goalkeeper Podskrebalin. He helped if necessary, the guys survived three by five. It was necessary to score in the majority, there were many attempts. Barys has good strangers – Grant, Oberg, Number Eleven. Hairdresser? He’s there. We prepared, we knew how to play.
– You are only 22 years old and you have spent more than one season in the League, in addition you have gone to the Olympics. Wasn’t there such a veteran feeling?
— (smiles) I just tried to help guys, suggested somewhere. I myself used to seriously hook up, now I’m also trying to defuse the atmosphere with a joke somewhere.
– Yesterday you scored, why are there no goals in this match?
– And I thought I scored, and there Kravtsov turns out to be (smile). Turns out he made a pass.
— How did you and Traktor change during the offseason?
– There is more forward play due to the new rules. It’s easier for me to play that way, I like it. He began to communicate more with Karpukhin, began to feel better. Another team, the guys are all good. Experienced Zharkov came, and Captain Kalinin was already there. The team is great, we are waiting for the arrival of Soshnikov and Chibisov. And Anvar Gatiyatulin gives us more offensive hockey.
– Obviously, the objective of the season is to play in the playoffs?
– Why did you decide so? Our goal is the Cup. This is the main objective. We have the experience of that season, we know what needs to be corrected to become better, stronger. We will gnaw, there will be another hockey. I look forward to progress, for example, from Fateev, he is a “spiritual” guy. I think we have a great team, we are going to play, because hockey is above all a game.
– Your compatriot Danis Zaripov has ended his career. How do you remember him?
– It’s a legend. I will also note his game intelligence, his hockey IQ.
– Would Danis play in the NHL?
“Of course, definitely,” Telegin told Metaratings.ru.
Last season, Traktor finished ninth in the Eastern Conference and failed to qualify for the KHL playoffs.
The new FONBET season of the KHL Championship starts on September 1st.
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Source : MatchTV
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