The head coach Kunlun Red Star Viktor Ignatiev said that the best player of his team in the Fonbet KHL championship match with Amur was goaltender Jeremy Smith.
On Tuesday, Amur was defeated by Kunlun in the KHL regular season match with a score of 1:2 in a shootout. This meeting was the Khabarovsk club’s first home match this season.
— Good plot, dramatic play. I know there hasn’t been any hockey in the Far East since February, everyone was really looking forward to its return. Very good atmosphere at the stadium… I remember the time when you could never get a hockey ticket here. As for hockey, the minority of both teams worked very well, capturing the puck. Fortunately for us, the majority of Khabarovsk today could not realize for a single moment what we have granted them.
— Smith stopped 56 shots…
– You know, Jeremy coaches us every game. If we win, 90% of the time the best player in the match is our goalkeeper. And today is no exception. Visually, there were matches where we were bombarded from all sides, but we did not reach 56. On the other hand, 10 deletions, ”reports the correspondent of , according to Ignatiev’s words.
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Source : MatchTV
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