Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, Chairman of the Board of Trustees “Cupid” Mikhail Degtyarev told that the team must confidently qualify for the KHL playoffs based on the results of the current regular season, and for this it must finish the first half of the season in the first three.
After the seven starting matches of the KHL regular season, Amur sits in eighth place in the Eastern Conference with seven points. On Tuesday, Andrei Martemyanov’s team lost to Kunlun (1:2 B), then the Khabarovsk team will play at home against Dynamo Moscow (September 21) and SKA (September 23).
— Are you looking forward not only to reaching the playoffs, but also to having a good performance in the Gagarin Cup, like the Admiral did this spring?
— Yes, we’re going to make some noise in the playoffs. The goal is to have the team enter the playoffs with confidence, not at the last moment. To do this, you must finish the first half of the championship in the top three, so as not to catch up later. This is an intermediate task, for which we are also ready to thank both the coach and the players. The problem must be resolved immediately and, as they say, hit the tugboat. A good start shows that this rather ambitious intermediate task is also achievable,” Degtyarev said in an interview with .
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Source : MatchTV
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