Before “Locomotive » Ivan Chekhovich told that all fans of the Yaroslavl club expect the team to win the Gagarin Cup.
This season of the Fonbet KHL Championship, Lokomotiv has won 10 victories in 13 matches and occupies first place in the Western Conference standings.
Yaroslavl has never won the Gagarin Cup. In the first season in the history of the KHL, Lokomotiv lost to Ak Bars in the playoff final (3-4).
— Does the goal of winning the Gagarin Cup resonate in the Lokomotiv locker room?
— Our tasks, of course, are the highest. All fans have been waiting for a long time. That’s all I can say.
— Go through the second round playoffs with the Eastern clubs. What does this give?
— To be honest, I didn’t think about it. It doesn’t matter to us whether the playoffs are crossover or not. We have to go out and win.
— Last season, Lokomotiv lost to CSKA in the seventh match, although they won the series 1–3. What conclusions have you drawn for yourself?
— The series was very difficult, the seventh game was disappointing for us. CSKA usually won all series in the seventh matches. What conclusions have we drawn? We had to go out and win. What other conclusion is there?
— Do you understand how strong CSKA is? How do they go out like this and defeat their opponents in decisive matches?
“They come to play their hockey with a lot of confidence. They don’t let themselves be shaken in decisive matches,” Chekhovitch told .
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