Athletistic/Hockey. Head coach of Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo Igor Larionov commented on the defeat of his players in the regular KHL championship match against Yaroslavl Lokomotiv. The Nizhny Novgorod team lost to the railway workers with a minimal score (0:1), failing to reach the opponent’s goal.
“Torpedo has no other model of play – we play for spectators. Today we could stand in our zone and stay there, holding the puck. Hockey is a game with goals, a spectacular game . Changing our style, adapting to someone is not in our rules. Everyone has their own taste, everyone sees hockey in their own way, we see no problem with our system. We have plan A and a improved plan A, but we don’t have a plan B.
Hockey that gives pleasure to spectators, the development of hockey players who show their best qualities, occurs when the game is played in an offensive style. What other teams do is their decision. The opponents have very experienced coaches, they play hockey for their team, which brings results.
Huska kept a clean sheet for 59 minutes. He is playing very well this season. Where should he add? Not missing anything at all? We are satisfied with all our goalkeepers. Kulbakov will be ready for the next match, or in just one meeting,” Larionov is quoted in the KHL press service.
Torpedo scored 23 points in 16 matches and is in second place in the KHL Western Conference standings. The car factory team let Lokomotiv take the lead, having scored 25 points in the same number of matches.
Source: Sport
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