Before “Torpedo » Igor Larionov Jr. in an interview with he compared the Nizhny Novgorod team with “Chicago Blackhawks », in memory of the elimination of SKA in the 2023 Gagarin Cup.
— Last season, Torpedo lost without luck to SKA in the second round (0-4 in the series). Do you now believe you can beat the giants in the playoffs?
“And we were confident that year too.” Sometimes a team goes out for the first time and things don’t go well. It’s a bit like when Chicago made the playoffs for the first time in a long time in 2009, and Detroit simply crushed the Blackhawks (1-4 in the series) in the third round. There, the Red Wings had an experienced and playful team; they won the Stanley Cup in 2008.
But the kids played for Chicago, they got that experience, and over the next six years they won three Stanley Cups themselves. We can therefore treat defeats differently. For example: “Damn, what a shame we lost to SKA. » Or you can say: “Well, good, we have gained this experience, and in the next playoffs we will become stronger.”
Defeats – they also teach. They suggest how to become better. This is the philosophy we have at Torpedo,” Larionov Jr. told .
Torpedo now occupies second place in the Western Conference with 23 points from 16 matches, just behind Lokomotiv (25 points from 16 matches).
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