Head coach of Omsk “Avant-garde » Mikhail Kravets said that in Saturday’s Fonbet KHL championship match against Tolyatti Lada, a newcomer Damir Zhafiarov will be in the first three of the attack, but the playing combinations will then change.
Zhafyarov became an Avangard player on Wednesday, leaving Ak Bars Kazan in exchange for monetary compensation.
— For the game with Lada, we see him in combination with Ryan Spooner and Reed Boucher. In the future, I hope, we will create a second line, where Zhafyarov, Nikolai Prokhorkin and Tomas Yurcho will play. Their strengths are good technical and fast players. Damir is more maneuverable, Yurcho is a powerful attacker, tall and goes to finish moves. They have talent and ability, they don’t hesitate to fight with power. I think these players will help us,” Kravets said in a video on Avangard’s YouTube channel.
Avangard, after scoring 59 points in 43 matches, occupies second place in the Eastern Conference standings, just behind Metallurg Magnitogorsk (61).
Watch live broadcast of the KHL “Lada” – “Avangard” match on the KHL Prime channel from 2:50 p.m. (Moscow time).
Source : MatchTV
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