Chinese coach Kunlun Red Star » Viktor Ignatiev said that Finnish Temu Pulkkinen and Canadian Tyler Graovac are capable of showing better hockey than today.
On Saturday, Kunlun lost to Dynamo Moscow with a score of 1:7 in the Fonbet KHL championship match.
– The game was not successful for us. The first move changed absolutely everything. Dynamo ran well for 60 minutes, but we had to catch up with them. The third goal slowed us down a bit.
— The third period was a failure on your part, was this due to psychological pressure?
“I didn’t see any psychological pressure. We had a plan to equalize the score, but Dynamo’s third goal changed everything. The results were also affected by the deletions. Being sent off six times is a lot against any team, and even more so against Dynamo.
— What is the atmosphere like in the locker room?
— What we played for is what we got. The score doesn’t reflect what’s going on inside. We have to go out and win every game. To do this, each of the 20 hockey players must do their job 110%. We are not so talented that someone is not working at full capacity.
— Should Chinese hockey players shift their attention from Olympic qualification to the KHL championship?
– There is no such problem. We must win here and now. Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow.
— How would you rate Pulkkinen’s performance?
— I really missed the subject before. I was absolutely not happy with his performance in this match, he can do more. I will talk to him and decide how he can help the team.
— Jack Rodwald has left Kunlun. Do you regret losing such a player?
“It’s not my decision, it’s the club’s decision.” We have enough players for a successful performance.
— How would you rate Graovac’s performance?
— We expect more from Tyler, we try to help him. Graovac is a very talented center forward. He played very well in many matches. “Tyler can and should be more useful than he is now,” the correspondent reports, according to Ignatiev’s words.
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