Captain “Avant-garde” Damir Sharipzianov said that the team wants to defeat Ak Bars Kazan in order to climb to first place in the Eastern Conference standings.
The regular season meeting of the Fonbet KHL Championship in Omsk took place on Friday and ended with a score of 4:2 in favor of Avangard.
— Previous defeats against Ak Bars this season weren’t exactly oppressive, but they were unpleasant. Additionally, they lost three straight in the playoffs last season. I already wanted to win to be able to reach this first place. Yes, Magnitogorsk also won today, but that doesn’t matter. We have three matches with them in February and we will decide everything there. Although it is clear that in other matches there will also be serious opponents with their own tasks, it will not be easy.
We miss Tkachev very much. He trains hard and heals his wounds. He should come back soon and help us, he is a great master. But we have to show our hockey even without him, we have guys with big ambitions who haven’t played at their level for some time,” Sharipzyanov said in the Championship.
Avangard is second in the Eastern Conference standings with 79 points after 55 matches. The team gained access to the KHL playoffs.
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