Defender and captain of Nizhny Novgorod “Torpedo” Bogdan Konushkov told that the decisive moment of the meeting between the Fonbet KHL Championship and CSKA It was the third goal of the army team, which Mikhail Grigorenko scored in the middle of the third period.
On Wednesday, Torpedo lost to CSKA in Moscow with a score of 2:3, Konyushkov scored an assist. Grigorenko scored the puck in the 49th minute and increased the hosts’ advantage to 3:1.
— CSKA is an interesting team. As expected, it was a dynamic and interesting match. We played a good match. It’s a shame we didn’t win, we weren’t able to capitalize on our chances.
I can’t say that after the crushing defeat (2:7 in early January), the match against CSKA was particularly important; we have the same mentality for all teams. We knew there would be many matches with CSKA this month. There was no particular principle, but I wanted to beat them.
— What moment of the match do you think was decisive?
— Obviously, this is the third goal that we miss in the middle of the third period. After that it was difficult to turn the situation around,” Konyushkov told .
Previously, Torpedo was assured of making the playoffs. Igor Larionov’s team occupies fifth place in the Western Conference standings of the Fonbet KHL Championship, gaining 68 points in 57 matches.
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Source : MatchTV
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