The Ufa attackerSalavat Yulaev » Alexander Khmelevsky said he was waiting for players “Tractors “Harder actions from the start of the series in the Gagarin Cup playoffs.
Salavat defeated Traktor at home on Saturday (4:1) and leveled the score in the best-of-four series – 1-1.
– How did you manage to win today?
— Desire, attitude, the boys were ready to play. Even after the first goal we had enough emotions.
— After the first game, did you have a conversation in the locker room that you were playing poorly?
– We understand this ourselves. There is no panic in the locker room. Do you think if we lost the first game we would start to panic? No. We have experience.
—Did you think the opponent would play so hard?
“I’m surprised they haven’t played this hard before.” Well, let them sit on the bench and we will score. I am sure that in Chelyabinsk there will be the same difficult matches,” reports the correspondent of , according to Khmelevsky’s words.
In the third period, the hockey players of both teams started four consecutive fights in a few minutes. The first fight was started by visiting defender Albert Yarullin, who fought with host striker Daniil Alalykin. Then a fight began between Chelyabinsk resident Mikhail Kotlyarevsky and Ufa resident Danil Bashkirov. Then Traktor striker Charles Robinson knocked down Salavat captain Grigory Panin with one blow, after which he began to fight with defender Alexei Vasilevsky.
The third match will take place in Chelyabinsk on March 4.
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Source : MatchTV
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