Attack SKA Pavel Dedunov after the second game of the first round of the KHL playoffs against Nizhny Novgorod “Torpedo” said that the coaching staff prepared the team for overtime as usual, convincing the hockey players that there should be enough strength for the decisive period of the match.
On Sunday, SKA beat Torpedo at home with a score of 3:2. Roman Rotenberg’s team lost 0:2 in the match, but managed to equalize the score and win in the second overtime thanks to a goal from Vasily Glotov.
— The match did not go as planned, we lost. But the main thing is that the end is ours. We played, showed character, the team came together. Victory should give us confidence.
— Why are you missing the second game in a row at the very beginning?
“Our eliminations give the opponent a breath of fresh air. They must move away less so that their leaders spend less time in the field.
— Why couldn’t you play competently with a power play?
— We are playing at home, we lost in the first match. There was probably some nervousness. But this takes place in games ripped from the veins. In such moments, trust should return to the leaders and everything will shine with new colors.
— How did the coaches prepare you for the extra periods?
“They said the same words: that we are a team, a whole, that we play with one ball, that we are side by side, that the price of a mistake is high. We went into overtime thinking that we had strength, that there was powder in the vials,” reports the correspondent, reporting Dedunov’s words.
The third match between Torpedo and SKA will take place on March 5 in Nizhny Novgorod.
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