Yekaterinburg striker “Motorist” Anatoly Golychev told that the first match of the second round of the KHL playoffs against SKA is not the most important match of the series, but it is good that they managed to deprive the team of St. Petersburg has home ice advantage.
On Sunday, Avtomobilist defeated SKA with a score of 3:2 in the away match of the Gagarin Cup.
—How important is it to start a series with a victory? With Ak Bars, you immediately took the initiative.
– Of course, it’s very good that we won the first match. We took advantage on the ice. It’s not the most important game in the series, but so far it is. Now we have to recover, try to win the second match the day after tomorrow and go to the matches in Yekaterinburg in a good mood. If you look at previous years, we play well against SKA at home.
— When will the Avtomobilist Arena be completed?
– In December next year. We can’t wait. It will be cool when we have a new palace. I always try to go there on excursions.
— What is the magic of Zavarukhin’s coaches, who are doing very well in these playoffs? As the season progressed, they starred in a series based on Brother 2.
— The videos are cool, yes. We laughed and talked in the locker room. Lekha Byvaltsev made a superb appearance. And we’re not even talking about the Zavarukhin coaching phenomenon. Let’s leave this topic to journalists,” Golyshev told .
Nikolai Zavarukhin is the head coach of Avtomobilist. Chelyabinsk “Traktor” under the leadership of his cousin Alexei Zavarukhin in the first round of the Gagarin Cup overtook the Ufa “Salavat Yulaev”, in the second round they started the series with the Moscow “Dynamo” with a victory.
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Source : MatchTV
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