Captain “Avant-garde” Damir Sharipzianov in an interview with after the third match against Lokomotiv (2:1 OT), he talked about what had changed in his team after the change of head coach.
Avangard in the third match of the second round of the Gagarin Cup defeated Lokomotiv away (2:1 in overtime). Forward Reed Boucher scored the winning goal in the third minute of overtime.
The day before, there had been a change of coach at the Omsk club. Mikhail Kravets was fired, and Sergei Zvyagin became an actor.
— Zvyagin is a former goalkeeper, like Oleg Bratash, whose Lada you passed in the first round.
– Seriously? I didn’t even know it. Although under the management of Bratash he played in the national team. I don’t think it’s necessary to think about it at all. Zviagin now thinks about everything, not just the goal. And what I noticed is that Sergei Evgenievich went to practice today without wearing goalie skates. It’s no longer the same goalkeeper coach. Zvyagin put on regular skates. If the head coach came out into the goalkeeper’s box, it would look a little strange.
— What has changed in the game under Zvyagin?
— There have been times when we have changed. We didn’t do it yesterday, but Wednesday morning before the game we watched the video. And the guys understood all the little things pretty well.
—How important was it to bring the series back to Omsk?
— It is important to win the match. It’s important to bring the series back. It is important to prove that we are here to fight and win. It’s good that there is still at least one match in Omsk. But we are thinking about the fourth match of the series, which will take place in Yaroslavl – how to win it, how to be faster and more agile than Lokomotiv.
— The railroad workers are like machines, they are performing remarkably well in these playoffs. Do you understand how to stop this car?
– A good team, naturally. We read a lot about it, we see a lot. It appears that they have been performing together for several years now. Last year I watched them and, to be honest, I wanted them to go further. But Lokomotiv came up against their favorite rival…
— CSKA wasted their blood.
“So when they passed them, they had a boost of spirit.” I haven’t spoken to anyone about Lokomotiv. But we will not start from them, but from ourselves. We have to play our own hockey.
— As a captain and defender, did you say anything to the guys – the same Bogdan Kiselevich, who made mistakes and took penalties? How did you agree to act in defense?
— I said very simple things. I haven’t changed anything like that. I was just trying to give a hint somewhere. Because before we played a little differently with the puck. Now we have changed something. I tried to guide the guys in the right direction. I think today I devoted a lot of emotion both to hockey and to helping my partners. I hope this helped them.
— Your friend from Nizhnekamsk, Tampa defender Mikhail Sergachev has started training. Are you online? Does he support you?
– Yes, I called him after a terrible incident where he was injured. I supported him and I’m happy that Misha is back on the ice. I’m glad he started skating. We are even preparing some projects for the summer. If he trains in Moscow in the off-season, I would be happy to share the ice with him and prepare for the new season together,” Sharipzyanov said in an interview with .
Lokomotiv leads 2-1 in the best-of-four series. The fourth match of these teams will take place on Friday in Yaroslavl.
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