Hockey players “Motorist” achieved a historic result by reaching the semi-finals of the Gagarin Cup and gave a gift to Yekaterinburg, said the head coach Nikolai Zavarukhin .
On Monday, Avtomobilist defeated SKA with a score of 5:4 in the fifth match of the series in St. Petersburg. The score in the series up to four victories was 4-1 in favor of the Yekaterinburg team.
— A productive game for the fans. Lots of goals, lots of struggle, lots of emotions. They believed until the end, realized what they had in mind and stuck to the tactics. We had a few chances at the start, but the opposing goalkeeper played very well. If you don’t score, they score on you, that’s what happens in hockey. They didn’t give up in the second half, when the opponent added more and took the lead. The team entered the busy third period and took home the victory. Thanks guys!
Today the guys made Yekaterinburg hockey history, reaching the third round for the first time in history. There was no underestimation of the opponent after the score was 3:0 in the series. We knew what a competent team we had in front of us. In Yekaterinburg, they came out and scored goals against us because we played a little different hockey. Everyone understood where we were going and what to do on the ice. Today the guys came out with one fist.
— Have you managed to become aware of the historicity of the moment?
“I wanted to prove it to myself.” I remember when I was working as a coach in Siberia, the league was closed due to the pandemic. I wanted to feel the second round. It’s great that the city is celebrating its anniversary and we gave such a gift. They made history. Only positive emotions. We will realize this later. Not after the match, when all the emotions remained on ice,” reports the correspondent of , reporting Zavarukhin’s words.
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