Before “Avant-garde » Vladimir Tkachev in an interview with after game six with “Locomotive “(3:2) told how he tries to use his scoring chances.
Omsk Avangard in the sixth match of the second round of the Gagarin Cup defeated Yaroslavl Lokomotiv (3:2). The winning goal in the 40th minute during a 5-on-3 power play was scored by forward Nikolai Prokhorkin.
— Do you have the feeling that Avangard is getting stronger in this series with each match?
– Yes of course. We approached this sixth game with only one thought: we must win and bring the series back to Omsk. Thank goodness we made it.
— We saved the game with a score of 0:2 by showing character.
— We didn’t panic, neither after the first missed goal, nor after the second. We found strength and came back into the match. All our guys are handsome!
— You experienced at least two great moments where you could have scored the right goal. Why didn’t it work?
— I try to leave the whole series if there is a moment. Well, that’s not happening yet. We have to do something about this. I hope it goes well in game seven.
— Have there been seventh matches in your career?
— Yes, once, when I played for Salavat Yulaev. What awaits us now? We were already on the brink in the series. So we have to go out and play our hockey, like we showed in the last few games. Do not panic. Just play your game.
— The big plus of the seventh match is that the entire arena will be for you.
– Yes, of course, we have great fans. When such a sector of fans gathered in Yaroslavl cares about you, it is much easier to play. Thanks people for this. I imagine the difficult journey they had from Omsk. We always feel our fans from the ice. And of course, in the seventh match in Omsk we will be supported very actively. I think it will be a full house. The supporters are our sixth outfield player.
— As the series progressed, Avangard moved on to projects set up by Bob Hartley. Was this change in gaming model easy for you?
— I won’t say that everything was easy. The new technical staff only had one day to show and tell us everything. But we play together, we improve in every match and gain more and more confidence,” Tkachev said in an interview with .
The score in the best-of-four series was tied (3-3). The seventh match of these teams will take place on Saturday in Omsk.
In six games of the series with Lokomotiv, Vladimir Tkachev scored 3 (0+3) points and made 10 shots on target.
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