Head coach of Yaroslavl “Locomotive » Igor Nikitin after the away victory against Chelyabinsk Traktor, he congratulated the team’s hockey players for reaching the Gagarin Cup final.
On Monday, Chelyabinsk Lokomotiv defeated Traktor with a score of 3:0 in the fourth match of the Gagarin Cup playoff semi-final series. Igor Nikitin’s team reached the final, closing the series with Traktor with a score of 4-0.
— Words of gratitude to the adversary. The fans also passed a certain test. And I would like to congratulate the guys, they have reached an important milestone.
— Why was the series easier than with Avangard?
— Sometimes trigger points affect the course of a streak. The team must be ready for this. After psychological hardening with Omsk, we succeeded.
— In the end, it seemed like you were saving your strength. What is the reason?
— I won’t say that we finished the match, but psychology can’t do anything about it. It’s good that there are guys who know how to behave correctly, ”the correspondent reports, reporting Nikitin’s words.
In the final of the Gagarin Cup qualifiers, Lokomotiv will play with the winner of the Avtomobilist-Metallurg duo.
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