American attacker “Tractors” Charles Robinson in a conversation with , he noted that there was no point in starting a fight in a situation where the team had to win back in the Gagarin Cup match against Lokomotiv.
On Monday, Traktor in Chelyabinsk lost to Lokomotiv with a score of 0:3 in the fourth match of the semi-final series of the Fonbet KHL Championship playoffs. Alexey Zavarukhin’s team finished the season losing the series with a total score of 0 to 4. In four matches, Traktor managed to score five goals.
— What did Traktor lack to win this match and try to get back into the series with Lokomotiv?
— Somehow, we didn’t have enough of playing our hockey. But it is now difficult to draw conclusions in this lawsuit. We can talk for a long time about what we could and should have done to bring the series back to Yaroslavl. Separately, it is worth noting Lokomotiv’s defense, the opponent’s defensive performance certainly deserves praise.
— One way to move a team forward when the puck isn’t going into the net is to fight. Have you considered taking on the role of leader? You did well in the Salavat series.
– No, this desire did not exist. We just needed to score. A fight with the score 0:3 in the third period would have led to nothing, Robinson told .
Lokomotiv will face the winner of the Avtomobilist-Metallurg pair in the Gagarin Cup final.
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Source : MatchTV
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