Former coach of several KHL clubs Fedor Kanareikin spoke of victory “Locomotive “in the Gagarin Cup semi-final series against Traktor, and also said that he considers the Yaroslavl club to be the favorite of the tournament.
The decisive match of the series took place in Chelyabinsk, at the Traktor Arena, and ended with the victory of the guests in regular time with a score of 3:0. The score of the series became 4-0 in favor of the Yaroslavl team, they qualified for the Gagarin Cup final.
— “Lokomotiv” went through this series. The team looks strong in the playoffs, added the youth, the discipline is up to par. They left no chance. Nikitin’s hockey is results-oriented. Everything is then forgotten, but the result remains. The fan only needs one victory. How it was obtained is another question. In the decisive stages the team works properly, it looks very decent.
From now on, Lokomotiv is the clear favorite. He was like that, no one had written him off before the playoffs. The second ticket to the final will go to Metallurg. It will be interesting to watch this confrontation,” quotes Kanareikin, Metaratings.ru.
Loko will play in the final of the Gagarin Cup for the first time since 2009. The opponent of Igor Nikitin’s team will be the winner of the pair “Metallurg” – “Avtomobilist” (2-1 in the series).
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