Presenter and commentator at Dmitry Guberniev described the victory as exceptional “Metallurgy” above “Lokomotiv” in the final playoff series of the Fonbet KHL Championship.
The fourth match of the Gagarin Cup final took place on Wednesday in Yaroslavl and ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of the guests. Andrei Razin’s team won the series 4-0.
— I expected a fight because Lokomotiv was good. But Magnitka showed extremely incredible will and talent. Coach Razin is good – there are simply no words! And also an excellent goalkeeper (Ilya Nabokov – approx.), who becomes more than half of the team in the playoffs. I sincerely congratulate Magnitogorsk, this is a great holiday for the Chelyabinsk region and the Magnitogorsk Steel Plant. Congratulations to Viktor Rashnikov, I know him well, he is a big hockey fan. This is truly an exceptional victory!
What the goalkeeper did was cool, with such a goalkeeper Lokomotiv had no chance! I’m generally a fan of goalkeepers. Look what Bobrovsky did today (in the NHL). And the Magnitogorsk goalkeeper applauds: he is handsome,” Guberniev told .
Nabokov played in 23 playoff games and missed 41 goals, while stopping 661 shots. He became the youngest playoff MVP in KHL history; at the time of winning the Cup he was 21 years and 32 days old. The previous record belonged to Ilya Sorokin (2018/2019 season, 23 years and 128 days).
Metallurg became three times winner of the Gagarin Cup. Previously, the Magnitogorsk club won the trophy in the 2013/14 and 2015/16 seasons. In terms of the number of Gagarin Cups, Metallurg is equal to Ak Bars (2009, 2010, 2018) and CSKA (2019, 2022, 2023).
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