“Avant-garde” was stronger “Lokomotiv” during the Blinov Cup pre-season match in Omsk.
Friday’s game ended 3:2 in overtime in favor of the Omsk team. For a long time, the only goal in the game was Avangard forward Ilya Reingardt, who scored in the 5th minute, but Lokomotiv’s Canadian newcomer Byron Fraze equalized the score in the 56th minute, and at 57:28 Maxim Shalunov scored the puck. Less than a minute later, Alexey Makeev scored Avangard’s second goal and sent the game into overtime.
Linden Wei scored the winning goal in overtime.
Both teams have played three matches in the tournament, Lokomotiv with 5 points shares the lead with Traktor, Avangard has 4 points.
Avangard will play against Sibir on August 25; Lokomotiv still have a match against Barys.
The new season of the FONBET KHL Championship starts on September 3, on which day Lokomotiv will play for the opening Cup against Metallurg Magnitogorsk.
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