Minsk coach “Dynamo” Craig Woodcroft called nervous for the team the first match of the new season of the Fonbet KHL Championship, in which the Kazakh “Barys” (4:3B).
“We started pretty well. It took us a few minutes to master the puck. We didn’t let the opponents control the game, everything went as we wanted. Sokolov scored a good goal. After the first period, they said they needed to capitalize on their chances better. We went out, immediately scored the puck, and for some reason shut down after that goal. As if they thought the game was won. Then you yourself saw that the opponent returned to the game and took the lead. In the last ten minutes of the third period, we showed a good game, managed to score.
I want to mention Kolosov, who played well, gave us the opportunity to win and made a lot of good saves. Today we learned the lesson you need to play every 60 minutes. Happy with the result, looking forward to the next game. Alistrov made a great contribution to the game. A winning shootout requires composure. I believe in him, like the whole team. Today was the first match, of course there were nerves. It was important to take your rhythm. The team played well, there was no need to blur the ties. Varfolomeev got a little sick and Shalagin needs to improve his game, understand our system. Unfortunately he missed part of practice due to injury, he needs to catch up and earn a spot in the roster,” Woodcroft told the official KHL website.
In the next game of the regular season, Dynamo Minsk will host Avangard at home, while Barys will play away with SKA. Both meetings will take place on September 5.
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Source : MatchTV
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