“Avangard” after two periods plays with “Ak Bars” in a draw

On Friday, April 7, Omsk hockey players play the fourth match of the semi-finals of the Gagarin Cup against Ak Bars and hold a draw. Two periods have ended. The score is still 0:0.

On April 7, Avangard meets in the fourth match of the Vostok conference final series with Ak Bars and draws. After two periods the score is 0:0.

In the first period, the numbers on the scoreboard remained zero. It cannot be said that Avangard had an overwhelming advantage. He had few really sharp attacks, but the opponent as a whole threatened his goal less in general. In terms of speed, Omsk seemed to be superior to him.

What was a problem for the hawks were the long combinations. The most frequent entry into the zone is through a throw-in, and then a continuation with a 50/50 chance of success.

In the third minute, a whole bunch of malas happened on the “patch” of our team, as a result of which a goal did not happen. Two minutes later, Broadhurst suddenly, in fact, fell out alone on the opponent’s goalkeeper, but they still didn’t let him really quit. After another 6 minutes in the attack, the Siberians inflicted essentially two shots in a row above the gate – and the fact that the puck was flying higher could be seen almost immediately.

By the way, the head of the board of directors of the “hawks” Alexander Krylov was shown at least twice on the media cube during the segment at the VIP stand – it was clear that this time he was very worried and did not even sit down.

Well, let’s note at the last minute the attack of the second link of the Avangard, which turned out to be not too sharp.

But the beginning of the second period turned out to be discouraging for the Omsk team – 26 seconds passed and the guests scored in a commotion. Avangard took a request to watch a video replay, whether the puck flew over the tape according to all the rules. But rather crawled in. It was not entirely clear who scored. And after watching the judges decided – do not count the goal! The attacking player of the opponent came into contact with the goalkeeper, that is, he created interference.

Then there were many dangerous episodes in the game, for example, the attack of the third link in the 22nd minute. After 6 minutes, in the attack of Omsk, Ak Bars had the gates moved.

And 6 minutes before the siren Omsk only miraculously did not miss. They just got lucky. The Volga players threw very dangerous shots.

The escalation occurred at the last minute, when the guests were in the minority “3 on 5” – they left Dynyak, and then Lukoyanov (for the bandwagon). And these were the first removals in the entire game. Avangard still didn’t score here. Most of the Omsk residents left for a break.