Fiery match: Amur Khabarovsk defeated Vityaz at the start of the championship

The second period was decisive, in which the Khabarovsk team bounced back from minus 2, and then took the lead

I don’t know how much the troika cost Amur Korshkov, Broadhurst, Khokhlachev, but judging by the game, the forwards were worth all this money to the last penny. It is clear that this is only the opening match, there is a whole season ahead, which will be full of flights and in general promises to be very difficult, but the beginning turned out to be fiery and filled the hearts of Amur fans with hope. The team played very well.

In the first period, there were no goals, although “Amur” clearly dominated the site creating moment after moment, but the implementation failed. The puck did not go into the goal, and even the goalkeeper of the hosts played above all praise. The Tigers made 16 shots on target, but not a single one flew. “Vityaz”, in turn, attacked much less (5 shots on target), but all his exits to the goal were a little more dangerous than the opponent’s. In addition, “Amur” played three times in the majority and also to no avail.

But the second period first made the Khabarovsk fans pretty worried. “Vityaz” came to his senses and tried to seize the initiative, and they succeeded for a while. On 25 minutes Alexander Yaremchuk robbed his opponent and threw the puck off Vladimir Galuzin, whose powerful wrist shot broke through the defense of Janis Kalnins.

And in less than a minute, Amur remained in the minority and here it was already powerful, Jeremy Roy threw from the blue, and the same Yaremchuk corrected the puck into the goal. 26 minutes, and the hosts are already leading 2-0. Something to hang your nose on. But as it turned out, this was not worth doing. The guests went ahead and equalized at first, and then they themselves led to +2.

Artur Gizdatullin scored on the 28th minute and it immediately became easier to breathe, and then on the same 28th minute he scored Alex Broadhurst. The American did not stop there and scored a brace at the 31st minute. Well, in the 40th minute, Amur newcomer Alexander Khokhlachev scored the fourth goal for Vityaz. What is called “in the locker room”.

The third period was again for Amur, but here, as in the first game segment, there were no goals. Even the sixth field player who was released instead of the goalkeeper did not help the hosts. However, “Amur” also failed to hit the empty net, although they really wanted to. Well, in the final of the confrontation, Yegor Zubov and Viktor Baldaev fought for the match, having accumulated claims to each other.

“With victory, Khabarovsk! We knew that our team had enough skill. And today they showed that everything is in order with their character. A bright start, a great mood – we have the first two points, we move on, ”congratulated the team Roman Kramar, General Director of the Amur hockey club.

“Amur” earns the first two points this season and begins to prepare for the next opponent.

“About Alexander Khokhlachev, how he was quickly integrated into the team. There was practically no time, but Alexander is a decent player, he understands everything and fit in very well, almost perfectly. Twenty-second segment in the second period was a turning point. We were not going to sit on the defensive, we went ahead and caught. And the counterattacks were good and dug well. There were good goals. As for Broadhurst, he scored five or six in pre-season. He is the scorer and should score goals, that’s all right. The next match is against Dynamo Moscow, we will set the guys up to win. Now we need to recover, rest and prepare for Dynamo. It will be a very serious game,” he stressed. Andrey Martemyanov, head coach of HC Amur.

Already on Monday, the Khabarovsk team will have a more serious opponent – Dynamo Moscow, which looked very good in the preseason. The game will take place at 19:30 Moscow time.

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