Khabarovsk “Amur” beat “Kunlun RS” to a crisp

The match ended with a score of 2:0 in favor of the Khabarovsk team

Khabarovsk “Amur” has not been very lucky lately – four matches, three of which are home, without victories. Well, at least most of these games ended in a draw during regulation time, giving the team the points they need at the start. The second game of the Khabarovsk team’s second trip of the season took place in Mytishchi, where the Chinese Kunlun RS are now based.

In mid-September, the “tigers” already played with the “dragons” and then the victory, albeit in shootouts, went to “Kunlun”. Now is a new meeting and an excellent opportunity to prove that the last defeat was an unfortunate accident and that the coaching staff drew appropriate conclusions from the defeat. By the way, Janis Kalnins stood in the goal instead of the tired Dmitry Lozebnikov.

“Cupid” immediately tried to take the bull by the horns, or rather the dragon by the mustache. At Jeremy Smith’s goal, dangerous moments arose one after another and it was clear that this would not end well for the hosts. In the 13th minute, after a positional attack, Alexander Khokhlachev threw the puck from the boards to Artur Gizdatullin, who fired powerfully from the frost line, literally piercing the opposing goalkeeper. “Amur” took the lead – 0:1.

The second period promised to be very sharp. It was expected that Kunlun would try to make up the one-goal gap. The Chinese team tried, but the “tigers” were not going to give up the initiative so easily. “Amur” dominated in the second period of the game. At the 25th minute, the trio of Korshkov, Rylov, Kapustin increases the lead in the score. Egor Korshkov wrestled along the boards and passed it to Yakov Rylov, who saw Kirill Kapustin open on the spot, and Kapustin was not taken aback and sent the puck into the net with an accurate throw – 2:0.

There were still some tough moments, but here the Kunlun goalkeeper played well. In the third period, the hosts went on the attack, but Janis Kalnins and the defenders played excellently, not giving the Chinese team a chance. The result of the meeting is the long-awaited victory of Khabarovsk “Amur” and the necessary two points in the piggy bank.

Well, Janis chalked up the first clean sheet of the season, trying on the “medal” of the best player.

“It’s a difficult match against a good opponent. The guys did a good job today, played for results, and created a lot of good chances. Outputs “2 to 1”, “2 to 0”, “1 to 0”. Our front sight has been clogged lately, we haven’t scored much. Let’s hope the goals come. We really needed points, yes, we took one in some games, but this was not enough, of course. Our goalkeeper played well today, reliably, and the whole team helped him. Of course, we can say that today’s victory is a breath of fresh air for us. Yes, we had a bad streak, but it’s a long way to go. We are moving forward,” he emphasized at the post-match press conference Andrey Martemyanov, head coach of HC Amur.

Kunlun Mentor in turn, he admitted that this time Amur managed to impose their hockey on his team. Well, he praised the Khabarovsk goalkeeper. Amur will also play the next match away. In Kazan on October 1, his opponent will be the local Ak Bars, which is in third place in the conference.

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