Lokomotiv won a home match against Avtomobilist for the first time in 6 years

The Yaroslavl hockey club completed its home series with a strong-willed victory over an obviously inconvenient opponent. Lokomotiv has not won a home game against Avtomobilist since 2017.

The beginning of the game was in line with tradition. The guests scored a quick goal in the first period, and until the end of the first period the home team was unable to respond to the team from the capital of the Urals. In the second period, Georgy Ivanov “unsealed” the enemy’s defense.

In the third period, Lokomotiv hockey players were able to completely push through the opponent’s defense. Yaroslav Likhachev took the team ahead. And Maxim Shalunov scored the winning goal “into the locker room” – in the 60th minute of the match. The final score of the meeting is 3-1 in favor of Lokomotiv.

“Lokomotiv put a strain on our defenders,” the Avtomobilist coach reasonably noted in a post-match interview.

The best players of the match were Daniil Tesanov, who provided two assists, and Yaroslav Likhachev, who scored a spectacular goal. And Daniil Isaev, who stood at the gate according to Podomatsky’s precepts – “like a stone fence.”

The Locker Room recognized foreign player Martin Gernat as the best. For the fact that the whole match was at the right time and in the right place.