Mentors of Khabarovsk SKA-Neftyanik and Vodnik commented on the game in Arkhangelsk

The match ended with the victory of Vodnik with a score of 3:2

“SKA-Khabarovsk” after the defeat from Dynamo Moscow went to Arkhangelsk and, apparently, drew the appropriate conclusions. The army men gathered and gave the Arkhangelsk team a real fight. We played strictly according to the coach’s instructions, and if not for bad luck, we could have taken one, or even three points from this away match.

They played defensively, were able to neutralize the fastest team in the Super League, did not allow them to score from a single corner, and, by the way, Vodnik sent in as many as 16 of them. We implemented the standard ourselves. If it weren’t for the loss, one could say that the Khabarovsk team was great. And so simply well done without additional epithets. Moreover, this is SKA’s first game on open ice, under intense pressure. Still a 45 minute penalty.

Still the match ended in victory for the opponent 2:3. This is the second defeat of SKA-Neftyanik in the championship, but not as offensive as in Krylatskoye. It is clear that the team is preparing for the matches, knows how to gather itself and is not going to give up without a fight.

“I think the game was enjoyable for the audience. The tension was on until the last 92nd minute – extra time was due to a timeout. So I think that such matches color our hockey, they are interesting to watch. This is a fight, and really a man’s fight, and there were good combinations. Yes, we were a little unlucky somewhere. We had two good chances from Volodya Kalanchin and Dima Anikin. Well, good ones, really. As they used to say – one hundred percent, but they turned out to be not one hundred percent. I think if the guys had scored these goals, the game could have taken a different direction. But what is, that is, we move on. I liked the game. Was there an idea to stage Grigory Lapin? There was a thought. There is no goalkeeper coach, you have to do it yourself. Do you think… emotions could also overwhelm Grisha… they are in order for us, now it was Lyova’s turn, but there was an idea to put Grisha. But we decided to stop at Lev,” noted Alexander Savchenko, head coach of HC SKA-Neftyanik.

I remember that home analysts once predicted Ivan Maksimov to become SKA’s mentor after Mikhail Pashkin left. And as you can see now, it was in vain. He is quite comfortable in Arkhangelsk.

“It was a very good match today. Educational for the whole team and especially for our young guys. When the game is played at your maximum speed, when you have to switch it somewhere, while trying to play competently – this is very useful. In matches when things don’t work out, when the ball doesn’t go into the goal and corners don’t go in, it’s very important to play well in defense, which we managed to do today. That’s why we won,” he assessed the match Ivan Maksimov, head coach of HC Vodnik.

There is a difficult match ahead with Kemerovo Kuzbass, the only plus is that it will take place in Khabarovsk. The game will take place next Saturday, November 25th. We’re rooting for our guys, they’ll really need our support.

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