Mikhail Kravets: Avangard conceded annoying goals on counterattacks

On Thursday, January 5, Omsk hockey players played in Novosibirsk a match of the KHL championship against Sibir and were defeated 1:3. Omsk head coach Mikhail Kravets gave an assessment of the meeting, noting that the team conceded unfortunate goals during the opponent’s counterattacks.

Having lost in this match, Omsk missed the chance to come out on top in the Eastern Conference. Also, the mentor added, these two teams – “hawks” and “snowmen” – in fact, such games are always among themselves – a tough fight, efforts to recoup.

“Knowing the situation in Novosibirsk, at the stadium, the strong support of the fans and the very decent game of Siberia this season, especially at home, we tuned in to such a match. I think that we played pretty well all the periods. The guys gave their best, created chances, did not give up, fought to the end. The puck rolled along the ribbon, the goalkeeper of Siberia played great. We conceded annoying goals on the counterattacks. This is hockey. It happens. The most important thing is that from the first to the last minute the team did not leave their line, continued to fight. I think I played very good hockey. There are still enough games ahead,” Kravets said.

Answering the question whether the match was similar to the previous derby in Omsk, the coach noted that, in his opinion, Sibir and Avangard always have such games – with a struggle when you have to catch up with one or the other in the score. It turned out to be essentially the same here, although the Omsk team in this case did not manage to return to the game. Even though they had a chance to do so.

“Defender’s game with the second missed puck? He didn’t lay down, but went to intercept with a stick. The same thing happened in Yekaterinburg. I think we will need to work on this, watch the video. there was no move. But the situation develops very quickly, here the player makes a decision. It may not always be the right one,” Kravets also said.

There was a question from journalists about whether Semyon Chistyakov could be called an already mature dispatcher who organizes attacks. As the mentor replied, the headquarters of the “hawks” and from the beginning of the season considered him a good, strong defender. And then during the championship Semyon added and now – one of the best in the team, informed portal “Championship.com”.

Earlier also we reportedthat Avangard defeated Avtomobilist 7:1 away.