Mikhail Kravets: Avangard should not have played so much only in defense”

On Sunday, January 21, Avangard in the KHL conceded on foreign ice Lokomotiv 1:4. After the game, the head coach of the Hawks, Mikhail Kravets, assessed the results.

The coach noted that his team went on the attack too little overall during three periods.

– Alas, we only played really well in the third period. Only there was the game we would like to see. Against such an opponent as Lokomotiv, you can’t just fight back all the time. Playing on the defensive, with 12 shots in total over two periods, always ends in tears.

Therefore, it was necessary to play more in someone else’s zone, but for this it was necessary to put in more effort. That’s what we succeeded in the third period.

We made an unfortunate mistake at the end, which decided the outcome of the match. And then they tried to pull something out, but it didn’t work.

But the main thing is that you need to go out against all teams with an attitude and play from the first to the last minute. Moreover, we try to use an attacking model. Constantly playing on defense – it even takes more effort than when you have the puck and play in someone else’s zone.

– This is the third match in a row that you have lost to a clean sheet in the second period. What is not working for Avangard in this segment?

– Nothing broke for us, but the return was bad, we lifted the puck up, threw it, and finished it off. And the unfortunate minority. All.

– To what extent did Yurcho’s transfer to the first link justify itself in the end?

In this case, I had to try other options, because the aggression was a little lacking. As a result, the game of the first line with him really looked different. And the rest of the links that have developed because of this.

We previously wrote about how Avangard won “Spartacus”.