Mikhail Kravets: Avangard showed a good game with the whole team

On Wednesday, February 22, Omsk hockey players played in the KHL at home with Lokomotiv and won 4:3. The head coach of the “hawks” Mikhail Kravets appreciated the meeting and noted that the wards completed the task.

The mentor also answered the question of how forward Nail Yakupov played after returning to the squad.

– First of all, we need to thank the players that from the first to the last minute they did what we agreed with them. And they didn’t give up. We fought, fought, tried to transfer the game to someone else’s zone, score goals, earn a majority.

Thanks to the fans for the good support, for seeing the team’s desire not to give up, for a good confident game. It also helps the kids.

There was a good atmosphere on the bench, everyone was determined only to win.

The return of Yakupov also helped us. So every player showed his best qualities. This was the key to success – the whole team showed a good game, struggle and pulled the match out of a difficult situation.

– Today the first period was especially good and powerful. Can we expect this to happen in every match?

– Today it could be expected even at the reel. And she herself was different, and there was a lot of positive energy on her.

Of course, this all proves that they can all play very well – the main thing is that it be stable.

– Is Vasily Demchenko’s condition after a microtrauma already clear?

– Until I say anything, there is no clarity. Healing, recovering.

– Please rate separately how Yakupov played in the first match after a long break.

– He played perfectly, from his first to his last shift, worked out in defense, catching pucks on himself, gave a pass, he could score himself. I’m glad we decided to enter him for the game today.

– When the opponent made the score 1:1, then 1:2 – do you think it hit the players hard psychologically? Despite the fact that in the end they still won, of course.

– How can I put it… In principle, for the whole match in the game “5 on 5” the score was 1:1. It is necessary to avoid deletions, especially unjustified ones. But they are always there. They did not survive here.

So, it was necessary to simply score in their majority. And if you lose heart in general, then you don’t need to play hockey.

Earlier also we gave an assessment of the game from Avangard’s winning goal scorer Korban Knight.