Mikhail Kravets: “It’s good that Avangard survived and fought back”

“Avangard” on Monday, March 6, played in Novosibirsk the third game of the playoff series against “Siberia” and won 4:3. The head coach of the Omsk team, Mikhail Kravets, positively assessed the match and noted that the “hawks” were ready for this.

The mentor also stated that the opponent forced Avangard to play a lot in defense.

– We were ready for such an onslaught of Sibir, it’s always hard to play here. Fans are pushing their team. Yes, and the team is very good, all 4 links do an excellent job, they fight.

We still had to play more defensively – not that we wanted to, but the opponent forced us. Especially in the second period. It’s good that we survived and fought back – lucky, without this there are no victories. The third period we had quite well, but again we were summed up by unjustified removals. Naturally, we will work on this.

The most important thing is that we won, we made a small step towards the final success. The next game will be the same battle, you need to rest and prepare for it.

– How can you explain that Sibir dominated in the second period?

– We can not say that we are completely on the defensive there. The opponent added somewhere, so we had some wrong decisions. There were inaccurate transmissions. Changes are inopportune. Again, deletions were allowed. There was confusion, a little panicked. Therefore, in this segment, the opponent was stronger.

– Avangard has 32 blocked shots by the opponent today. How do players feel about this now?

– Feel like a team that won. As for the shots, this is very important, which means that there are men in the team.

– Should we expect forward Arseniy Gritsyuk to play?

– He is preparing, training. We’ll see how the situation develops. I can say the same in general about possible changes in the links. After the current game, you need to look at the hockey players for bruises, scratches, and discuss with the doctor who is feeling well.

Previously, we also provided the opinion of the defender of the “hawks” Ziyat Paygin about the second game of the series with Sibir.