Primorsky “Admiral” lost to “Vityaz” in a shootout, with a score of 3:2

Both teams managed to improve their standings by earning points

After defeat from SKA “Admiral” arrived in the Moscow region with the determination to restore the self-esteem destroyed by the St. Petersburg army. That is why Leonid Tambiev “shaken up” almost all the game combinations, leaving only one triple. Max Verba watched the match as a spectator this time due to disqualification. The proven Nikita Serebryakov stood at the gate.

In Vityaz they decided that the best is the enemy of the good and kept the winning squad that managed to beat Khabarovsk “Amur” in the previous match. The teams started cautiously, and being very careful about the moments, I use the slightest opportunity to throw on goal. Goalkeepers were very helpful. A precarious balance was maintained throughout the first period. However, in the second game segment, on the 25th minute, “Admiral” managed to play too much and opened the scoring in the game. Primortsy busily entered the zone, parted and cold-bloodedly scored. Distinguished Rudolf Cerveny.

Between the first and second break really was only 4 minutes. At the 29th minute, the guests win the face-off, the puck goes to Alexander Gorshkov and then powerfully throws it into the far corner uncovered by the goalkeeper. Gorshkov is a master of such shots. The second puck in the goal did not discourage the “knights”, in the same period they managed to return to the game. The Sailors’ defenders made a mistake and allowed Stepan Starkov to run away for a rendezvous with the goalkeeper. “Vityaz” returned to the game. “Admiral” is trying to keep the advantage.

There was a great opportunity to break away from the hosts at a safe distance again, but Admiral was never able to realize the majority. But “Vityaz” scores almost immediately as soon as he was in full force, equalizing the score. The puck was thrown into Serebryakov’s goal by Tyler Graovac, who finally apparently found his game and his link. In overtime, Vityaz came close to conceding, but the dedication of the players helped the team hold on. And in the shootout, the hosts turned out to be more accurate. The final score of the match is 3:2 in favor of the team from the Moscow region.

“Given that this was the fourth match of the away tour for us, I am very pleased with the guys, the game and dedication. I think that we should have won in regular time or in overtime. We should have scored. The opponent’s goalkeeper played very well. The guys gave a good game “We’re going to Vladivostok and getting ready for the home series. Victory to the opponent!” – noted after the match Leonid Tambiev, head coach of HC Admiral.

The mentor of the rivals, as expected, was dissatisfied with the debut of the match.

“I can’t say that we are completely satisfied with the game. Still, we lost 0-2 during the match. It’s good that we were able to equalize the score and win the shootout. We had a lot of wrong moves, especially in the first period. And in the second period “, for which the opponent punished us. A lot of unjustified dismissals again. Guys with a hard strong-willed victory! And fans with a victory, young people who believed to the end. Thanks again to everyone! Balashikha is a hockey city, and everyone here loves and knows hockey. Not was there jitters in overtimes this time the god of hockey was on our side I agree that overtimes should be played with a cool head and not with checkers naked Tyler found the chemistry in the link the load was pressing on him that he could not score in the first ten matches,” he stressed. Vyacheslav Butsaev, head coach of HC Vityaz.

“Admiral” after a protracted away tour returns to Vladivostok, where on October 4 it will play with HC “Sochi”.

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