“Salavat Yulaev” defeated Omsk and flew dry into St. Petersburg

Everyone knew about Avangard that the team played well in attack. What else do they have that’s interesting? The coach is a decent guy. Olga Buzova actively supported this club when it played in Balashikha. True, then the camera caught her in Ufa at the game “Salavat Yulaev”. But the popular mademoiselle became shy and ran inside the VIP box. It turns out that she is still rooting for Omsk, just like Yulia Romanova, who in 2021 won the AVN Awards in the category “Best New Foreign Starlet.”

If I were a hockey player and saw famous girls in the uniform of my club – or noticed them in the stands – I obviously would not remain indifferent and would give the heat. As my classmate Anton Lebedev said: “if the girls come to watch our game, then I will immediately start hanging out and uniting.”

Avangard scored the first goal after beautiful teamwork. Nikolai Prokhorkin scored, assisted by Damir Zhafyarov and Tomas Yurcho, 0:1. But I immediately told my neighbors in the stands, the Omsk residents, that this was bad for them. After a quick goal, Ufa begins to crumble and collapse.

Eight minutes and two seconds later, the greens were already in the lead. The goals were scored by Ivan Drozdov and Sasha Khmelevsky, 2:1.

Perhaps Omsk would have been mechanically collapsed even before the first break. But then Danil Alalykin deftly hit the flying puck. Didn’t let her reach her opponent. And at the same time, with the same swing, he slapped the hawk in the face.

The judges went to watch the video. How much to give – two, four? They gave four, but our employees, sitting at the table and in charge of the scoreboard, lit two. The judge had to come up again and say – give it four.

Since Omsk is so aggressively attacking, then four minutes is a sentence, a goal cannot be avoided? But no. “Salavat Yulaev” did not miss. Alexander Samonov and his defense held out confidently. Like men in Gorbachev’s noose. Well, what did you want – the genes of the fathers…

In the second period, Alexander Sharov increased the lead. He was assisted by Sergey Shmelev and Danil Alalykin, 3:1.

The next move was for Avangard. Ivan Igumnov threw Samonova – and he can be proud of it, 3:2.

“Yulaevites” repeated the same slob in different variations throughout the match. A good attack, the player is taken to an empty corner – and he cannot score. It’s hard to say how many times this happened. Four minimum. Most likely five or six, but maybe more.

And how, given such a terrible implementation, could such a third period be predicted?

But it happened. Even so, he amazed.

In the 47th minute, Grigory Panin scored, 4:2. He was assisted by Denis Orlovich-Grudkov, who was promoted from Neftekamsk Toros, and Evgeny Timkin, a former hawk.

Almost immediately, “Yulaevite” Pavel Koledov accidentally hit his opponent in the face with his stick. The judges again looked at how much to give. And again they decided to give four. But the referee, when making the announcement, mumbled the word four so much that half of the spectators and specialists heard two. I was among those who misheard, as did several of my colleagues, the judges at the table, and federal commentators. Now I’ve watched this fragment many times – and I realized that the referee simply said four very quickly, but the microphone and haste made it so that it was easy to hear – two. Yes, fuck and pound!

Dear KHL chief referees! Try to speak clearly, practice understandable speech. You are not Yulia Romanova during filming…

Ufa survived these four minutes. And then that same mechanical deboning began, if there is a mention of which on the packaging, I would strongly advise against buying sausage, frankfurters and other food.

Defender Yaroslav Tsulygin scores his second goal of the season, 5:2. His first, let me remind you, took Salavat Yulaev to the playoffs on January 29 in a game against Admiral in Vladivostok.

After 11 seconds, Grigory Panin makes a double. For the first time in the KHL! In his 821st game in this league. Previously, he made a double in the Super League, but he no longer remembers when. Sasha Khmelevsky asked Grigory after the game:

– Was this take in the 90s?

– In the early 2000s.

“Sasha, you weren’t born yet,” I joked, and for some reason Khmelevsky immediately left…

23 seconds before the end of the match Omsk left. For the most part, Panin was not released.

– Let Panina out! – I yelled, because I really wanted to see Gregory’s hat-trick.

But the captain of “Salavat Yulaev” just sat on the side. And his puck, if you put a hamster on the globe, was scored by Danil Bashkirov, turning an offensive 6:2 into a 7:2 rout a second before the end of the game.

After the match, Grigory Panin was the main star in the locker room.

– Have you had seasons without pucks or with just one puck?

– We were with one, but not without.

– Were you offended by Kozlov because he didn’t let you participate in the last majority?

– No.

– Yes, you even sat on the side!

– No, I wasn’t offended, there are subtle points there that I myself understand, so I made a choice not in favor of going out to score – it’s still a team, and the result is more important.

– Isn’t the show important? Panin’s hat-trick is forever!

– Someone told me a long time ago, Ulyana Trigubchak or another girl, that if I score three, she will show something…

– Now he’ll show it in just a double, don’t you agree?

– Yes.

The head coach of Salavat Yulaev, Viktor Kozlov, also had a question about Panin:

– You yourself said that hockey is a show. Why wasn’t Panin released for the last majority? If he scored a hat-trick, it would be a blast.

– Good idea. I had this thought, but it was already too late, the guys had already left for 20 seconds.

– But he said that you shouldn’t apologize, that there are hockey nuances and he shouldn’t have come out – so he was understanding.

– I think – let Grigory retain his enthusiasm and goal-scoring focus for the next more important matches.

– Championship.ru made you number one among KHL coaches in its rating. Won’t you go bronze?

– I didn’t know about it, I didn’t see it. If this is so, then I will answer that this is not only my merit, but that of the entire organization, the entire coaching staff and the guys.

– Today, in addition to a hundred thousand pluses, there was also such a thing that five or six times our team had the puck, they were in front of an empty corner, but each time they failed to score. How? Why?

– It happens like this – you see the corner, the puck seems to have already gone in, and you raise your hands, but… it happens.

– Are you following the pursuit of Alexander Ovechkin? Why did he start throwing again?

– I’m worried. Certainly. It was good to go to Dubai, to the Emirates. I rested during the all-star game. What’s there? Sun. He got some vitamin D. And now he’s on a winning streak.

– Belarusian tennis player Arina Sabalenka, under whom we are winning, told me today that next time she will be able to cheer for Salavat Yulaev only if the team reaches the playoff final. You are ready?

“The task is clear,” the trainer answered military-style.

The guests’ coach Mikhail Kravets had a very serious face after the defeat. I asked him:

– Are the matches in Ufa an arena test? Or is it exaggerated that the stands here can crush any team?

– Last year we weren’t crushed, we won both games. It all depends on how you play, what you do on the field. The stands, on the contrary, are good. Noise, din, support.

– Is the fact that your fan sector does not travel in an organized manner a minus for you?

– People in all cities support us, there are other fans.

– Doesn’t it scare you before the playoffs that they scored seven goals against you? And that Panin scored two for the first time in more than 800 games?

– It’s not scary, before that we abandoned seven ourselves. The scary thing is that we miss a lot, yes. So we will analyze, set up defenses, train goalkeepers.

– And for some reason you didn’t say that Omsk is like the Brazilians in football. You will score more, no matter how many times they score on you…

– You can’t throw nines and eights every game. The problem is this. We are not Brazilians.

– Yuri Shavchuk and outstanding tennis player Arina Sabalenko are fans of Salavat Yulaev. And Avangard’s media fans are Olga Buzova and video star Eva Elfie. Who should be jealous of whom?

– Let anyone be sick, the main thing is that they sincerely support and worry about the fate of the team…

After a super-bright victory, “Salavat Yulaev” went on a super-difficult trip. SKA, Lokomotiv and Dynamo Moscow are the three leaders of the Western Conference. If you beat them and then take three matches at home, you can become regular season champions and get the cup. It’s prestigious.

But there is also a minus. From first place in the East to the playoffs you can fly to Khabarovsk. It is very, very expensive and exhausting. Plus, the team there is dangerous – it reminds us of “Admiral” in its location and intransigence. Another option is the unpleasant opponent Neftekhimik from Nizhnekamsk. That’s not it either.

The Greens have already entered the top four of their conference. The matches will start at home. And then immediately thoughts arise about slowing down with gaining points.

Two experienced forwards – Joshua Livo and Nikolai Kulemin – did not go to the team. If Ufa had fought for the playoffs, they would have been taken. Yes, I myself wrote that the first one is a tired Canadian. And the second one was recently injured. But with Livo the attack is still more dangerous, and Kulemin told me that he was almost ready to play.

Goalkeeper Ilya Ezhov was assigned against SKA. Yes, he played well against the non-Army team in Ufa. But the main goalkeeper of the greens is still Alexander Samonov. Plus, Nicolas Meloche, one of the best defenders, did not play. So, no matter how Salavat Yulaev denied the desire to avoid first place in the East, questions immediately appeared.

After the game, Kozlov himself told reporters that Livo was injured, Kulemin was recovering, Melosh was included in the rotation, because there are eight good defenders, and Samonov was given a rest.

For now, decide for yourself whether Salavat Yulaev wants to defeat everyone during a killer western trip. SKA was no longer able to win.

The first period ended with the score 0:0. Already cool, considering that Peter is great in attack. But the Yulaevites themselves flew forward and created chances.

In the second, we played on the power play twice, but failed to score. But the opponent implemented the stupidest removal of Denis Orlovich-Grudkov. Why at that moment it was necessary to put the stick in the skates – he probably won’t say himself. The result is Borna Rendulic’s goal, 1:0 on the scoreboard of the new huge stadium, which can accommodate twice as many spectators as the Ufa Arena.

At the beginning of the third period, the greens were obliged to compare. Sergei Tolchinsky smashed the face of Alexander Sharov into blood and received four minutes; after 58 seconds, another player of the hosts, Zakhar Bardakov, sat down on the bandwagon.

But converting chances remained a serious problem for Viktor Kozlov’s guys – and five on three went into emptiness. This is not a good signal before the playoffs.

Then SKA scored another one, Stepan Starkov scored. At 2:0 we stopped.

The next match of “Salavat Yulaev” is in Yaroslavl against “Lokomotiv”.