St. Petersburg SKA defeated the Primorsky “Admiral” with a score of 6:1

The army team seized the initiative from the very beginning, the Primorye team really woke up only in the third period

The opponent in first place in the west is not a pound of raisins. This season, the team from the cultural capital scored a crazy 23 points, losing only one match out of twelve. Dynamo, which is in second place, is five points behind the army team. The Red-Blues clearly want the Cup this season and are galloping towards their dream. However, the Admiral after the victory in Cherepovets flew to St. Petersburg in a great mood. There was little hope of winning, but it was worth fighting for points.

To say that the “red-blue” started actively – to say nothing. For two starting periods, they completely dominated the court, but it is worth paying tribute to the Primorye team that it was not the lack of fighting spirit that let them down, but blunders on the ice, which the owners did not forgive. Dmitry Yashkin opened the score in the 4th minute, and Emil Galimov scored a billiard goal in the 14th minute. The “Sailors” bravely lay down under the pucks, but they could not organize a full-fledged counterattack. In addition, frequent removals interfered with setting up their game – three per period.

In the second twenty-minute period, the guests cheered up a little, and in some moments they were very close to a goal, but they could not score. On the 29th minute Dmitry Buchelnikov made the score 3:0, on the 39th minute Alexander Volkov did not miss his chance – 4:0. Again, the complete dominance of SKA – 9 shots on target, against five for the guests, and again three two-minute penalties for “Admiral”. However, the pirate ship from Vladivostok, even having received four holes, still kept afloat. He was not sunk even by the fifth goal (42 minutes, scored by Igor Ozhiganov) against Pavel Khomchenko, who came out in this match instead of the “tascher” Serebryakov.

It all started with the removal of Andrei Pedan, he went to the penalty box for tripping. Being in the majority, “Admiral” finally took advantage of the gift and scored a goal of prestige. Rudolf Cerveny did it in the 47th minute of the match. The SKA coaching staff immediately change the goalkeeper, putting the young Sergei Ivanov in the goal, and Pedan goes into the dressing, arranging a fight with Mark Verba. It all started after a strong push in the back that the attacker from Primorye received from Pedan, Verba attacked a very large offender on the move, earning a cut and a five-minute penalty. Pedan also did not remain without punishment – five minutes for assault and two more for tripping. The point in the match was put by Alexander Nikishin two minutes before the final siren, who scored the sixth goal for the Admiral. The result of the match is a complete rout, 6:1 in favor of the army team from St. Petersburg.

“The first two periods there is nothing to comment on, one team was on the field. We did a lot of stupid things, the opponent punished us for this. Everything that was discussed before the game, in the first two periods we didn’t do it at all: we didn’t have time in martial arts, we lost the whole fight “What can I say? The third period is an asset: we started playing hockey, seized the initiative, created chances, earned a goal. So far, it’s hard for us to play with such a team as SKA, slightly different weight categories. The guys tried, but everything is on business “It’s difficult to comment on such a match when you have lost so many things. Against any opponent, when you concede first, it confuses all the cards. It is always harder to win back, especially with such a skilled team. SKA was one step ahead everywhere. And when you lose to such a team in speed, in movement, in wrestling, it is hard to count on a positive result,” he stressed after the match. Leonid Tambiev, head coach of HC Admiral.

According to the SKA mentor, the emphasis in this match was on the realization of created chances and the bet justified itself.

“We set the task to please our fans, paid attention to the implementation of scoring chances – in the previous match we did not succeed. The guys did well, they did the job, while the majority played poorly. Therefore, there is something to work on. As for Buchelnikov in the second link, we are looking for the best combinations.When Dima scored, Galimov played great, gave it to an empty net.This goal will help him relieve the burden from his shoulders.It is necessary to note the game of Sergei Ivanov – he came out, made several super saves when the opponent really wanted to score.It is important for us to have two strong goalkeepers , but the field should also help them, “said Roman Rotenberg, head coach of HC SKA.

Now “Admiral” relocated to the Moscow region, where in Balashikha tomorrow he will play with the local Vityaz, who recently defeated the Khabarovsk Amur and changed ninth place to eighth in their conference. So far, the Admiral still remains in the G8 and, presumably, will try to gain a foothold in it.

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