“What I want to see ideally is that players sacrifice themselves for the sake of victory” Leonid Tambiev commented on the victory of Primorsky “Admiral” in Novosibirsk

The goalkeeper of the Primorye team saved 32 shots on goal

After losing to CSKA, when Primorye, despite all their desire to score more than one goal against Muscovites The Admiral went for the third trip of the season. The first game of the three-match series is in Novosibirsk with the local Sibir, a good team, but not very stable this year. Siberians were the first to take a hit from Avangard, Lokomotiv and CSKA, losing, but managed to defeat HC Sochi, which raised their morale a little.

The first period was a reconnaissance battle for both teams. The movement was good, but there were too few shots on goal. Apparently both teams set the task not to miss the first. Both Admiral and Sibir succeeded in this. Having probed each other’s defenses, hockey players and coaches got ready for a pitched battle in subsequent game segments. But they tried not to be careful.

The hosts opened the scoring first. How Trevor Murphy’s long-range shot at 31 minutes became a goal is a mystery, but the fact is a throw from the blue line flew into the goal of Nikita Serebryakov, giving the advantage to the Siberians. However, the guests did not let the hosts rest on their laurels for a long time. 32 minutes and Gleb Zyryanov equalizes the score. An interception in his zone, a quick three-on-three attack, and after Gleb’s throw, the puck from the Siberian player ricochets right into the goal. Karma.

Siberians take a video review trying to prove that it was a game with a high stick, but the referees count the puck, moreover, the hosts are in the minority for delaying the game. “Admiral” took advantage of the gift. On 33 minutes, Rudolf Cerveny puts his team ahead. Moreover, already playing in equal compositions at the 37th minute, Anton Berlev makes the score 1:3 and it seems that Sibir has “floated”. But this is not the case on 38 minutes Timur Akhiyarov returns the Siberians to the game – 2:3.

In the third period, Sibir decided to put pressure on Admiral, trying to equalize, and here their goalkeeper helped the Primorye a lot, reflecting 12 shots on target. Field did not lag behind their goalkeeper, rushing under the puck. The initiative belonged to the owners, but they could not break through the “human shield”. Even replacing the goalkeeper with a field player did not help. The fourth goal flew “Siberia” into an empty net. All the same Anton Berlev distinguished himself, who decided not to stop at the first goal scored in the KHL.

“Good game, good dedication, well done guys. 30 blocked shots, all self-sacrificing. What I want to see ideally is that players sacrifice themselves to win. Only in this way can we win. Team and fans with victory! In general, in this league it is very important to score first and take the lead. Especially for our team. We know how to play on the score, but it is difficult to catch up both psychologically and in all respects. We paid attention to this. I know that at home they lost all the first periods, we paid attention to this. We didn’t lose today, it’s good, we played 0:0. Well done Dima, he had a good first meeting. We wanted just such a central (striker). He worked with me last year, I know him well. Now he will gain game conditions and I think that he will help us. I am pleased with his game, especially the first game, he did not play for a long time, he trained for a week with us. Dima will help. It is very important that we equalized the score almost immediately, our special team of the majority did a good job. We scored almost two goals. here I believe that if we had not conceded the second goal in the locker room, then there would not have been such a nervous ending of the third period. The goal in the locker room added psychological confidence to Sibir, they breathed in, found the strength to attack us. When 2:3 and within a radius of one throw, then it is difficult of course, especially at home with full stands. We knew it would not be easy in the third period. But 18 blocked shots in the third period. I take my hat off to them. I will be careful with words, but they are great,” said Leonid Tambiev, head coach of HC Admiral.

It was difficult for the Siberia coach to hide his annoyance from another home defeat.

“They wanted more, they played simply, but effectively. In our country, unfortunately, some of the specialists allowed themselves to play the game, and not to win and gnaw. Unfortunately, the opponent played more clearly and competently in defense. Very selfless, a lot of blocked shots, which can not be said about our team. I cannot give emotions to the players. People have to motivate themselves if they consider themselves professional players. And to get emotions, and to forge character – you need to do it yourself. We’ve been missing out on a lot this year. There are complaints about the game on the defensive to our attackers. In the minority, two gross mistakes were made, which the opponents immediately converted. The wrong position and, in general, the anti-decision was made,” he stressed. Andrey Martemyanov, head coach of HC Sibir.

Next game “Admiral” will also spend away – In Astana. Primorye will face local Barys. The match will take place on Thursday 13 October.

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