Today, on April 9, the fifth match of the Gagarin Cup Eastern Conference final series between Kazan “Ak Bars” and Omsk “Avangard” took place. The match played at Tatneft Arena in Kazan ended with the victory of Ak Bars 3:2 (Overtime).
As part of the winners, Dmitry Yudin, Kirill Adamchuk and Vadim Shipachev scored goals. Aleksey Bereglazov and Reed Boucher scored goals for Avangard.
Thus, the Kazan team played together with CSKA Moscow and SKA St. He reached the final of the Gagarin Cup, where St. Petersburg will face the winner of the Eastern Conference finals. The equality so far in this series is 2:2.
The current holder of the Gagarin Cup is CSKA. Ak Bars has won the main trophy of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) three times.
Previously reportedthat striker Nikita Gusev will not play for SKA this season after the beer scandal.