On March 11, as part of the 1/8 final of the Gagarin Cup, Amur hosted Metallurg and lost with a score of 2:3 in overtime.
Arkhip Nekolenko scored the goal in the 6th minute of the match. At the end of the second period, Dmitry Shevchenko regained his balance.
At the end of the final period, the teams scored goals. First, in the 57th minute, Igor Geraskin put the Magnitogorsk team ahead again, and a minute and a half later, Alex Broadhurst sent the match to extra time.
In extra time, Nikita Grebenkin’s puck brought victory to Metallurg. Thanks to him, the Magnitogorsk club reached the quarter-finals of the Gagarin Cup, becoming its seventh participant. Previously, Chelyabinsk Traktor, Omsk Avangard, Spartak, Lokomotiv, SKA and Avtomobilist had reached this stage. Dynamo Moscow and Minsk will play the sixth match of the series on March 12 (Muscovites are ahead).
The current winner of the Gagarin Cup is CSKA. On the 100th anniversary of its establishment on April 29, 2023, the Ordu team won the cup by winning against Ak Bars Kazan in the seventh match of the final series.
Previously reportedSKA coach Rotenberg threw his stick and hit the girls.