St. Petersburg SKA lost to Ekaterinburg Avtomobilist in the fifth match of the 1/4 final series against Avtomobilist.
St. The meeting held in St. Petersburg ended with a score of 4:5.
Among the winners, Alexey Byvaltsev, Nick Ebert, Andrey Obidin and double pointer Alexey Makeev made accurate shots. Mikhail Vorobyov, Marat Khairullin and Arseniy Gritsyuk scored double goals for SKA.
In the series of four wins, the score was 4:1 in favor of Avtomobilist.
In the 1/2 finals, Avtomobilist will play with the winner of the Spartak series, Metallurg (Magnitogorsk). After three matches, Metallurg is ahead with a score of 2:1.
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. CSKA and Ak Bars will no longer be able to compete for the cup this season.
After the end of the KHL season, the Russian national hockey team will gather for friendly matches but will miss the 2024 World Cup. The International Hockey Federation (IIHF) Council meeting, where it was decided to extend the suspension of the Russians, took place on February 12-13. According to the IIHF press service, the council will continue to monitor the situation and in May 2025 will consider the reintegration of the Russian and Belarusian national teams for the 2025/26 season.
He was formerly a player for Severstal summarized First season in KHL.