St. Alexander Medvedev, Chairman of the Board of Directors of St. Petersburg SKA, evaluated the referees harshly in the match against Ekaterinburg Avtomobilist in the fifth match of the Gagarin Cup quarter-final series, and then decided against St. Petersburg. Petersburg team was eliminated from the tournament. His explanation guides Telegram– SKA channel.
In terms of evaluation, yesterday we saw something that has continued throughout the season. The play-offs, including the fifth match of the series with Avtomobilist, confirmed this. So how was it possible to eject Serebryakov, who clearly played the puck? <...> Throughout the season, the club faced similar questionable decisions from referees,” Medvedev said.
The fifth match of the series ended with Avtomobilist’s score of 5:4. 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. Thus, with four wins in the series, the score was 4-1 in favor of Avtomobilist.
In the semi-finals, Avtomobilist will play with the winner of the series Spartak (Moscow) – Metallurg (Magnitogorsk). After three matches, Metallurg is leading 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; both teams were eliminated in the first round of the play-offs.
Previously was named A turning point saw SKA eliminated from the Gagarin Cup.
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Source: Gazeta
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