Avangard captain Damir Sharipzyanov talked about the signs that the team started to win after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko received the Omsk club sweater. His words are quoted “Match TV”.
“I don’t know how, but it works. In the sixth game, Belarusian Igor Martynov scored his first goal of the play-offs. In the fifth game, Belarusian half Ryan Spooner scored his first goal, scoring three points. But he came to us from Dynamo Minsk. Partly, it seems, Lukashenko thanks to which we win. Good omen! – said Sharipzyanov.
After the first four matches of the Gagarin Cup quarter-final series against Lokomotiv, Omsk lost with a score of 1:3. Then Avangard equalized the series by winning two matches.
The teams will play their last match on March 30. The meeting starts at 13:30 Moscow time.
Chelyabinsk Traktor and Avtomobilist from Yekaterinburg had previously reached the semi-finals. Spartak Moscow will host Metallurg in the sixth match of the series on March 30. The score is 3:2 in favor of Magnitogorsk team.
Previously KHL changes have been made throughout the next season.