In the seventh match of the Gagarin Cup quarter-final series held in Omsk on March 30, Avangard hosted Yaroslavl Lokomotiv and lost with a score of 0:2.
The guest team opened the scoring of the match in the 17th minute. Artur Kayumov stepped forward. In the second period, the teams could not score each other’s goals. At the beginning of the last period, Maxim Berezkin increased the advantage of the Yaroslavl team.
After this match, the series score was 4:3 in favor of Lokomotiv. 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.
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.
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.
Previously at Avangard acceptedWhat they won thanks to Lukashenko.