Former head coach of Omsk Avangard Mikhail Kravets spoke about his dismissal, which occurred in the second round of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) play-offs. His words guide the way “Match TV”.
“I wanted to achieve a good result with Avangard. We did that in the regular season as well. And I’m glad we got through the first round. As a human being, I don’t understand what happened next,” said Kravets.
Avangard fired the specialist on March 19, and the next day Avangard lost to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl with a score of 0:7 in the second match of the Gagarin Cup quarter-finals. Sergei Zvyagin was appointed to acting duties and on 1 April the club announcedHe said he would be the head coach.
Omsk reached the quarter-finals of the Gagarin Cup, losing to Yaroslavl Lokomotiv in a round-of-seven match.
In addition to Lokomotiv and Traktor, Metallurg and Avtomobilist will play in the semi-finals of the tournament. The first match starts on April 2.
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; They were eliminated in the first round.
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