Hockey world champion Alexey Tereshchenko commented on the injury of Chelyabinsk Traktor goalkeeper Zach Fucale in the first match of the Gagarin Cup semifinal against Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. In the comments legal betting The former hockey player stated that the forced replacement of Fucale was a serious loss for Traktor.
The episode itself, according to Tereshchenko, had a fun nature and, in general, Lokomotiv players do not exhibit rough hockey. However, the world champions believe that Fucale’s absence will affect the outcome of the series as the goalkeeper is the foundation of the team.
“It will definitely be difficult for Mylnikov to replace Fucale in this series. Still, he is one of the strongest goalies in the KHL. The Dinamo series also showed this and even with Salavat he caught everything and helped. This is a huge loss. As for Mylnikov, we can only talk about a mistake made when Elesin scored. These are the moments that Fucale cleans up. But Mylnikov did not play for a long time, you can imagine how difficult it is psychologically and functionally to enter such a match,” says Tereshchenko.
Sergei Mylnikov entered the game to replace the injured Fucale in the 35th minute. He stopped 14 shots and missed three goals in the remaining playing time. Lokomotiv won the match with a score of 5:2.
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