In the fourth match of the semi-final series on April 8, Traktor hosted Lokomotiv and lost 0-3.
The guest team opened the scoring in the 11th minute of the match. Martin Gernat scored the goal. At the beginning of the second period, Artur Kayumov increased his team’s advantage. Sergei Andronov also made the score 3:0 in the same period.
Thanks to this victory, the Yaroslavl team reached the final of the Gagarin Cup. The previous three semi-final matches also ended with Lokomotiv’s victory.
In the second semi-final, Metallurg will face Avtomobilist. The advantage is 2:1 on the Magnitogorsk side.
Last season, the Yaroslavl team stumbled in the quarter-finals. The team then lost to CSKA in a game-of-seven match.
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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Source: Gazeta
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