Hockey club "Motorist" lost in the first match of the exit series. In the game with the Yaroslavl "Locomotive" "drivers" did not have one washer to translate the meeting in extra time (2: 3).
The first goal in the 7th minute of the match was scored by the hosts, having realized the majority. In the second period, "railroad" doubled the advantage, and in the debut of the third dvadtsatiminutki brought the score to devastating - 0: 3.
At the 47th minute Vladimir Krikunov's wards showed that they were not ready to surrender and were able to soak up the score. In the positional attack "5 by 4" nominally the third link of "Motorist" pressed the defense of Yaroslavl to the gates. striker Ilya Krikunov from behind the gate gave the transfer to the defender Alexei Vasilevsky, who clicked into the touch and shot tightly against the right-hand bar of the opponent's goal. 1: 3.
Within two minutes, the defender Georgy Misharin made a sketch on the patch of "railwaymen", where the quickest was Alexei Mikhnov. The attacker "drivers" could "complete the attack with a shovel". Account 2: 3.
Vladimir Krikunov's wards had another 12 minutes to equalize the score, but the opponent completely blocked all opportunities for the rehabilitation of the Ural team. Even the replacement of the goalkeeper in the last minutes of the match did not help "Motorist" to make a serious pile on the gate "Locomotive". Final score - 2: 3.
"We did not use the moments that we had at the beginning of the meeting. Perhaps the game would have developed differently. Unfortunately, we still have first-tier players. Two goals were missed from the same place, although they were dismantling and warning hockey players. All three goals we have missed one link.
Probably, that's why they lost, "- commented on the outcome of the meeting head coach of the hockey club" Motorist "Vladimir Krikunov.
After the defeat of the "Locomotive" Ural team dropped to 3 in the table of the Eastern Conference (15 points). The next rival in the visiting tour of "drivers" will be the incumbent champion of the Gagarin Cup of St. Petersburg "SKA". The match will be held on September 13. Another two days, the wards of Vladimir Krikunov will meet with the Minsk "Dynamo", and 17 - with the Dynamo from Moscow.