The Continental Hockey League (KHL) unit Riga “Dinamo” lost on Tuesday with an undeservedly large difference in result, according to the head coach of the Riga team Pēteris Skudra. It has already been reported that “Dinamo” lost to Omsk’s “Avangard” led by Bob Hartley on Tuesday in the only game of the eleventh season of the season in Balashik with the result 1: 5 (1: 0, 0: 4, 0: 1).
“Looking at the progress of the game, it does not seem that we deserved to lose with the result 1: 5. We started well and spent a good first period showing what we wanted to show. There was no indication that we would lose the second period with 0: 4, ”Skudra told at the post-match press conference. The “Dinamo” co-driver did not hide the fact that there were individual mistakes, but he reiterated that he would give the young hockey players a chance to prove themselves.
” We are undergoing a generational change, which in my opinion has been a bit long in the Dinamo team. They will have a lot of game time and also mistakes. We had a conversation with the club management. I am talking about the fact that a couple of years ago I had to involve more young hockey players. We started a direction that envisages the development of young hockey players. The young hockey players need to gain the experience that is needed in this league, “explained Skudra.
He admitted that at the result of 1: 0 had to score another goal because there were a couple of good moments to increase the lead. “We played against a very good team with a deep and masterful line-up. The last break was when five minutes had to be played in the minority. It is a pity that such a result, but the guys gave everything they could. ”
Meanwhile, Hartley noted that Avangard hockey players knew what to expect from Riga “Dinamo”. “We watched the last five games, in some of which they lost by only one goal. The results may not be so good, but they play very fiercely, as the first period when they played us proved. We rearranged between periods and picked up the pace. We play very well in the majority, as well as in the minority, “Hartley concluded.
” Avangard “could not be helped by the famous Russian striker Ilya Kovalchuk. According to Hartley, “Avangard” will play at least a few more games in addition to its star. Next Monday, the Rigans will host Kazan’s “Ak Bars” on their field, but then go on the last outing of the season, where they will play two matches.
The Riga team has lost in the last eight in a row and won only one of 14 fights in a month. In the previous duel at home, Dinamo acknowledged the superiority of Moscow’s Spartak at 1: 2. Avangard is second in the Eastern Conference with 77 points in 55 games, while Dinamo is the last of the 11 Western Conference clubs with 25 points in 54 dues and is the weakest team in the league.
