Ak Bars vs Sibir. Will Barça take revenge for the recent defeat in Novosibirsk?
On the last autumn day, Ak Bars, coming to its senses, will play with Novosibirsk Siberia. The game of direct competitors in the Eastern Conference will be held in Kazan, on the ice of the local Tatneft Arena.
Increasingly, from the camp of the Kazan club, news is heard about the possible resignation of head coach Oleg Znark. The global purchase of stars during the summer off-season assumed a corresponding result, but so far the team has not even partially worked out the finances that were allocated for the formation of the roster. In fact, already now we can say that Ak Bars failed the regular season, we are not talking about the first place in the standings of the Eastern Conference, getting into the playoffs is in question.
The last five-match segment of the championship, the Kazan club went well, taking seven points out of ten possible. It is especially worth noting the home victory with a score of 5-2 over the sole leader of the championship - St. Petersburg SKA. Barys were also beaten 2-1 and HC Sochi 6-2. The away matches ended in failure in Omsk and Novosibirsk, where Oleg Znarka's wards lost to Avangard 1-2 and Siberia 2-4 respectively. Thus, Ak Bars managed to gain a foothold in the cup eight of the Eastern Conference, taking seventh place with 36 points scored.
Sibir
If Ak Bars was expected to fight for the championship in the current championship, then the Siberians, at best, were assigned the role of one of the contenders for getting into the playoffs. In fact, the opposite is true so far. Sibir almost perfectly passed the autumn segment of the championship, steadily gaining points. Andrey Martemyanov puts pragmatic hockey, with a clear emphasis on defense, to his wards. Sibir doesn't score that much - an average of 2.5 goals per game, but fully compensates for this with a great game in defense, conceding an average of around two goals per game, which is the second highest result in the East.
In the last five matches of the regular season, the Siberians won four, gaining 8 points in this segment. The only defeat was in an away match in Yaroslavl, where the Siberians lost to Lokomotiv with a dry score of 0-3. Dynamo Minsk and Ufa Salavat Yulaev were beaten with the same score 1-2 on the road, Ak Bars 4-2 and Amur 4-1 at home. Now Siberia is in a desperate fight for a place in the top three teams in the Eastern Conference, with 45 points scored by now taking fourth place. At the same time, the gap from Avtomobilist, the leader in the conference, is only four points, so the team from Novosibirsk, in certain scenarios, is quite capable of taking the first place.
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Ak BarsIncreasingly, from the camp of the Kazan club, news is heard about the possible resignation of head coach Oleg Znark. The global purchase of stars during the summer off-season assumed a corresponding result, but so far the team has not even partially worked out the finances that were allocated for the formation of the roster. In fact, already now we can say that Ak Bars failed the regular season, we are not talking about the first place in the standings of the Eastern Conference, getting into the playoffs is in question.
The last five-match segment of the championship, the Kazan club went well, taking seven points out of ten possible. It is especially worth noting the home victory with a score of 5-2 over the sole leader of the championship - St. Petersburg SKA. Barys were also beaten 2-1 and HC Sochi 6-2. The away matches ended in failure in Omsk and Novosibirsk, where Oleg Znarka's wards lost to Avangard 1-2 and Siberia 2-4 respectively. Thus, Ak Bars managed to gain a foothold in the cup eight of the Eastern Conference, taking seventh place with 36 points scored.
Sibir
If Ak Bars was expected to fight for the championship in the current championship, then the Siberians, at best, were assigned the role of one of the contenders for getting into the playoffs. In fact, the opposite is true so far. Sibir almost perfectly passed the autumn segment of the championship, steadily gaining points. Andrey Martemyanov puts pragmatic hockey, with a clear emphasis on defense, to his wards. Sibir doesn't score that much - an average of 2.5 goals per game, but fully compensates for this with a great game in defense, conceding an average of around two goals per game, which is the second highest result in the East.
In the last five matches of the regular season, the Siberians won four, gaining 8 points in this segment. The only defeat was in an away match in Yaroslavl, where the Siberians lost to Lokomotiv with a dry score of 0-3. Dynamo Minsk and Ufa Salavat Yulaev were beaten with the same score 1-2 on the road, Ak Bars 4-2 and Amur 4-1 at home. Now Siberia is in a desperate fight for a place in the top three teams in the Eastern Conference, with 45 points scored by now taking fourth place. At the same time, the gap from Avtomobilist, the leader in the conference, is only four points, so the team from Novosibirsk, in certain scenarios, is quite capable of taking the first place.
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