Igor Fyodorov: «We need to get ready»
18.01.2025
Reaktor Head Coach Igor Fyodorov speaks with the media after a following 0–8 loss against Irbis.
– The mistake and the conceded puck at the beginning of the game created uncertainty. We started to skid, hesitate at the beginning of the attack, and the puck did not stay with us.
There was no despair during the first break. We were determined to try to turn the game around. But in the second period, the performance skills of Irbis were fully demonstrated, they outplayed us in almost everything.
In the third period, emotions were off the charts – fights started, and we had to play a lot being shorthanded. We played selflessly for almost half the period 3 on 5 – we only conceded one puck. For this, we should praise the goaltenders and the guys who stayed in the game.
A heavy defeat in terms of the score. But this season we have proven to ourselves that we can draw conclusions from such failures. We need to get ready for the next game and see who can take part in it.