PRESS CONFERENCE «NEFTEKHIMIK-ADMIRAL» 11/05/2021

Press conference «Neftekhimik - Admiral».

Oleg Leontyev, the head coach of HC Neftekhimik:

- Congrats to all the fans on a victory! We played well and had great discipline. Our special teams did a great job. It is good that we scored on the power play.

- Could you summarize the home games series?

- You always want to win. We played well in the previous game and today. Of course, we would like to have a different outcome of the game agianst Kunlun RS, but it is what it is. As you can notice, there are not weak team in the league. You can beat Jokerit and lose to Kunlun RS. You can't relax. We have a break ahead. Some of the guys will play with national teams, other guys will play for Izhstal. In general, we will work and practice. The next stage of the season will be the most interesting one.

- Does the team need this break in the season?

- It is hard to say. We have played about 40 games since October. Probably, it is necessary to have this break.

- There were scrums today. Did you tell the guys to not be involved?

- There are times when you have to stand up for yourself, and times when you have to keep a cool head. Oftentimes, the losing team starts to break the game and provoke. Maybe the opponent wanted to use it, but it will not help to break our character. We have strong guys that are ready to fight. In this way, the idea of provoking our team is useless.

Alexander Andriyevsky, the head coach of HC Admiral:

- We failed to play as we planned. From the very beginning, everything went wrong and it continued throughout the whole game. It seems that we were making the same mistakes.