SOCHI, Aug 4, Andrey Senchenko. Avangard Omsk head coach Dmitry Ryabykin said that the fight between his wards and Sochi hockey players was not planned in advance. In the match of the second game day of the pre-season tournament in Sochi, Omsk defeated Sochi with a score of 6:4. As part of the winners, a hat-trick was scored by the American Reed Boucher, Vladimir Tkachev scored four points. The first period was marked by many fights involving hockey players from both teams. Sochi forward Artem Ivanyuzhenkov and Avangard defender Christian Yarosh fought twice and were punished with a disciplinary fine until the end of the match. «We didn't prepare for this. It was a pre-season tournament, I didn't see the point in these actions. Nikita Gromov got a little injured after the fall, but everything else is fine. As for Yarosh, I knew that he could fight. It's not a surprise for me,» — Ryabykin told reporters. «Tkachev still needs to recruit. They didn’t let him rest so that he would get in shape through games. The same applies to Bush, we want them to gain condition. I like their relationship on the site, but there are still questions,» added specialist.
