
MOSCOW, August 30, Andrey Senchenko. Avangard Omsk hockey players experience jitters before the first home match of the 2022/23 season of the Continental Hockey League (KHL), the head coach of the team Dmitry Ryabykin admitted. The first home meeting of Avangard will take place on October 1. Omsk will host Sibir in the new arena. «It is expected that the arena in the first match will be packed. The hockey players even have jitters. They are already discussing what will happen in the first game. Of course, there will be some stiffness, but in the future this should help us «, — Ryabykin told reporters. On Monday, a team presentation took place in Omsk.» The guys were amazed at how many spectators came. They said: «And this is just a team presentation! And what will happen when we win the Gagarin Cup? The whole city will gather.» In Omsk, everyone missed the team. We have no right to let down a fan who is ready to tear apart anyone who thinks badly about the club. With full confidence we are waiting for the opening of our ultra-modern palace. A fan is our sixth player who will be needed us in difficult times,» added the club's general manager Alexei Volkov.

