MOSCOW, March 29, Andrey Senchenko. President of the Russian Hockey Federation (FHR) Vladislav Tretyak expressed his opinion on the need to introduce a cross playoff system in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), in which teams from the same division can meet in the Gagarin Cup final.
On Wednesday, CSKA Moscow defeated Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (5:0) in the seventh match of the second round of the KHL playoffs and reached the final of the West, where it will meet with SKA St. Petersburg. For the fifth time in a row, the capital's army team will play in the conference final against a club from St. Petersburg.
“Today CSKA showed real army hockey. Lokomotiv is a good team. I won’t say that the railway workers were much weaker. But CSKA used all their chances, achieved a worthy victory and looked better. The first two goals of the army team played a big role today As for the score, Lokomotiv was a little unlucky. The score could have turned out not to zero, «Tretiak told reporters.
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“The West Final will be very interesting. «The first legs of the finals will be very interesting. Let's see how CSKA regains its strength. Am I tired of the constant army derbies in the finals of the West? In my opinion, next year they should be separated and held a cross playoff, otherwise we have one and the same thing every time. As for the news on the introduction of this system, you should ask SKA about it. They haven't given us any details yet,» Tretyak added.