MOSCOW, April 13, Oleg Bogatov. great experience in high-level meetings, which predetermined the victory over SKA St. Petersburg in the semifinal series of the playoffs of the Gagarin Cup, said two-time Olympic champion Alexander Kozhevnikov.
Capital club on Wednesday at home won the sixth match of the final series of the Western Conference of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) — 3:0. The current holder of the Gagarin Cup won the confrontation with a score of 4-2 and will face Ak Bars Kazan in the final of the tournament.
““The experience of CSKA hockey players took up, because almost all of them played in the previous Gagarin Cup and are champions. And SKA consists mainly of young guys. Enthusiasm is, of course, great, but the lack of experience still affected. But we also need to look at what happened in SKA, because for some reason (forward) Nikita Gusev did not play in their last two matches. This, of course, is a team affair, but there was no such strong player on the ice. So, something inside the team happened. And experienced masters play in CSKA,» Kozhevnikov said.
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«After all, Roman Borisovich (head of SKA Rotenberg) is a young coach and is also gaining experience,» the agency's interlocutor added.
SKA, following the results of the regular season, won the Continental Cup, became the owner of the bronze medals of the championship of Russia.