S.-PETERSBURG, 11 Jan, Taras Barabash. The head coach of Ak Bars Kazan, Dmitry Kvartalnov, said that his team played strictly on the defensive in the KHL regular championship match with SKA St. Petersburg. The hockey players of SKA St. Petersburg lost at home to Ak Bars Kazan in the KHL regular championship match with a score of 1: 3. «There were a lot of simple empty losses in the second period. Today we had guys who didn't play for a long time, drowned, so we had to play shorter intervals. We did it, great fellows. We wanted to play our game, there was no such thing to tie an opponent hand and foot. We understood what kind of opponent we were playing with. Somewhere the opponent did not give, somewhere we made mistakes. We played strictly on the defensive, «Kvartalnov told reporters. The guests were ahead of the army team in the number of shots on target (17: thirteen). «We are doing well, we are definitely doing well, we are ahead of the opponent — this is what we need,» the coach said.
