a nightmare
Amur‘s dry streak was the main surprise of today’s KHL match day. Everyone was asking: “Will Amur be able to break their streak of not reaching a league record? As a result, the “tigers” made history, or rather they got themselves into it.
The Khabarovsk team scored their last goal before the drought on October 19. In the home game with Spartak, which ended with the score (4:5). Then Ignat Korotkikh scored from a pass from Arnaud Durando.
That defeat was the third in a row for the Khabarovsk team, and five more games were lost after it, but without any goals with a total score of 0-21.
From that moment until the next goal, a record 358 minutes and 38 seconds passed. The previous league record for a streak without a goal was 317 minutes and 5 seconds and was set by Spartak in the 2012/13 season.
And in today’s game against Omsk Avangard, the Khabarovsk team was still able to break the drought. True, this happened only in the third period, so a new record could not be avoided.
Who, if not the captain, would have to correct this terrible situation. 34-year-old Evgeny Grachev finished the puck after knocking out Khomchenko with his puck – Viktor Baldaev was throwing from the blue line.
Alexander Khokhlachev stayed out of the lineup for today’s game, and the foreign team Durando – Broadhurst – Drozg was named fourth and did not spend as much time on the court as usual. All this seems worthy, considering the game that the team leaders have been able to show recently, or rather, what they have not shown.
Regarding Amur’s desire and focus on goals in today’s game, there are no questions for the Khabarovsk team. From the very beginning of the game, the Tigers showed that they were ready to correct their current situation. In the first period, there was a time when the puck was “on the ribbon”, but it never hit the goal.
Today the Khabarovsk team created many chances, outscoring the opponent twice, and they looked better than the Omsk team in terms of play. “Amur” fired 39 shots at Avangard’s goal, while Omsk needed 19 shots on target to win. The goals that the Tigers conceded today can be called somewhat strange. It would be fair to say that Amur deserved the points they got in today’s game, even if the game ended in regulation time.
“What feelings? It seems to me that everyone in the locker room had thoughts of zeros on the scoreboard, now they have gone out of their minds for everyone, no it’s only me. Now we all rested a bit and felt different. My goal? It is important, yes. Today there were many things right during the 60 minutes leading up to the goal. When you do the right thing without need, it is more difficult than when you see the result of your work. We can see that the right work will bring results. Let’s stick to it. If we continue to play in the same way, the goals and the victories will come.”Amur captain Evgeny Grachev said after the match.
“Amur” is currently in last place in the league. The Khabarovsk team has 12 points in 23 games.
“Of course, we want to be a leading club in the KHL and our goal is to win the Gagarin Cup. The leadership, led by the governor, made this clear. It’s good that our managers are not afraid to make such statements and back them up with actions.” – said the same Broadhurst at the beginning of this year.
2024-11-06 00:00:00
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