“Avant-garde” Coach Argues with Audience over Puck Incident during KHL Match – Video by RBC Sport

The coach of “Avant-garde” quarreled with the audience because of the puck in the KHL match. Video

Alexander Svitov tried to return the puck that had flown onto the podium, but the fan who caught it refused to give it back, and other spectators threw the Omsk coach with luminous bracelets. Avangard led 2-0, but Ak Bars managed to level the score

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The 2012 world champion in the Russian national team, the coach of Omsk Avangard Alexander Svitov came into conflict with Kazan fans during the fifth meeting of the teams in the Gagarin Cup semi-final, informs «Sports. Business Online».

Ak Bars hosts Avangard on its ice.

At the end of the first period, the puck left the area. She wanted to be returned to the ice by several representatives of Avangard, including Svitov. However, the EMERCOM officer who caught the puck did not give it to Svitov, and a verbal skirmish began between them.

Fans of Ak Bars did not like Svitov’s behavior, they started shouting something at him, and when he began to answer, they threw luminous bracelets at him. The coach of the Omsk team several times tried to break into the stands, but he was stopped by representatives of Avangard, and as a result, he left for the room under the stands.

Svitov is 40 years old, throughout his career he played for both Avangard and Ak Bars, with whom he won the Gagarin Cup in 2018.

According to hockey, the puck should be returned to the ice for good luck if the team leads in the score, and vice versa.

Ak Bars were losing 0-2 by that time, but in the third period they managed to level the score.