Dynamo Moscow - SKA. Press-conference

HC SKA head coach Oleg Znarok:

- It was a tough game, they always are after a break. The guys worked hard at the training camp. The third period showed that we can improve. I congratulate everyone with the victory.

- Did you see the banner which Dynamo's fans prepared for you? Your reaction?

- Yes, I applauded them. I remember all of Dynamo's players, wins and the support while I was coaching the club. Maybe their fans don't know that I was actually pushed out of Dynamo, I didn't leave by my own will. I earned more money in Dynamo than I do now in SKA.

- Who sacked you from Dynamo?

- I don't want to wash those old clothes. It's gone.

- What can you say about the situation surronding national team and Dynamo defenseman Andrei Mironov?

- It's provocation, I'm not going to even talk about it. We have fantastic facilities in the national team, there's no point in discussing this.

- Why did Dynamo start so well? And how satisfied are you with Igor Shestyorkin's performance?

- Did you listen to what I said? After breaks, we always play worse. However, in the third period, we stepped it up and improved. Igor Shestyorkin did a great job.

- Tell us why you changed the line combinations around.

- We were losing, the game was awful in the second period. It was the worst second stanza since I joined SKA, we had to change something.

- Alexander Barabanov's mistake cost the team a goal.

- He is one of the few players who hasn't been given a rest at all. I think that we will leave him out of the next game, he's young.

HC Dynamo Moscow head coach Sergei Oreshkin:

- I congratulate SKA with their win. We made more mistakes than them. I thank my players for their hard work.

- Your players had shifts of only twenty seconds.

- We want all of them to be in shape.

- Your thoughts on the refereeing?

- We won't talk about this matter.