SKA - Amur. Press-conference

HC SKA head coach Roman Rotenberg:

"The energy inside the Ice Palace was fantastic today! I liked how we competed today, overall this is the ice hockey which we want to see from the guys in every game. We made clever combination plays for our goals, but there is still room for improvement; changes will be made to the line-up on Thursday.

"Semyon Demidov was in the line-up alongside younger brother Ivan? Semyon is a determined player, he competes with heart on the ice and has excellent energy. He deserved to play today. Timur Kol was solid in defence for us today, and the same can be said for Pavel Moisevich in our net. Our young guys are displaying their potential!"

HC SKA forward Evgeny Kuznetsov:

"In my opinion, the key moment was when Amur's third goal was disallowed. That incident woke us up, and thankfully the opponents didn't receive the breath of fresh air which they required. Thankfully, we managed to make our brilliant fans happy with our performance today."

HC SKA forward Marat Khairullin:

"The main thing is that we displayed beautiful ice hockey, scored plenty of fantastic goals and achieved the desired result. If we continue playing in this manner, we'll be fine."

HC Amur Khabarovsk interim head coach Viktor Kostyuchyonok:

"We competed against a strong opponent. Whenever you commit a mistake against SKA, they're there to punish you. We had asked our guys to spend less time inside their own zone, but at times we lost focus and didn't compete until the end.

"Young goalkeeper Viktor Kobozev was on the ice? Before today, he actually hadn't played in a single match this season, but he's long deserved to make an appearance in the KHL. Viktor didn't do anything wrong today, he made some big saves for us."