Nikolai Puchkov Tournament. SKA - Avtomobilist. Press-conference

HC SKA head coach Roman Rotenberg:

- It was a tough game for us, the opponents had played yesterday. We needed to compensate for that with the correct approach and discipline. At the moment, we are only just recovering physically from our training camps, but we will improve with every passing match. I would like to congratulate the guys with the win. We had problems on our own crease? No, I wouldn't say that, we won the battles on both creases. However, we will make sure that our second-period performance won't repeat itself again. Brendan Leipsic didn't play in the third stanza? Our referees lost the rhythm of the game. Hopefully, it won't take long for Brendan to recover. Vladislav Podyapolsky has been traded? I would like to thank him for his efforts with our team, we can all remember just how well he played when we defeated Nizhny Novgorod in the KHL playoffs last season. Competition is the key to progression. Thank you to the fans for the fantastic support!

HC Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg head coach Nikolai Zavarukhin:

- I would like to congratulate SKA with their victory. It was one of the quickest games which we played this pre-season in terms of the tempo, SKA created problems for us with their pressing. SKA are a really mobile, fast team. Nonetheless, had their goalkeeper not played so well, we could have scored a couple of more goals. We will continue preparing for the KHL, our movement is improving.