SKA - Lada. Press-conference

HC SKA head coach Roman Rotenberg:

"It was a true celebration of ice hockey inside the Ice Palace, so thank you to the fans for creating such a special atmosphere. Thanks to the support of Gazprom and Alexei Miller, it's possible to create these spectacular events.

"The whole world saw Ivan Demidov score his first senior goal for SKA with superstar Evgeny Kuznetsov making the assist! This goal will help promote the KHL even more, everyone across the globe is watching our league. In terms of the game itself, then we understand that we aren't performing at our best right now. Nevertheless, we'll improve with every passing match. We must begin improving in the third period instead of taking a step backwards."

HC SKA forward Mikhail Grigorenko:

"A weight has been taken off my shoulders! I'm really happy to have scored my goal today, I was beginning to think that I would never hit the back of the net again! If we look at the statistics, then we can see that on average every 10th shot goes in. I feel great here with SKA, the group is fantastic but we need more time in which to find our game."

HC SKA forward Ivan Demidov:

"My goal? I simply had to hit the target after receiving a clever pass from Evgeny Kuznetsov. How does it feel playing in one line with Kuznetsov? Of course he's a big star, but you don't think about that when playing."

HC Lada Tolyatti head coach Oleg Bratash:

"If someone would have told me after the first period that we would earn one point, I would have been happy. However, taking into account how the rest of the match unfolded, I feel that we had the opportunity to win in regulation. Unfortunately, certain circumstances prevented us from doing so. Andrei Altybarmakyan turned from hero to zero? No, I don't agree with that, but of course his penalty did affect the outcome."