Press Conference «Neftekhimik – Ak Bars» 03/07/2023

Press Conference «Neftekhimik – Ak Bars» 03/07/2023

Oleg Leontyev, the head coach of HC Neftekhimik:

– Congratulations on a victory! We did a good job! We are back in series. We had a great support from our fans.

Our guys did a great job! After trailing 0–2 we neutralized their power play, tied the game up and took the lead.

– After the second conceded puck, your team has changed emotionally. How did you manage to support the guys?

None of us thought game was over. It was only the beginning of the second period and there was a lot of time ahead.

– Yakupov - Protapovich - Kuptsov line played pretty well ...

– Alexander Protapovich has not played for a long time, and today he won a lot of face-offs. Kuptsov is a physical forward, he had a great game. I would like to congratulate Raul on his first goal in the KHL. For a young guy, this is important. It is no surprise that he was the leader of the Reaktor.

Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, the head coach of HC Ak Bars:

– We knew that the game would be difficult and prepared for it, but, unfortunately, we made a lot of mistakes that did not allow us to play the way we should have.