Vyacheslav Butsayev: «We fought to the very end»

Bob Hartley, the head coach of «Avangard»:

- First, «Neftekhimik» deserved lots of credit. They worked hard and in the past weeks we see like «Dinamo» Riga competing, «Neftekhimik» competing; it’s that time of the year where, sometimes, those guys have suddenly no pressure and they come up with their best effort, so they played a good game. After the first period we had a good talk and I felt that second and third period were much better.

Vyacheslav Butsayev, the head coach of «Neftekhimik»:

- Overall, we played well. Unfortunately, we did not take advantage of our goal-scoring opportunities. Our PK unit played great. We fought to the very end.