Yushkevich: players level Kovalchuk rethink some things quickly – Chempionat.com

Acting head coach of “Severstal” Olympic champion Dmitry Yushkevich shared his thoughts about the second match of the 1/8 finals of the Gagarin Cup between “Lokomotiv” and the SKA. St. Petersburg’s “Army men” at a party beat “railroad” – 3: 2 – and leveled the score in the series (1-1). Attending the game Yushkevich finds that “Lokomotiv”, if he wants to win this series, and that if Ilya Kovalchuk back in the – he will play better.

Let’s remind, on the eve of the second match with the “locomotive” Captain SKA Ilya Kovalchuk left the location of the team and returned to St. Petersburg.

«Definitely not answer whether SKA victory natural. In the first period, “Lokomotiv” looked great, I was surprised that the SKA acted passively. “Lokomotiv” had to score goals, and not one in their activity Yaroslavl superior Petrograd. But the score was 1: 0 in favor of SKA. I do not know how much is affected by the absence of Kovalchuk, but usually when such things happen, the team mobilized. And here it was originally thought that the SKA was slightly disassembled. But in the second period on a platform was only one team – in white and blue uniforms. I do not know what it is connected. A little bit nervous, “Locomotive”, especially the defenders, there were many mistakes in the beginning of the attacks. We can say that the “Locomotive” SKA allowed to seize the advantage. In general, “Locomotive”, if he wants to win this series. I stress – if he wants

Drums.? And the last game for both teams decisive players were young. In the last match it was the young players, “Locomotive” link Kraskovsky – Korshkov – Polunin, they were decisive. They bring positive energy to the game of his team. Today, the roles are reversed, it is the youth power units gave SKA.

I do not know how serious the removal Kovalchuk. But I think it should go to the benefit of the SKA. Today, the team won without Elijah. I think the players of this level, of such a nature as Kovalchuk, rethinking some things very quickly. They understand and begin to play in a different way. If the coaching staff wants to Kovalchuk returned to composition, I think he will play much better. On the other hand, the team realized that it can win without Elijah. Here, the moment of psychology, intuition coach “- sends word Yushkevich correspondent of” Championship “Anna Ovchinnikova.