27 November 2023

Barys - Vityaz. Trainer's comments

After the match Barys – Vityaz (2:5) a press conference was held with the Head Trainers of both teams.

Dmitri Ryabykin, Vityaz head trainer

- Good game, we missed the start a little bit, but then we got involved and showed good hockey.

- In the first period we had full control of the puck, but for some reason we didn't shoot much.

- There was no such mission. I think the guys didn't get involved. We, on the contrary, asked to shoot more, help the goalie. We didn't skate today before the game because of the big time difference. I think it's because of that.

Galym Mambetaliyev, Acting Barys Head Trainer

- We warned the guys that the game would be difficult. Scored the first goal and conceded an unnecessary one on the powerplay. We made a series of mistakes, we couldn't convey to the guys that they need to go out on every shift and give their best. Nobody's game was going well today. One can only note the second lineup. The rest of us didn't play at our level.

- Červený was in the first link today instead of Omirbekov, what explains it?

- We just wanted to put a more experienced centre-back to form a powerplay, and we wanted him to help Roman Starchenko and Evgeni Rymarev. It didn't work.

- When do we expect Khenkel?

- I think Magnitogorsk will be played with. He's gonna practice with the team now.

- Pasquale has had a good showing the last few matches, but today he fumbled a bit.

- There are times like that, the defenders didn't get it and didn't follow through. There are times when the game doesn't go. It happened today. Scored a quick goal, missed on the power play. We thought we'd fix it now. Then we miss a second, third. It seems like they tried, they wanted to fix it, but you can see that the guys didn't succeed. There are days when the game doesn't seem to be going well.