Before the game: Snezhnye Barsy vs. White Bears

The Astana team continues its home stretch against opponents from the Gold Division. Today, Anton Vasin’s squad will face off against the Chelyabinsk “White Bears.”

The visitors wrapped up their recent home series with wins over Loko-76 and AKM-Novomoskovsk. Against the Yaroslavl team, they came out on top in overtime with a 3–2 score. Roman Kozhevnikov and Artemy Kulagin each found the net, while Vladimir Sivirchukov scored the game-winner. In their next matchup with AKM-Novomoskovsk, Dmitry Shulga’s players earned a confident 7–0 victory, with Kulagin scoring twice. Heading into the game in Astana, the “White Bears” sit 8th in the standings with 8 points in 8 games, and the team’s hottest player over the last five outings has been Yaroslav Fedoseev, who’s tallied 8 points (2 goals, 6 assists).

The “Snezhnye Barsy,” meanwhile, dropped their previous home game 0–5 to the “Steel Foxes,” despite creating solid scoring chances. Before that, the Astana team played a two-game series in Nizhnekamsk, losing 0–5 and 1–4. Their only goal in those matchups came from Alexander Simakhin.

Head coach Anton Vasin noted that while the team is still struggling to convert its chances, he’s satisfied with their overall play, effort, and execution of the game plan. The work will continue. At the moment, the “Snezhnye Barsy” hold 8th place in the Silver Division standings with 2 points, and their top performer over the last five games has been Roman Dvurechensky, who’s collected 6 points (3 goals, 3 assists).

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