Admiral will play with Lada again after a short pause. On October 17 and 19, Fetisov Arena will host paired matches. The Togliatti team started their trip to the Far East in Khabarovsk, where they earned two points. The first meeting was won by the hosts - 2:0. The play of the goalkeepers was outstanding, the first goal in the match was scored in the 49th minute of the game. The return match was more productive. It ended in favor of the Owls - 5:3. Three doubles by Ozhgikhin, Popugayev and Oleg Li brightened that match.
After 16 matches, Lada is in 9th place in the Eastern Conference Standings. They won six matches, and two more games were finished outside the regulation time.
Off-season
Lada kept last year's leaders - Berezin, Mikheyev, Kugryshev, Safin, Josephs. In general, the core of the team remained unchanged. Among the big losses was the transfer of the second-scoring defenseman Georgy Solyannikov, who is now on the Sailors roster. Lada tsigned a contract with Arkhip Nekolenko, who did not fit in with Andrei Razin, but is well known to Lada coach Oleg Bratash. Together they won the Kharlamov Cup. And today he is a solid player in the main team, fighting for leadership in the scorers' race. Defenseman Denis Barantsev also moved to Togliatti. However, this move can be considered a return. Denis is a pupil of Lada hockey school. An experienced player, who won Gagarin Cup twice, he is really skillful. On average, he spends more than 18 minutes per match, he leads in terms of GPA - "+5".
Familiar faces
Primorye fans are only familiar with the Lada goalies. Alexander Trushkov and Maxim Tretyak, who joined the Owls in the offseason, played for Admiral, but not for too long. Altogether they played 16 matches for the Sailors.
Upcoming match
The first match in Vladivostok will be the 15th in the history of the confrontation between the teams. The Sailors are in the lead. They had nine victories, and they scored nine more goals - 30 VS 21.
The meeting in Fetisov Arena will begin at 19:30. The game will be broadcast on the OTV-Prim, KHL PRIME TV-channels and the KINOPOISK service.
Results of the recent matches:
10/07/2024 Lada - Admiral 0:2
10/05/2024 Lada - Admiral 1:0 OT
10/31/2023 Lada - Admiral 3:1
10/14/2024 Lada - Admiral 3:1
10/06/2023 Admiral - Lada 3:2
