28 October 2024

Home series starts with game against Loko

Taifun starts a new home series with a match against last season's finalist, Yaroslavl Lokomotiv. The game will take place on Monday, October 28, starting at 19:00.
Admission to Taifun home games is free.
Our team
Taifun has a four-game away series behind them. Despite a tough fight and good results, the team failed to get points. The matches with Russkie Vityazi ended with a score of 3:1 and 5:3. In Tula, Ilgiz Nuriyev's team lost to AKM-Junior 3:4 and 1:4.
Currently, Primorye is in fifth place in the Silver Division. The team has 14 games and 13 points. There is almost a month of home games ahead, Taifun’s upcoming opponents are very tough - Loko, Almaz, Krasnaya Armiya, JHC Dynamo SPb, SKA-1946.
Opponent
Last season, the Yaroslavl team occupied the first line in their division during the regular championship. Having scored 90 points and 248 goals, they earned the best results in the League. The final for the team was not as bright as the season itself. They managed to beat SKA-1946 only once (6:3), the rest of the matches in the series were won by the Army men.
Loko is the silver medalist of the 2023/2024 season.
Currently, the Yaroslavl team is in 4th place in the Golden division, Oleg Tauber's team has 19 points after 15 games.
Lokomotiv's away series began with a match in Cherepovets. The local Almaz managed to defeat the guests. Thus, the teams exchanged home victories - 4:2 in Yaroslavl and 6:4 in Cherepovets.
Then the Far East trip began. Vladivostok is not the first stop. Lokomotiv has already visited Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, where they won over the Sakhalin Sharks 5:3.
History of meetings
There have been 28 meetings between Taifun and Lokomotiv. The team from Vladivostok managed to win 4 times, 3 of which were in regulation time and 1 in overtime. The Yaroslavl team won 22 times in regulation time, and once in overtime and in shootout series.
Over the past two seasons, Taifun managed to hit Loco’s goal only once, with 28 goals conceded.
Last season, both meetings ended in favor of Lokomotiv. On the ice of Fetisov Arena, the match ended with a score of 0:3, and in Yaroslavl, the hosts won with a lopsided score of 13:0.
Top scorers
Taifun
Strochkin Roman 15 (9+6) points,
Fomin Ivan 15 (6+9) points,
Levitsky Stepan 14 (4+10) points.
Lokomotiv
Lutsev Roman 24 (8+16) points,
Dudorov Vadim 21 (10+11) points,
Kuznetsov Vladimir 14 (8+6) points.