Ant: we want to show such a performance every night

We want to play hockey like tonight every night, after the loss of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) team Riga “Dinamo” on Monday to the guests against the Nizhny Novgorod “Torpedo” after the post-game press conference, said the head coach of the people of Riga Peter Skudra.

It has already been reported that “Dinamo” in Nizhny Novgorod gave in 2: 3 (1: 2, 1: 0, 0: 1) to the unit “Torpedo” previously headed by Peter Skudra.

Richard Bukart scored both goals for Dinamo.

Ant was pleased with the game shown on Monday, adding that there was a completely different, less high-quality hockey performed by his team in Minsk.

“A great match,” Ant said at a news conference about the fight. “It’s full of excitement, with many scoring moments, a lot of good combinations, a desire to win from both sides. I want to tell the guys that they played well against a fast and technical team.”

The coach noted that with a score of 2: 2, there were many great chances to score.

“Of course, we should mention the home goalkeeper Nikita Serebrjakov, but this is the game we want to work on the field,” the coach was satisfied with the hockey players’ activities on the field. “After the loss in Minsk, we made the necessary conclusions and, although we lost today, we did well with the puck. Our new players played so well today and created such goal-scoring moments without fear of playing. There was a bit of luck today, but there are many such games this year. with the lack of experience of our new players, but I personally enjoyed the game a lot. “

Skud especially liked three moves in the attack in the second period, when the attackers were numerically superior to the defenders. He did not give too much of a role to the unused big majority in the middle of the third, which was only 15 seconds, emphasizing that Torpedo is a “very masterful team” and that the home team made better use of their opportunities.

The coach emphasized that the game was similar and that “Torpedo” had punished the Rigans for the mistake. Dinamo gave Torpedo a chance to hope for success, and the hosts took the opportunity. Using one of the two – three very good scoring moments, the situation on the field would be completely different.

This is the disadvantage of this season’s “Dinamo” – to create good scoring moments and “overwhelm” the opponent, but unable to score, the coach said.

As the three defensive players have “dropped out of the rankings”, the attacker Gunārs Skvorcovs, whose performance was assessed by Skudra as “very solid”, as well as two new players, were defending on Monday. He noted that with all the difficulties the transition from defense to attack was quite good.

The coach also mentioned the positive factor of goalkeeper Ivan Nalimov, adding that maybe the goalkeeper joined the team a little too late, “but better late than never”.

The former “Torpedo” coach said that it has taken too long for the fighting with “Torpedo” to be principled.

“I was looking forward to coming to this city. For a long time I was like a native of my country. It is an important part of my coaching career. I contacted so many acquaintances in two days and the emotions are the best,” past seasons from 2013 to 2018.

Riga club with 17 points in 38 matches takes the last place in the league, while “Torpedo” with 45 points in 40 games in the East group is in the seventh position.

There is only one game left for Rigans this year on December 30 in Moscow with the Moscow “Spartak” led by Oleg Znarok and Latvian coach Harry Vītolins.

“Dinamo” will start 2021 with four home games in a row.

The two clubs last met on December 15, when Torpedo was 6: 4. So far, it has been the only meeting of both clubs this season, but last year the victories in two matches were divided in half. In the first match, the Rigans were superior with 3: 0, but in the answer duel “Torpedo” won with 5: 2.

In total, in the KHL championship, the two units had met with each other 34 times by Monday, of which in 13 cases “Dinamo” hockey players proved to be superior.

Riga “Dinamo” no longer includes goalkeepers Ilya Proskurjakov and Zein Makintair, but on Thursday another Russian goalkeeper Ivan Nalimov joined the team. The goalkeeper Jānis Voris, as well as the attackers Nikolajs Jeļisejevs and Andris Džeriņš also joined the ranks of the unit on Saturday.

Stanislav Galimov, Jordan Murray and Tony Sund remained in Riga due to injury and illness. Defender Miks Tumānovs and forwards Kārlis Bucenieks, Deniss Fjodorovs, Gustavs Millers, Rūdolfs Polcss, Glebs Prohorenkovs, Patriks Zabusovs remained in the ranks of the Russian Youth Hockey League (MHL) unit “Rīgas”.

Last season, “Dinamo” took the penultimate place in the Western Conference and in the entire league, not qualifying for the Gagarin Cup for the sixth year in a row.

The following hockey players will be at the disposal of the head coach of the “Dinamo” team Pēteris Skudras and his assistants:

goalkeepers – Ivans Naļimovs, Bruno Brūveris, Reinis Liepiņš;

guards – Jānis Jaks, Matthew Majone, Roberts Mamčics, Ernests Ošenieks, Rīss Skārlets, Kristaps Sotnieks), Kristaps Zīle;

attackers – Daniels Bērziņš, Rihards Bukarts, Roberts Bukarts, Lauris Dārziņš, Mārtiņš Dzierkals, Jevgenijs Gračovs, Emīls Ģēģeris, Miks Indrašis, Dāvids Levins, Jaisis Lipons, Deniss Paršins, Gunārs Skvorcovs, Gennady