Maksim Karpov: four games could have been enough to get past Avangard

What happened to the team?
I don’t know. Avangard finally managed to score; we, on the other hand, could not get anything going.

Back on Tuesday Avangard looked dejected. Tonight it was not the case; it was a different team.
We were different too – only one goal and several defensive lapses. But that’s ok; we will try to get our mojo back in Omsk.

It seemed as if Traktor was lacking Panov in this game.
I agree. He’s very important for the team.

All these records that Traktor has beaten – did they add to the pressure of the series?
Personally, I was not feeling any additional pressure, record or no record… Some say it was impossible to send Avangard packing in four games. They are a great team, but I still think it was possible.