Ak Bars defeated Avangard in the first match of the final of the KHL Eastern Conference
Kazan “Ak Bars” defeated Omsk “Avangard” in the first match of the final of the Eastern Conference of the Continental Hockey League (KHL). This is reported by the correspondent of “Lenta.ru”.
The meeting was held in Kazan and ended with the victory of the hosts in overtime with a score of 3:2. For Kazan, striker Dmitry Kagarlitsky scored a double, forward Kirill Panyukov scored the winning goal. For Omsk, striker Korban Knight also made a double.
The next match of the series up to four wins will take place on April 3 in Kazan. In the final of the Western Conference of the KHL, St. Petersburg SKA and Moscow CSKA meet. The first meeting between the teams will take place on April 2 in St. Petersburg.
The current owner of the Gagarin Cup is CSKA. Last season, in the final series, the army team turned out to be stronger than Metallurg Magnitogorsk.
Source: Lenta
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