HC Avangard (Omsk)
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In Omsk on Friday, March 17, ended the first match of the second round of the playoff championship of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), where the local Avangard hosted Metallurg Magnitogorsk.
The meeting ended in overtime with a 2-1 win for Avangard. writes RIA News. Reed Bush and Arseniy Gritsyuk scored goals for the Omsk team. As part of Metallurg, Semyon Koshelev scored. It is noted that for the goalkeeper of the Magnitogorsk club Edward Pasquale, the match was the 200th in the KHL.
In a series of up to four victories, Avangard took the lead – 1:0. The next match of the 1/4 finals of the Gagarin Cup will take place in Omsk on March 19.
As Profile.ru reported, in the first round of the playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on March 10, the fifth match in the series took place between the teams of Avangard Omsk and Sibir Novosibirsk. The meeting ended in overtime with a score of 4:3 in favor of Avangard. According to the results of the match, Omsk The team became the first member 1/4 finals of the Gagarin Cup from the Eastern Conference.
According to the results of the KHL regular season, Avangard became the third in the East. The Omsk team scored 86 points after 68 games. Magnitogorsk “Metallurg” in the standings of the Eastern Conference took fifth place. The team has earned 83 points in 68 matches.
