Kugryshev’s double helped Salavat Yulaev to win Avangard

UFA, 9 October 2018. /Bashinform News Agency, Natalia Ovcharuk/ translated by Tatiana Aksyutina/. On October 9, HC Salavat Yulaev met with Omsk Avangard in a home match. The Ufa team immediately set a pace of the game and forced the visiting coaching staff to change the goalkeeper: Igor Bobkov went to rest, having missed three goals in the first period. Kugryshev distinguished himself with a double, and then Solodukhin increased the gap. Alexey Murygin came out to defend the Omsk net.

After the break, Avangard scored two goals by David Dearne and Maxim Chudinov during a power play. The rivals started the third period with a score of 3: 2.

In the third period, the guests tried to turn the game into overtime with the help of the sixth player and a 30-second break but it did not work out. The Ufa team earned two cherished points.