Scott Gordon explained how Tractor turned the tide of the game against Spartak

The head coach of the Chelyabinsk Traktor commented on the match with Spartak, in which the Chelyabinsk defeated the opponent with a score of 4: 2.

According to the mentor of “black and white”, his team had a very bad first period, but “Spartak” in it looked much more charged. “We weren’t like ourselves to a certain extent,” says Scott Gordon. But everything turned around in the second and third periods. We did well in defense and did not allow the opponent to make a large number of shots in equal compositions.”.

Gordon noted that in general, “Spartak” hit the gates “tractorists” a lot, he had many moments in the format of “five on three”. As the coach of Traktor says, he would like to note the special teams of the Chelyabinsk team, "who worked perfectly both as a three and four, and our goalkeeper Henrik Haukeland, who played a very confident match.".

Scott Gordon does not rule out that his contribution to the turning point of the game was made by an emotional component that appeared due to the injury that “tractorist” Nikita Soshnikov suffered in this match. The team was fighting for their friend as well. By the way, according to Gordon, Soshnikov, who was carried off the ice on a stretcher after a tough forceful technique against him, apparently managed to avoid serious neck injuries and fractures, but his condition will be fully understood later after a deeper medical examination. By the way, for this episode, the judges did not impose a penalty on Spartak, considering that their hockey player acted within the rules.

Scott Gordon after the victory of Traktor over Dynamo wanted to take off his hat in front of Muscovites.