Traktor forward Maxim Shabanov told what it takes to win the Gagarin Cup

The forward of Chelyabinsk's Traktor commented on his team's victory in the first match of the final series with Yaroslavl's Lokomotiv, in which Maxim Shchabanov managed to score a goal and give an assist to Alexander Kadeikin.

According to Shabanov, he cannot currently answer the question of how a goal in the final differs from a goal in any other match. As for the victory in the first match of the final series, of course, it is important for Traktor, but it cannot be overestimated.

"Every game means a lot for the series," Shabanov said. "To win the series, you have to win the rest of the games, so the first game is important."

Maxim Shabanov also commented on the power move that Alexander Radulov made against him on the ice after the Chelyabinsk native tried to make a lacrosse goal (this is the name of the game situation when a field player, being behind the opponent's goal, picks up the puck on a hook and brings it over the goal line). "Radulov's power move? No, it didn't give me any additional motivation. Hockey is a contact sport. I am fine with it," Maxim Shabanov said after the match.

Previously on the topic: Benoit Groux does not consider Day Logan, who hit a Lokomotiv hockey player, a dirty player.