The head coach of CSKA commented on the results of the victorious match in Minsk.
- Congrats to our guys on their victory. The ending was ours, we found the strength, the character. We scored very important goals, because at first not everything worked out. Dynamo Minsk always plays dangerously, aggressively — this is a very mobile team. It was not an easy test for us today. We missed first, but then equalized, found a loophole, and in the third period we played correctly. This is very important for us, we have two games ahead on the road with very good opponents.
— SKA's next opponent is from St. Petersburg. Was it important to win today?
— When you're in a business like hockey. For us, all games are fundamental, all hockey players play only to win. We understood that today there would be a quick game on the switches. Whoever did it had the advantage. We also understood that we had some minor changes in the roster. Young, but experienced guys held back the blow, did their good work. Not without mistakes, but I liked their game. Therefore, every match for the CSKA team is a game to win.
— Vasily Dronyk scored the first goal in the KHL. Did you congratulate him?
— Yes, Vasily scored his first goal in the KHL. We have already congratulated him, and as far as I remember, the guys gave him the prize of the best player of the match. He was congratulated twice on such successes today.
