The CSKA forward answered the questions of the journalists after the victory over SKA.
- Everything was good; we came out and imposed our style of play. We scored quick goals. I think we controlled the game. We won, everything is great and good, tomorrow is the day off.
- Did you expect that you would be back on the ice so early? How are you feeling?
- I feel good. No one expected that, but I really tried to get out early.
- If it's no secret, where did you watch the first game against SKA?
- I watched it in the locker room on TV.
- Kamenev told us a lot about his attitude to games against SKA. Do you have any special feelings about your second season after your departure from that team?
- What kind of special feelings do you mean? You always tune in yourself for a top team, and SKA is always at the top level, with a lot of good players. Those are the most interesting games for me. I don't even think you need to prepare for them; you always come out in a good mood. To beat a good team is twice as enjoyable.
- Let’s remember the moment with Timkin: What happened there. Had you any reason to get involved?
- I obviously had no reason to get involved, so I didn't do anything.
- In the episode with the goal, it felt that the puck missed the goal. Apparently, there was a rush, you wanted to shoot quickly. Were you lucky in that moment, and how would you assess it?
- It was not your imagination, everything happened in that way. That's hockey. The puck jumped out at an awkward position for me, I was just passing the moment and reacted mechanically, threw it towards the goal. Unfortunately or fortunately, I didn't hit it; it ended up in the goal. So it made no difference.
- Were you surprised that the opponent yielded 0-3 and didn't attack your goal too actively? Maybe that was the merit of your team? Or is SKA, with their performers, lacking pace?
- I can't say anything about their team, because I don't watch them closely. I think that's their inner workings. I can say that we tried not to allow their players to turn, own the puck, and find passes. We tried to constantly put pressure on their players, to create pressure so they couldn't raise their head and dispose of the puck the way they wanted to.
- After the summer changes, your team had a rough start to the season. The team was looking for a new face. Now CSKA has taken on Helsingin Jokerit, which is in first place in the West. How well has the team already adopted the new game and the coach's demands? How is it perceived, how is the atmosphere?
- We have to take it for granted: we're not the club managers; we can't decide who's going to coach us, who are going to be on our team. We were told that we have a leader that we have to follow. We accepted that, accepted his philosophy, and follow the head coach.
