Ghee Bushey: Without a New Super Strategy from Metallurg, Avangard Would Have Lost 0-6

The head coach of Avangard, **Guy Boucher**, stated that Metallurg (1:3) did not surprise him in the fourth match of the first-round playoff series. This marks the first defeat for the Omsk team in the series.

**“Did Metallurg surprise you today?”**
— “Not at all; everything was as usual. Overall, the matches are decided by narrow scorelines. But what more can you expect when playing against the reigning champions? They are competitive, they fight hard, and they want to win. If they had presented some kind of new super-strategy today, we could have lost 0:6. That did not happen. We led 1:0 for a long time and did a lot of good things, but unfortunately, it wasn’t enough,” Boucher’s words were conveyed by Championship correspondent Lev Lukin.