“Barys” continues its home series under the leadership of new head coach Vyacheslav Butsaev, reports sportarena.kz
A match of the next round of the regular championship of the Continental Hockey League took place in Astana, in which the local Barys hosted Sochi.
The game took place at the Barys Arena in Astana and ended with a 1:0 victory for the home team.
The author of the only goal was the Canadian legionnaire of the Kazakhstani club, Wade Allison, who scored in the 10th minute of the first period.
The southernmost team of the League in the capital of Kazakhstan suffered its fourth defeat in a row. In the last round, the “leopards” lost to “Sibir” in Novosibirsk (2:4). In seven matches of the new season, “Sochi” earned four points.
Barys, after parting ways with David Nemirovsky, lost to Dynamo Moscow on home ice, and the Astana team was again unable to score more than one goal. Its author was Alikhan Omirbekov (his debut goal of the season), who scored on a power play. Kirill Savitsky recorded his first assist in the current championship. Johan Mattsson has 34 saves. Michael MacLeod (2+1) is the only player on the team to score three points. At the same time, the Canadian forward of Barys leads the League in the number (128) and percentage (68.1%) of faceoffs won.
The day before, Vyacheslav Butsaev was appointed the new head coach of Barys. The agreement with the specialist will be valid until the end of the current season. As a player, Butsaev became an Olympic champion and world champion, and also won the championships of Russia and Sweden.
