Guy Boucher calls fight 'ladies' handbag brawl' after Avangard win

Yesterday, January 20, Omsk«s Avangard faced off against Ufa»s Salavat Yulaev. The match ended in a victory for the Hawks. They scored five goals, while their opponents managed only two.

Despite the win, Avangard«s head coach Guy Boucher was dissatisfied with the performance. At the post-match press conference, he stated that the players performed at an amateur level. He described a scuffle that occurred between athletes in the first period of the match as »a ladies« handbag fight».

‘We had a great first period, but in the second period we played at an amateur level. That«s the kind of hockey the team displayed. To briefly sum up the match, it»s a paradoxical moment: there are games where you«re happy with the play but lose, and then there are times when you win but are completely unhappy with the play, as was the case today. The scuffle in the first period I would rather call a ladies» handbag fight.’

Avangard«s next match is tomorrow, January 22. They will play against Avtomobilist.