Vanguard Head Coach Mikhail Kravets hailed the 18-year-old’s debut Ivan Miroshnichenko in the KHL and promised that in the future the striker would receive more playing time.
On Sunday “Avant-garde” won “Tractor” in the home match of the Fonbet Championship of the KHL (5:1). In this meeting, 18-year-old Falcons striker Miroshnichenko made his league debut. In the spring, the striker was forced to end the season earlier than expected due to the diagnosis of Hodgkin’s lymphoma. However, in the summer the player managed to completely overcome the disease and return to training.
– I wanted to bring Ivan to the main team of Avangard for a long time. After watching him play for the youth team. But there were certain medical situations. Then Miroshnichenko played very well in the VHL. I think today he played perfectly in his time on the ice. In the future, Ivan will play more, because today he showed that he won the power struggle in the clashes.
It can be seen that Miroshnichenko did not abandon the Avangard. It was the same in training. I am very happy that Ivan is now on our team. Too bad I couldn’t train him at Vityaz. But now there is such an opportunity,” Kravets told reporters.
– Why didn’t they give him more time in the third period, when Avangard was already confidently leading in the score?
There are also other players in the team. It shouldn’t be like this: “Let Vanya play.” Everyone needs time. There is no need to offend those who have previously achieved victories for us.
In the match against Traktor, Miroshnichenko spent 4 minutes 28 seconds on the court, scoring two power shots during that time. This season, he also appeared in eight games in the MHL, scoring 11 (8+3) points, and two games in the VHL (3 (0+3) points).
Source : MatchTV
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