Saint Petersburg head coach S.K.A. Romain Rotenberg explained why he included Fonbet in the KHL Championship regular season game against Khabarovsk “Amur” a lot of young players.
On Sunday, SKA qualified for the KHL playoffs ahead of schedule, beating Amur 3-1.
“We thought about how we could inject fresh blood. Today we went out with a bold team, it was a good test for our youngsters. The guys showed themselves to the fullest, we were sure they would try.
In the season we went through the epidemic [травм], this brought its own adjustments to the roster, often played by VHL guys. Today we saw Ivan Demidov, a very smart player with good thinking, who can play in any position and spent most of the game on the front row. Today we saw the composition of the future. The team had a task to reach the playoffs, we fulfilled that goal. We all work together with MHL and VHL, we play under the same system, we can change combinations, try different guys.
Maxim Groshev showed his best qualities in attack, defense, in the game in the minority. We are convinced that Max can reach a higher level. We see his progress, he is working according to plan.
The fans gave us these emotions, we are grateful to them. We made the playoffs, everything is just beginning for us.
The opposing team is organized, their game system is similar to Metallurg and Salavat Yulaev,” Rotenberg said.
Source : MatchTV
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