Forward “Torpedo » Alexei Kruchinin explaining the reasons for the success of the Nizhny Novgorod club under the leadership of Igor Larionov, noted that the head coach seriously changed the team’s playing philosophy.
In the current season, Fonbet of the KHL “Torpedo” championship with 72 points is on the fourth line of the Western Conference standings.
— There were a lot of new and unusual things about hockey, unusual things. Both in everyday life and in the training process… And in terms of tactics, play and details… In fact, there were a lot of unusual and interesting things. What was said from the first day about the percentage of fat, they immediately took the sugar out of the locker room, in terms of nutrition, they immediately began to tune in the right way. It seems that other teams have talked about it, but no one has followed it. In “Torpedo”, they immediately said: either we all grow together or we are not on the way. Such a plan was immediately approached, so these rules were adopted.
Someone is on a diet, someone is a dry law… We were told to be professionals and act in the interest of the team. If you can eat sweets right now and bring results, no one will say a word to you. Some things were just recommended. Igor Nikolaevich (Larionov) is such a figure for each of us … How old is he? In fact, I don’t even know. His appearance, the way he trains in the gym, the way he eats … Everyone understands that it’s not like that, not just words. Many try to be like him. Well, in terms of hockey, there are a lot of details – short passes, constant risk… All the coaches told me that you can’t go through a nickel. And we don’t have what we can, but we have to. It’s impressive.
The philosophy of offensive hockey, the philosophy of hockey that the public loves. The hockey we love. The philosophy that we should have fun. At first, everyone was afraid of what it would all look like. Then we played a friendly match with Traktor, I think we won it 6-2… Everyone started thinking it was working along the way. Then there was Sibir, against whom we lost. Everyone went back to saying nothing worked against an organized team. Then Dynamo… And so, step by step, the more matches we have played, the more confidence we can have in ourselves.
From day one, we were told about the philosophy that we play for the fans. Yes, there are bad games. Igor Nikolayevich told us about his team that they lost 1:7, 0:8 in the NHL and Colorado… Fans will never forgive some kind of indifference when a team gives up. The whole message was that we just have to play until the end. We lost two games against SKA 2:6, but not a single fan left the stands. Just like we lost to CSKA 0:4… People see the dedication our team showed until the very last second. I think they recognize our sincerity, – said Kruchinin in the program “All for the match!” on MatchTV.
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