The head coach Severstal Andrei Razin sure that the Cherepovets club is capable of fighting the Moscow CSKA in the Continental Hockey League (KHL) playoffs.
– At the start of the season, we had big problems with the squad. We left four people from the first two five. Alright, Stanquist with Khokhlov. Nyattinen and Kodola are the two centrals of the first two links. We were sure we would take a central foreigner, but unfortunately it didn’t work out. No one came to us. The young people stepped forward.
We approach the playoffs in a good mood. We now have six fives, the bench is long. Of the injured, only Pylenkov remained, and even then he is already training at full strength. In principle, he is ready to play.
CSKA? They have a very balanced squad, a good bench too, but we also have our strengths. I think at least we will fight. Of course, that’s not enough, I want to beat. I think we will put all our effort, knowledge, skills, we already have experience – the last two seasons. We believe we can beat, – Razin quotes the official KHL website.
The first match of the series between CSKA and Severstal will take place on Thursday March 2 in Moscow.
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KHL official website
Source : MatchTV
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