Honored Russia coach Gennady Kurdin believes Minsk defender “Dynamo” Joseph Douchak deliberately hitting an attacker in the face with a club S.K.A. Marat Khusnutdinov .
The episode took place in the fifth game of the series, which SKA won against Dynamo with a score of 6: 3. St. Petersburg forward Khusnutdinov rushed under the puck, knocking him out, and the guest defender Dushak hit the opponent’s face with a club.
– I did not understand the actions of defender Joseph Dushak in this episode. After all, he had no more puck and Marat knocked it out. It turns out that the qualifications of an American are below the pedestal. And if he is an experienced hockey player, he should have seen that the hit with the stick is not on the puck, but on the opponent’s face. I believe Dushak hit directional, evil. But you need human qualities, respect for the player of the opposing team. This is obvious badness, what else to call it?
Yes, we sometimes remember 1972, when the Canadians of the Super Series did nothing, and Bobby Clarke broke Valery Kharlamov’s ankle with a stick. Then specially “killed” our hockey players. However, in recent years, the principle of fair play has triumphed and athletes have tried to respect each other. Hockey player is a difficult profession and you can be paralyzed at any time.
It’s clear it’s the playoffs, there’s a war on the ice. You can come together in a fair fight. But deliberately hitting with a stick in the face … I think there is also an imprint of the political situation here. There is a lot of aggression in the world, and I imagine how foreigners will play against Russian hockey players if we return to the international stage. We can see the same wickedness,” Kurdin told .
Gennady Kurdin is Marat Khusnutdinov’s first trainer, he also bred Nikita Kucherov and Nikita Gusev.
SKA leads the series with Dynamo Minsk – 3-2. The sixth game will take place on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. (Moscow time). Each KHL series goes up to four wins.
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Source : MatchTV
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