The Head Coach”Torpedo » Igor Larionov after winning the KHL playoff series with Moscow”Dynamo “Told how his work in Nizhny Novgorod was built and thanked his coaching staff for their work.
Torpedo won three consecutive extra-time games against Dynamo and won the Gagarin Cup first-round series 4–2.
– Your shares as a coach go higher than those of Apple. Many top KHL clubs would love to see you at the helm. You worked in the SKA system, but there were a lot of bosses there. Now in “Torpedo” you have a lot of power. Which format do you prefer? After all, a top club has a lot of resources and opportunities.
Thanks for the comparison with the great company Apple. I have had them in stock for a very long time. I would like to say thank you to my assistants who are doing a colossal job – these are Andrey Kozyrev, Mikhail Vasilyev, Kolya Khabibulin. We have a team that is constantly looking for where we can improve.
And I wouldn’t compare one to the other. It’s always easier and more interesting to work where you have a blank sheet of paper, where you can create and draw what you see.
The main thing is the personalities. And then you look at what kind of players they are. It is clear that we are grateful to Governor Gleb Nikitin, who entered the dressing room for the first time after this victory. Compared to Detroit, club owner Mike Ilic rarely came – you saw him three times a year: at the start of the season, at Christmas, and when they wore the Stanley Cup above their heads. That’s how this system works.
I don’t know how Mike got involved with Scotty Bowman. But the faith of those at the top is very important. Then you share your experience with the boys who play hockey. You give them the right to make a mistake and send the right message that nothing in this lifetime is happening.
It’s a tough road, and here we are. Yes, maybe I would like to buy players, like Manchester City, Real Madrid or Barcelona do. But we are not going down that road. We want Russian guys to grow in our squad, who were kind of underrated. So that they had the opportunity to open their soul and talent, which they had hidden for a number of reasons, – the correspondent reports Larionov’s words.
“Torpedo” for the third time in history reached the second round of the Gagarin Cup. This already happened in 2012 and 2016. Now Nizhny Novgorod will play against SKA or Lokomotiv.
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