Director “Motorist” Maxim Ryabkov said that the Olympic champion Pavel Datsyuk now holds the position of Head of Player Development.
Datsyuk played for Avtomobilist from 2019 to 2021, ending his playing career as captain.
– Pavel Datsyuk was at the arena yesterday, and he will be today. With him we watched the youth team playoffs, as our Avto won in extra time against Nizhny Novgorod Chaika.
Datsyuk every day in the arena. Another thing is that public activity is everyone’s personal choice. Datsyuk’s club position is that of Head of Player Development. Pavel himself expressed his interest and we gave him this opportunity. In fact, he is overseeing the work of the youth team this year. Communicate with coaching staff. Including working with players on the ice. Selection work on the “young” was done upstream.
Let’s see what happens next. Datsyuk is now trying something new for himself. How interested he is or can attract anything else. But Paul is constantly involved. And whenever he is in town, almost always in the arena with the youth team, ”reports the match television correspondent Ryabkov’s words.
Datsyuk is the only hockey player in history who entered the Triple Golden Club (gold at the Olympics, World Championship, Stanley Cup victory) and won the Gagarin Cup.
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