Defender”Avant-garde » Semyon Chistyakov told how the relationship between hockey players and the former head coach of the Omsk club is built Bob Hartley .
Hartley, with whom Avangard won the Gagarin Cup in 2021, left the job ahead of the current season. At the moment, the Canadian specialist is in Omsk.
– Before the series with Magnitogorsk, don’t you relax that the opponent seems so unstable?
– No, we’ve played with them before – we won the series that year. We understand how to play with them, what to do. We had time to rest, but we trained well and prepared for this difficult series. We will do everything to extend our hockey vacation in Omsk for at least another round, – said Chistyakov in an interview with .
Is Hartley somehow advising Avangard during the playoffs?
– If I understand correctly, now he only works with young players from the academy. Tell them, teach them something. He always goes to our games, watches from the box. But he does not enter the locker room, does not communicate with the players. There may be conversations with Avangard coaches, but I’m not sure. And it has nothing to do with base players.
A second-round KHL playoff series between Avangard and Metallurg begins Friday in Omsk. Watch the live broadcast of the match starting at 4:15 p.m. Moscow time on , KHL and KHL PRIME channels, as well as matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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