According to , the head coach of the Chinese clubKunlun Red Star ” in the new season will be a Latvian specialist Viktor Ignatiev formerly a member of the team’s coaching staff.
On Sunday it became known that the club did not renew the contract with Greg Ireland, who managed Kunlun in the 2022/23 season. Last season, the Chinese club under his leadership failed to qualify for the playoffs, finishing tenth in the Western Conference standings.
Previously, Ignatiev worked in the coaching staff of Dynamo Riga and Moscow, Spartak, Lada, Vityaz and Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Also, before Kunlun, he was associated with Chinese hockey: in the 2019/20 season he worked in the KRS-BSU team, which played in the VHL.
Source : MatchTV
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