Head coach of SKA Saint Petersburg Romain Rotenberg said that the young striker of the team Ivan Demidov can play in any position, including defense.
Tuesday S.K.A. lost in a shootout against the Russian U23 team in the last game of the Liga Stavok Sochi Hockey Open pre-season tournament. Regular time and extra time ended with the score 5:5. Demidov, 17, scored a goal.
– Demidov in the juniors also played in the center. Are there any ideas for changing his position, transferring him to the center?
– You saw how in the moment with the goal he left the left face-off circle. There are no questions about his role, it seems to me. Vanya can replace anyone, he can even play defense. He is a versatile player. This is how Crosby, Fedorov ever played in the NHL at any position. Hockey becomes a universal sport in general, there are no serious restrictions. Hockey is evolving towards the fact that the five players will act both in defense and in attack, ”reports the correspondent of according to the words of Rotenberg.
SKA, after scoring four points, took fourth place in the tournament, the Russian team (4) was on the back row.
Matches of the Sochi Hockey Open Stavok League tournament were broadcast by the Match outfit television channels.
Source : MatchTV
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