Hockey club forward CSKA Mikhail Grigorenko on “” explained why the Army goalkeeper Ivan Fedotov didn’t need support ahead of their first tournament match since April 2022.
On the second day of the pre-season tournament, Moscow Mayor’s Cup CSKA defeated Amur Khabarovsk in a post-match penalty shootout 4:3. Fedotov, who returned from the army in July, spent two periods on the ice.
– Vanya is a grown man, a professional, so he knows how to adapt. Also, for goalkeepers, it’s a whole different story. As always, he was calm, no one touched him, Grigorenko told .
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) suspended Fedotov from September 1 until the end of 2023 for signing a deal with CSKA while he was under a valid contract with Philadelphia. CSKA, in turn, was sanctioned with a ban on international transfers for a period of one year from August 11 this year.
The new KHL season will kick off on September 1 with the Cup opener between CSKA and Ak Bars.
Source : MatchTV
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