Attack S.K.A. Marat Khairoulline said the St. Petersburg team is in good shape ahead of the start of the new KHL season.
SKA became the winner of the pre-season tournament Nikolai Puchkov, which was held in August in St. Petersburg. Roman Rotenberg’s team beat Avtomobilist from Yekaterinburg, Sochi, Novosibirsk Sibir and Cherepovets Severstal.
– Well prepared. I think we are ready for the season, the tournament has shown that. Positive emotions are always nice, you have to go out with them for the season and go goal to goal,” Khairullin said on .
– Huge support. It didn’t take long to get used to Peter, everyone loves him,” SKA defender Alexander Nikishin said.
SKA will face Dynamo Moscow on Saturday in the KHL regular season opener.
Last season in the KHL, the two-time Gagarin Cup winner reached the Western Conference finals, where he lost to eventual trophy winners CSKA.
Source : MatchTV
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