Advisor to SKA head coach Vladimir Yurzinov Sr. told that the upcoming Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) season will be interesting and powerful and could become the best in league history. .
The KHL regular season kicks off on September 1 with the Cup opener between CSKA and Ak Bars. The current owner of the Gagarin Cup is CSKA. Earlier, Alexei Miller, Chairman of the Board and Deputy Chairman of the Board of PJSC Gazprom, said that SKA has set itself the goal of winning the Gagarin Cup in the new season.
– Is the team ready to achieve its goal: to win the Gagarin Cup?
– Hope. I watched the preparation of the teams, it will be a very interesting and powerful hockey championship. We are waiting for a real championship! I do not exclude that he is the best in the history of the KHL. But it will certainly be a killer, that’s for sure!
— Are you in favor of the introduction of cross-over playoffs?
“It will be an experiment, and it will be very interesting. I am happy that many of my players now work as top coaches: Bilyaletdinov, Kudashov, Zhamnov and others.
– Should you be worried about them?
“It is my pride and my joy. And I myself have long worked as a consultant with Roman Borisovich (Rotenberg – head coach of SKA – approximately) both in the national team and in the club. He supported me at the time, offered me a job. And I’m grateful to him, it’s interesting for me, – said Yurzinov “”.
Source : MatchTV
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