Forward of a hockey club Norilsk Mikhail Anisine told he liked Nizhny Novgorod head coach’s approach “Torpedo” Igor Larionov in whose team everything is built directly on the game.
Last season, the Nizhny Novgorod club reached the second round of the KHL playoffs, where they lost to SKA in four games.
– In your opinion, who will win the Gagarin Cup?
— The main contenders will be the same. And I will watch Nizhny Novgorod with interest. Yes, Andrei Kozyrev left and he was an important person in the Torpedo coaching staff. But Larionov retained the system of self-awareness of hockey players. End of vacation, everyone must arrive ready, no balloons. God forbid he succeeds. I sincerely want it. After all, Larionov is revolutionizing our hockey. Shows you can break old dogmas with these crazy pre-seasons. This Vyacheslav Bykov, this Oleg Znarok, this now Larionov – everything is built on the game, – Anisin told .
Anisin played in 343 KHL games and scored 172 points (84+88), adding 30 points (22+8) to them in 39 playoff games. As part of Dynamo Moscow, he won the Gagarin Cup in 2012. Over the summer, Anisin concluded a viewing contract and signed a full deal with new VHL club Norilsk.
Source : MatchTV
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