Magnitogorsk attackerMetallurgist » Maxim Karpov on , he talked about what’s good about the defender Yegor Yakovlev as team captain.
Karpov has been playing for Metallurg since 2020. At the end of August, elections for the team captain took place. They ended up with defender Egor Yakovlev. The assistants were Maxim Karpov, Robin Press, Alexey Maklyukov and Grigory Dronov.
— Yegor Yakovlev became captain. How did the elections take place?
— We were given a piece of paper, each player wrote three. And it happened like that. It was no secret that Yegor would win.
— Why is he good in the team locker room?
– He does everything completely. He is from Magnitogorsk, there is no downside. You should approach him on any issue, he will solve any problem.
— Who is responsible for the music in the Magnitogorsk locker room?
— Alexei Maklyukov.
– Not the first year?
– Yes, it lights up. If something goes wrong for the team, someone else does it. And that’s what Maklyukov always does.
— Are there any songs that you’re already sick of?
— No, I can listen to the same song several times. “A week or two,” Karpov said on .
Yakovlev appeared in 68 regular season games last season and scored 31 points (8+23). Last season, Magnitogorsk lost to Avangard Omsk in the quarterfinals of the Gagarin Cup – 0-4.
At the start of the new season, the team won four out of five matches. She leads the Eastern Conference standings with 9 points.
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