Triple world hockey champion Alexei Tereshchenko in a conversation with , he said that the change of captain on the eve of the match with Severstal did not affect SKA much.
On Wednesday, SKA defeated Severstal in the home match of the Fonbet KHL Championship with a score of 4:1. Valentin Zykov scored a brace for the Army team, while Vladimir Alistrov and Alexander Nikishin also scored. On the eve of the meeting, the head coach of the military team, Roman Rotenberg, replaced the team captain; instead of Marat Khairullin, Alexander Kadeikin put on the armband.
— The team has been greatly updated. There are a lot of new players, it takes time to develop teamwork. Everyone played different hockey, now they need time, they have collected excellent players. Changing the captain on the eve of the match does not affect the team much, victories do – they give confidence, they give a psychological boost,” Tereshchenko told .
The victory against Severstal was SKA’s first after five consecutive defeats.
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Source : MatchTV
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