General manager “Vitiaz » Igor Varitsky in an interview with , he said the team hopes to qualify for the playoffs, despite a weak start to the season.
Vityaz is yet to achieve a single victory in regulation time this season. On Monday, the Moscow region team lost to CSKA with a score of 1:9. He left his position as head coach on Tuesday. Alexander Zavialov which he replaced Alexei Tertyshny .
— How does the situation of injured hockey players affect Vityaz? Officially, four forwards left the team – Vladislav Tsitsyura, Scott Wilson, Vitaly Popov and Egor Zubov.
— Add to that that attackers Igor Ugolnikov, Ivan Yezhov and Vladimir Galuzin were injured. These are the key players. Of course, that had an impact, given that we don’t have as much depth in the squad. And here we immediately have minus seven attackers. We didn’t want to take anyone who is currently on the market without a contract. Just for quantity? It’s not correct. I believe in the players we have. The most important thing is that they also believe in themselves. I hope that when all hockey players are taken off the injured list, we will come together. But you yourself understand that Wilson and Tsitsyura are top 6 players, Popov closes the minority, our captain Galuzin was absent for two weeks. Yezhov, who decides a lot under the gate, missed a whole month… These are not complaints, but an understanding of the situation.
Additionally, the number of foreign players has decreased. There were three of them – one was injured, the other is still adapting. And immediately there is a serious withdrawal.
— Vityaz did not achieve any victory in regulation time. But the playoff zone is only seven points away. Do you think the situation can be improved?
– Of course we have hope. Everything is in our hands. The impossible does not exist. The main thing now is to achieve the first victory, build on it and move forward step by step, ”Varitsky said in an interview with .
Vityaz is in last place in the KHL standings with 5 points in 13 matches.
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