Mother of Cherepanova: “Thank you very much to Avangard for the memory of my son. They called me and invited me to the match.”

Margarita Cherepanova, mother Alexey Cherepanov in a conversation with she thanked Omsk “Avant-garde” for the club paying tribute to his son.

On October 13, 2008, 15 years ago, during the match “Vityaz” – “Avangard”, the heart of the 19-year-old hockey player of the Omsk team Cherepanov stopped. Today’s KHL match between Avangard and Dynamo Moscow will be dedicated to his memory.

— Thank you very much to Avangard for the memory of my son. They called me and invited me to the match. But anyway, I would go to Omsk. I was there last year, when we played against Amur and they lifted Lesha’s sweater under the arches of the new arena.

I live and work in Barnaul, they also remember my son there. Now, after renovation, its banner will also be hoisted in the local palace. The municipal hockey school named after Alexei Cherepanov is based there. And I still work there as a methodologist.

Sometimes I speak on the phone with Anton Kuryanov, now the general director of Avangard. They were friends, Kuryanov was like an older brother to his son. He helped me when I had a fund. I organize children’s tournaments every year in memory of Lesha. Anton and I developed a relationship of trust.

— How do you like the new arena? Have you ever watched it?

“I was amazed when I saw her.” My head was spinning from such a height! So many people, so much noise! My son would dream of playing here. And he would be happy when Avangard won the Gagarin Cup in 2021.

— Jaromir Jagr hasn’t contacted you? For him, Cherepanov’s death in 2008 became a personal tragedy.

– No never. “I never communicated with him,” Margarita Cherepanova told .

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