“It is a crime that Torpedo hockey players play with such sticks. They are not intended for KHL players” – Larionov

The head coach “Torpedo » Igor Larionov after the defeat ofSpartak », criticized the sticks used by the defenders of the Nizhny Novgorod club.

The Fonbet KHL championship match took place on Saturday in Nizhny Novgorod and ended with the defeat of Torpedo with a score of 2:4.

— The word “marriage” is very strong. I can’t say it was too obvious, I didn’t notice it. On the contrary, he praised the guys for their performance in the first half. I don’t know what kind of marriage we are talking about, we played tight, compact, in the attacking zone we had no gaps between the attackers and defenders. To be honest, in this regard, I find it difficult to concentrate on marriage, because there is not a single game without errors. I want it to be perfect and absolutely correct, but we played against a good opponent.

Here to refer to bad ice…I can only refer to bad sticks. If Scotty Bowman were in my place, the sticks that the Torpedo defenders play with simply wouldn’t be in the locker room. Nobody plays with thin hooks of this size on fairly average ice quality anymore, if we’re talking about North America and the NHL. It’s a crime that we catch them and the guys play with them. I’m sorry. If Torpedo had a stock of quality gear, I would just put the whole pack together and give it to the 7-8 year old boys to start. Because these are not sticks for KHL players.

— Are there plans to resolve the equipment problem?

— You can plan everything, but under the sanctions we find ourselves in a difficult situation. That’s how it is,” Larionov said at a press conference.

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