Head coach of Cherepovets “Severstal » Andrei Kozyrev said that he will continue to trust young hockey players, despite the defeat of Dynamo Moscow in the regular season match of the Fonbet KHL championship.
On Wednesday, Severstal lost to Dynamo in a shootout – 2:3.
— The start of the match was ours, we played well and took the advantage. But then, alas, we ran out of strength and gave in.
— Your team didn’t have enough strength? Or did Dynamo, by switching to three lines and taking the puck, crush you mentally in the third period?
“I didn’t say we were crushed.” It so happened that we were late and gave the opponent the opportunity to take the puck, so the advantage went to Dynamo
— Severstal plays well in some matches, but cannot win three or four in a row. Are you worried about the lack of winning streaks?
— This happens because we have a lot of young people. You must go through this step. Everything will work out, you just have to get through it.
— Young defenders don’t have much experience. Grudinin scored a goal and played frantically in overtime. What’s good about that?
“I wouldn’t say he was really wrong. We all make mistakes. I trust all the players who are available to the team. It’s our style, we trust the young people, we prepare them, develop them, teach them to play. I will continue to trust them. They feel it. At the moment, Volodya is a player who can decide. Timur Mukhanov also plays for us and scored. They have all the qualities to play in the majority.
— Defender Pesterev played his second match for Severstal and immediately received the majority. It’s unusual. Did he fall from the sky or did you know his abilities?
“We’ve been preparing it since the summer.” He showed himself well in Almaz, which plays in a style similar to ours. The transition of MHL players to our team is painless.
— This is not the first time that Severstal has lost its advantage. Is this a consequence of the large number of young people in the squad?
– In any case. Yes, we lose sometimes. We have good matches. You just need to be patient and wait a little, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Kozyrev’s words.
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