Head coach of St. Petersburg SKA Romain Rotenberg answered the question of when the team’s injured hockey players will return to action.
SKA’s injured list includes Brendan Laipsik, Andrey Pedan, Stepan Falkovsky, Marat Khairullin and Artem Shvets-Rogovoy. On Wednesday, Rotenberg’s team defeated Chinese Red Star Kunlun with a score of 6:3 in the Fonbet KHL championship match.
— There are still Lipsik and Khairullin in the infirmary. When should you expect them?
— We are working on the return of players. There is good news, but we need time, let’s not force things. Misha Vorobyov was injured today – the puck hit him in the head. The guys work for a penny, and sometimes they fly in.
Khairullin is already skating. There will probably be the first matches hidden (to play). All the guys are preparing and training. I can’t speak to the timing yet, certainly not for the next match. We have good reserves. There is Andrey Chivilev, who will play the next match. We all work in unison. It is very important.
— Tolchinsky scores brilliant goals for the second match in a row. How do you like it?
“We are very happy when players take leadership. We train this. Our game is a reflection of the training process. Many things need to be improved. Seryozha can also play better. We need leaders, heroes. Today we got them,” reports a correspondent, according to Rotenberg.
SKA occupies fifth place in the Western Conference standings with 24 points.
Source : MatchTV
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