Attack SKA Ivan Zinchenko said he was surprised by the behavior of the referees during the fight with the attacker “Avant-garde » Marc Verba during a KHL regular season game.
On Thursday, SKA was defeated by Avangard in a home match with a score of 3:5. In the second period, Zinchenko fought with Verba, who was playing the second game. Both hockey players received a five-minute penalty for fighting. SKA head coach Roman Rotenberg said that “Zinchenko was almost killed on the ice,” emphasizing that such episodes have no place in the KHL. Later, for his statements on the refereeing, the specialist was disqualified from one match.
“I really agreed on a fight with Verba – everything was mutual agreement. We were behind in scoring and needed to shake up the team, so I enthusiastically accepted the challenge. At first I managed to land several good blows, then Mark moved away and the judges started to separate us – they just held on to my arms. It so happened that for some reason they were both holding me back and the opponent was freely continuing to strike. I am very grateful to our doctors who responded quickly. But you know, it’s like in boxing – after the bell, all blows are prohibited, and in hockey it should be if one of the players is tied hand and foot by the judges and clearly cannot respond or defend yourself, – said Zinchenko at the Championship. .
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