Former Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik hockey player Pavel Kulikov said that coach Andrei Nazarov during his time at the club could influence the mood of young players with just one phrase.
— You played in Nizhnekamsk for a long time and worked with many coaches, including Andrei Nazarov. What can you say about him?
— At that time, Andrei Viktorovich was the most brilliant and shocking coach. Then he began to behave with more restraint, of course. Nazarov arrived at a time when we had a lot of young people and students from the club. He sought to create a combat-ready team. The emphasis was on aggressiveness in the game and active, high-energy hockey. He was a motivator, he could create a team, push someone. He normally brought up our emotional past.
Before that there were Soviet trained trainers, they were calm about a lot of things and Nazarov could throw a good punch. If a hockey player was psychologically weak, he could have ended his career after working with Nazarov! Nazarov could get the team going with just one statement, especially the younger players. It provided great motivation. After all, he spent many years in the NHL, he saw a lot,” Kulikov quotes Metaratings.ru.
Nazarov in the KHL worked for Traktor, Vityaz, Severstal, SKA, Barys, Neftekhimik and Sochi, and was also a member of the coaching staffs of the national teams of Russia and Kazakhstan.
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