Head coach of Moscow CSKA Sergei Fedorov after a home defeat against Yaroslavl “Lokomotiv” declared that the team’s goalkeeper Ivan Fedotova There is everything to find optimal playing conditions.
On Monday, CSKA lost to Lokomotiv on their ice with a score of 2:3 in the Fonbet KHL championship match. Army was missing nine players from the main team, including Nikita Nesterov, Maxim Mamin, Mikhail Grigorenko and Vladislav Kamenev.
Following last season’s results, Fedotov returned to CSKA after serving in the army. In August, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) suspended the goaltender from September 1 until the end of 2023 for signing a contract with CSKA while he still had a deal with the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers. This season, Fedotov has conceded 44 goals in 20 matches with a save percentage of 91.2%.
— Do you expect more from Ivan Fedotov?
– Sergei Ivanovich Naumov (CSKA goalkeeper coach – Note) will answer this question better. I can say that we don’t expect anything. We are working with Ivan, he is making huge strides in improving his game. We know when he will be the Ivan everyone remembers. The situation is not easy now, but the boys are patient and that is the main thing. The team understands very well what Ivan has been through over the past year. There are still difficulties in restoring his playing form, but I will not say that they are fundamental or incomprehensible for us.
— Fedotov celebrates his birthday tomorrow, he will be 27; previously, after this age, men were not conscripted into the army. Maybe this will free Ivan?
– If God wills. I know he strives to be a good goalie. There was a delay, we survived it. Ivan works hard. I know he won’t rest until he plays the way he wants to. He has everything to be what he wants and what he can be,” reports a correspondent, reporting Fedorov’s words.
CSKA, with 40 points in 35 matches, is in sixth place in the Western Conference standings.
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Source : MatchTV
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