Head coach of Moscow CSKA Sergei Fedorov after a home defeat against Yaroslavl “Lokomotiv” in the Fonbet championship match KHL said he praised the team’s hockey players who adequately coped with the personnel difficulties.
On Monday, CSKA lost on home ice against Lokomotiv with a score of 2:3. Army was missing nine players from the main team, including Nikita Nesterov, Maxim Mamin, Mikhail Grigorenko and Vladislav Kamenev.
— “Lokomotiv” — with victory. We conceded two first goals unnecessarily, it couldn’t have happened. But congratulations for this return to the game. There were opportunities to equalize the score. The guys played not without mistakes, but there are no questions in terms of dedication. I’m happy for this group, we’re waiting for the guys who are sick or injured. We are preparing for the next games, we are going to fight, fight and get under the puck.
— Can such a young composition be called shock therapy, which you were talking about earlier?
“Our players just got sick.” I haven’t seen any shock therapy here. Everyone who could got on the ice during this game.
— Is this the first time in your coaching career that ten players from the main team are absent?
– Not the first time. We played this match with dignity, but not without mistakes. The team lives and works. After the match, I told the guys that I was proud of their character. The guys left a good impression.
— Will this composition be maintained for the next match?
— We are waiting for the guys from the base. I can’t answer this question now.
— The fourth link came out second, why did they decide that?
— I won’t talk about my ideas. We let the kids play against hockey players close to their age.
— What attracts you to Kobe Williams?
“We needed defenders.” Kobe skates well, sees the field, is not afraid of physical play, the adaptation is going well, his skill does not surprise us.
— Why did Kobe play in the majority? Do you see any offensive potential in him?
“Few matches took place, but what he showed there suits me,” reports the correspondent of , according to Fedorov’s words.
CSKA, with 40 points in 35 matches, is in sixth place in the Western Conference standings.
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