Athletistic/Hockey. Alexander Kozhevnikov, two-time Olympic hockey champion, criticized the match schedule of the current KHL season. He believes this lacks balance.
“The KHL match schedule is ugly! There is no balance throughout the season: sometimes it is empty, sometimes it is thick. And now the teams had a week and a half of rest – and all the teams were ready to play on Tuesday All the meetings were good, but they managed to dissolve them into each other. It’s a weak schedule!
I advise you to spread the matches over several days, not to show all the stars of the championship at the same time, to take care and appreciate the supporters. Take the example of the NHL. Only on the night from Friday to Saturday can a large number of exciting matches take place in parallel. It is clear that this is the most profitable period, the one when it is easiest to gather fans. However, on other days the NHL has a very balanced schedule. They are trying not to put Ovechkin on Crosby and McDavid! » Russia-hockey.ru quotes Kozhevnikov as saying.
On Tuesday, December 19, after a break for the All-Star Game and the Channel One Cup, the regular KHL championship resumed. On the first day, nine matches took place in the league. It is interesting that on December 20 only one meeting took place: the next derby of “Amur” and “Admiral” took place in the Far East. Today, December 21, eight matches will take place in the KHL.
Source: Sport
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