Athletistic / Hockey. Spartak head coach Alexei Zhamnov commented on the decision to transfer 40-year-old striker Ilya Kovalchuk from the 2nd line to the 3rd line. Kovalchuk played on the 3rd line in the KHL regular season game with Dynamo Moscow.

The match ended with a victory for the Blue and White with a score of 3:2 in overtime.

Tymoshchuk attended SKA match in St. Petersburg after rumors of his departure from Russia emerged

Kovalchuk had an assist in this match.

“Why did they move Kovalchuk to the third line? You understand, we don’t have a third or fourth line.

We are looking for different combinations and options. Some things work at certain times, others don’t. It worked.

We saw that we needed to add some speed to this link. There is nothing like that here – he played until the end,” Zhamnov quotes in the Championship.


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