Head coach of Neftekhimik Oleg Leontiev shared his emotions after three years of work at the Nizhnekamsk hockey club.
Previously, Leontiev led the Wolves to the KHL playoffs twice.
— You have been working in Nizhnekamsk for three years, can you share your impressions?
— I enjoy life in Nizhnekamsk, all conditions for successful work have been created here: no traffic jams, excellent people, excellent work of the club staff. But hockey players don’t have the same temptations as in big cities.
— What is your main achievement during your three years of work at Neftekhimik?
— Our tournament achievements are simple: reaching the playoffs. But the main thing is that we managed to create a combat-ready team capable of solving big problems. Unfortunately, this has to be done almost every year, but I am sure that next season the core of the team will remain, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Leontiev’s words.
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