Double winner of the Gagarin Cup Sergei Konkov called the KHL’s decision to maintain the four-point penalty “correct”Siberia “for exceeding the limit imposed on foreign players.
“Siberia” suffered four technical defeats for violating the limit imposed on foreign players. A difficulty arose with hockey player Fedor Gordeev, who has a Russian passport, but was listed as a foreign player. On Monday, the joint disciplinary chamber of the KHL and FHR, after three days of meetings, decided that the technical defeats of Sibir in the matches of the Fonbet KHL Championship remain in force. The club’s appeal was rejected, and Sibir remains deprived of 4 points in the standings.
— There was an infraction, there should be a fine. We simply make the decisions that are available. It is clear that the league operated within the existing charter. In the future, general directors will pay more attention to this point when signing contracts,” RB Sport quotes Konkov.
On February 12, Sibir announced the termination of the contract with Gordeev, he will continue the season in the AHL. The general director of Sibir, Kirill Fastovsky, in a comment on , clarified that a new contract was being concluded with Gordeev for the next season and the current agreement was terminated so that he could train. On February 13, a new contract was signed with the player for two seasons.
“Sibir” with 60 points in 63 matches ranks 10th in the Eastern Conference, behind Amur (62 in 61) and Neftekhimik (64 in 62) in the fight for a place in the playoffs.
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