Double Olympic champion Vyacheslav Fetisov believes that the head coach “Torpedo » Igor Larionov instilled beautiful combined hockey in the Nizhny Novgorod club.
On Thursday, Torpedo lost to SKA Saint Petersburg in the fourth match of the playoff series of the first round of the Fonbet KHL Championship with the score 1:4. For the Nizhny Novgorod club, this defeat was the third in a row, the club is lower in the series – 1-3.
“I’m still a little worried about him.” I wrote him a message and wished him good luck in the knockout matches. He replied: “Thank you, we are getting ready. ” From what I understand, Igor managed to make all of Nizhny Novgorod fall in love with him. Getting on the coaching bench is an act initially associated with great risks. Last season he completed a full training cycle, carried out systematic work and instilled magnificent combined hockey in Nizhny Novgorod. Unfortunately, I can’t find out what happened in the team.
He is responsible and sensitively understands the functioning of the microclimate in the team. He has extensive experience at big clubs and I hope he finds the right solution to improve the situation. Now the team deserves to face SKA, who literally eliminated everyone in the last two thirds of the championship. That’s why it’s about the playoffs – there is an opportunity to start from scratch and motivate the players for a successful performance against the giants,” RT Fetisov quotes.
The fifth meeting of the teams will take place on March 9 in St. Petersburg.
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