Forward and captain SKA Pavel Dedunov Before the start of the second round of the KHL playoffs, the KHL said that the hockey performances of the teams in the Western and Eastern conferences this season are approximately the same.
On Wednesday, SKA held an open training session for fans and media representatives. SKA head coach Roman Rotenberg said that defender Alexander Nikishin will not be able to participate in the first meeting with “Motorist “, Dedunov will therefore be the captain of the team.
On March 17, Rotenberg’s team will meet Avtomobilist at the SKA Arena in the first match of the second round of the Gagarin Cup.
– All the guys are adults. The technical staff leads us into this series in a fighting spirit. Everyone knows what to do. There are no illusions, we stand side by side and move towards our dearest goal.
— Is there a difference between the matches of the Western and Eastern Conference teams?
— Now is the period when all teams play strictly, to the extreme. Hockey, more or less, is the same. The price of a mistake is high. During the season, one can argue like this, but in the playoffs it becomes blurred and lost, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Dedunov’s words.
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