Bashkortostan Sports Minister Ruslan Khabibov told that the department, together with the hockey club, “Salavat Yulaev » will provide assistance to relatives and friends of the assistant head coach Konstantin Koltsova .
The death of a Belarusian specialist at the age of 42 was announced on Tuesday.
— I express my condolences. The trouble has come, we mourn it with our family and friends, with the fans of Salavat Yulaev. We help all our athletes and coaches, all issues will be resolved with the club,” Khabibov told .
In the NHL, Koltsov played for Pittsburgh and won the Gagarin Cup in 2011 with Salavat Yulaev. In 2022, Koltsov joined Salavat’s coaching staff and was Viktor Kozlov’s assistant.
Source : MatchTV

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