Care Zinetuly Bilyaletdinov of the position of head coach “Ak Barsa “It’s a smart decision,” hockey agent Shumi Babaev told .
On Friday, Bilyaletdinov announced that he was leaving the post of head coach of Ak Bars Kazan. The specialist led the Kazan team in December 2022.
“I think it’s an absolutely competent and correct decision.” We must thank Zinetula Khaidarovich, he did a lot for Russian hockey and for Ak Bars, including a truly honored person. But the main thing is to leave on time. It was a year late, and we see what that led to. With this lineup, Ak Bars should play in the semi-finals of the Gagarin Cup.
— Who do you see as the new head coach of Ak Bars?
— There aren’t many candidates. It is unlikely that the management will appoint a foreigner: it will be one of the Russian coaches. “All the numbers have already been presented,” Babaev told .
Ak Bars took fourth place in the Eastern Conference standings in the last regular season of the Fonbet KHL championship. In the first round of the playoffs, the Kazan team was defeated by Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist with a score of 1-4.
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