Head coach of Avtomobilist Nikolai Zavarukhin said the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) was behind the decision not to cancel the Gagarin Cup match against SKA Saint Petersburg in Yekaterinburg
SATURDAY SKA won on the road against “Motorist” with a score of 5:2 in the fourth game of the second round series of the KHL playoffs. The score in the confrontation is 3-1 in favor of the Ural club.
— Did you want to cancel the match due to tragic events? Have you been asked?
— This question is probably addressed to those who run the competition, the KHL. When there was Covid and certain restrictions, the KHL, as organizer of the match, resolved these issues. We are only artists here. No one has discussed this issue with me personally. This is probably being discussed at a higher level. The KHL determines when and where we play.
— Did the events in Krasnogorsk affect the mood of hockey players?
— Here, the teams are on an equal footing. It makes no sense to blame SKA for something we played in hockey that day, ”the correspondent reports, reporting Zavarukhin’s words.
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