Athletistic / Hockey. On May 1, Ak Bars will be left without a head coach. At the end of this season, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov will leave the post of coach of Kazan.
According to BO Sport, Bilyaletdinov himself suggests that the management of Ak Bars is considering the possibility of appointing Alexei Kudashov as head coach of the club. He now coaches Dynamo Moscow.
Note that previously the main contender for the position in Kazan was Ilya Vorobyov, but the day before, on March 27, he was appointed to the post of helmsman of CSKA Moscow.
“Ak Bars” this season, based on the results of the regular season of the KHL, took fourth place in the Eastern Conference. In the first round of the 2024 Gagarin Cup, Kazan lost to Avtomobilist from Yekaterinburg (1-4).
Dynamo Moscow won the Continental Cup (regular season winner) and lost in the playoffs in the second round of a series with Chelyabinsk Traktor (0-4).
Source: Sport
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