The head coach “Admiral” Leonid Tambiev in an interview with , he said that the Canadian striker Giovanni Fiore I like to play in Russia, because in Germany, where he played before, the level of hockey is incomparably lower.
Fiore became an Admiral player in June 2023. In 63 regular season games, he scored 26 points (15+11).
— When you talk about “Admiral,” foreigners look at the map of Russia: “Wow, I’ll have to fly.” »A lot depends on logistics. We try to explain in the negotiations that the organization is good, that the league is strong and that the conditions are excellent.
But Fiore wasn’t afraid of flights at all. He wanted to play in the KHL and loved playing for Admiral. He really loved our league. At the beginning it was very difficult for him, but at the end of the season he played. I realized that the KHL is stronger than the German championship. They are completely different levels of hockey,” Tambiev told .
On Wednesday, the Russian Hockey Federation (RHF) announced that it would consider reducing the limit on the number of foreign players to five for the 2024/25 season. Starting from the 2023/24 season, Russian teams in the Fonbet KHL Championship cannot include more than three foreigners in the application for matches.
Admiral did not reach the Gagarin Cup playoffs this season, earning 54 points in 68 matches and finishing 11th in the Eastern Conference.
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Source : MatchTV
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